Gloria Estefan serves as Miami Beach Pride’s grand marshal
Miami Beach – Singer Gloria Estefan and choreographer Kenny Ortega served as grand marshals to April 13′s Miami Beach Gay Pride parade, and the former Miami Sound Machine diva wasn’t shy about voicing...
View ArticleFirst pride parade in Cyprus draws thousands
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) – Several thousand people turned out for Cyprus’ first gay pride parade on May 31, exceeding the expectations of organizers who said the event’s popularity shows that Cypriots are...
View Article6.5.14 Editor’s Desk
It’s June, which means news outlets around the country will cover LGBT Pride events. And as with every year, the uneducated collection of straight individuals who don’t know their civil rights history...
View ArticleMayor Krisman outlines his points of Pride in St. Petersburg
(L-R) Charlie Gerdes, Kanika Tomalin,Darden Rice, Karl Nurse and Amy Foster watch as St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman signs the Freedom to Marry petition at St. Petersburg City Hall June 12. Photo by...
View ArticlePittsburgh police punches woman in face during LGBT event
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Pittsburgh police officer has been put on desk duty after video surfaced showing him punching a woman at the city’s gay pride parade and festival. Mayor Bill Peduto said June 16 the...
View ArticleGay governor candidate leads pride parade in Maine
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – A Democratic candidate who reluctantly made public his being gay last year found himself serving as the grand marshal of Maine’s biggest gay pride parade and festival June 21 and...
View ArticleStonewall Pride Wilton Manors
Stonewall Pride Wilton Manors took over Wilton Drive this year, celebrating 45 years of being proud of who you are and who you love. With the Stonewall Street Festival starting at noon, the crowds...
View ArticleSt. Pete 2014 Night Parade
A light evening breeze helped keep parade revelers cool and comfortable June 28 as more than 100 lighted floats made their way down Third Avenue North and Central Avenue. Saturday alone brought in an...
View ArticleNew York brings in thousands for Pride festivities
NEW YORK (AP) – Fifth Avenue is rarely as quiet as it was on June 29 just before one of the world’s biggest, most boisterous gay pride parades stepped off under a burst of rainbow-hued balloons....
View ArticleOlympians, pro athletes march at World Pride Parade
Toronto, Canada – Nearly three dozen Canadian Olympians and pro athletes marched in the World Pride Parade June 29 as part of the You Can Play project. It was a statement from professional sports...
View ArticleLGBT group to march in NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade
NEW YORK (AP) — A gay group will march under its own banner for the first time in the world’s largest St. Patrick’s Day Parade, organizers said Sept. 3. The prohibition on identified gay groups in the...
View ArticleCardinal to lead St. Pat parade with 1st gay group
NEW YORK (AP) – There is no more natural spot for Roman Catholic Cardinal Timothy Dolan — a proud, ebullient Irish-American — than grand marshal of the city’s historic St. Patrick’s Day Parade. But the...
View Article2014 Come Out With Pride Parade
Always one of the most anticipated events of COWP, the Pride Parade took to the streets of Downtown Orlando Oct. 11. With floats and parade participants representing LGBT organizations and...
View ArticleGay veterans get OK for Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day parade
BOSTON (AP) – The organizers of Boston’s annual St. Patrick’s Day parade voted to allow a group representing gay veterans to march next year, a dramatic turnaround for an organization that has long...
View ArticleGasparilla Pirate Festival 2015
Estimates placed 700,000 people along the parade route for the 100th Gasparilla Pirate Festival in Tampa on Jan. 31. Among the revelers were many LGBTs and allies, including Mayor Bob Buckhorn, Tampa...
View ArticleSt. Pete Pride reveals grand marshal nominees
St. Petersburg – For the fourth year in a row, St. Pete Pride is asking the community of Tampa Bay to select its grand marshals. On March 8, the organization revealed its 2015 nominees and the...
View ArticleBoston opens parade to LGBT marchers
LGBT groups marched in Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day parade for the first time since a ban was imposed more than 2 decades ago. The gay military veterans of OutVets and Boston Pride, a Massachusetts’ gay...
View ArticleIt’s back! Pride returns to Tampa in Ybor City
Tampa – Every vendor space is accounted for and the parade lineup is to capacity. Those are two very wonderful problems for organizers of the inaugural Tampa Pride celebration taking place on Saturday,...
View ArticleTampa Bay’s Overheard
Venice Theatre’s Hair, directed by Ben Vereen, is setting record ticket sales The rock musical Hair is setting record tickets sales for the Venice Theatre. Could this be because of a new found love of...
View ArticleWarriors president named grand marshal of San Francisco’s gay pride parade
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Golden State Warriors President Rick Welts still will have a reason to celebrate if his team doesn’t win the NBA championship: he’s been named as the celebrity grand marshal of San...
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