Pakistan willing to be flexible on Kashmir: Shaukat Aziz Nov 1, 2009
The gay pride march, which began with only 500 participants in 2003, drew more than 20,000 homosexuals and su. Islamabad - At least seven soldiers and 33 Taliban militants were killed in a roadside bombing and an army offensive against insurgents in Pakistan's restive tribal region Saturday, officials said. (Yahoo News -- Kashmir Dispute)
* Gay pride throngs Taipei streets Nov 1, 2009
Gay pride throngs Taipei streets. COMING OUT: From 500 revelers six years ago, the Taipei LGBT Pride Parade drew an estimated 25,000 participants this year, the largest such parade in Asia By Vincent Y. chao STAFF REPORTER, WITH CNA Sunday, Nov 01, 2009, Page 2. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Judge Orders 3 To Trial In Anna Nicole Drug Case Nov 1, 2009
Kapoor once rode with Smith in a gay pride parade and worried in a diary excerpt read in court that she might ruin him because he had kissed her. Attorney Adam Braun, who represents Eroshevich, said his client was Smith's friend first and then her psychiatrist. (TheSanDiegoChannel.com, CA)
Anna Nicole's Lawyer, Docs to Stand Trial Oct 31, 2009
Kapoor once rode with Smith in a gay pride parade and worried in a diary that she might ruin him because he had kissed her. Possibly the most powerful witness against Stern was never seen at the hearing. (CBS News)
* Taipei roads to close for work, pride Oct 31, 2009
GAY MOVEMENT: A gay pride festival will set out from Ketagalan Boulevard at 9am today and will make its way around adjacent areas until about 10pm tonight By Mo Yan-chih STAFF REPORTER Saturday, Oct 31, 2009, Page 2 ... Meanwhile, flexible traffic measures will be enforced on Ketagalan Boulevard and the area surrounding Taipei Railway Station starting today at 9am and lasting until 10pm to make way for a gay pride parade. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Witness: Doctor Had Hidden Records On Smith Oct 29, 2009
The entry also recounted his ride with Smith in a gay pride parade before the party, with six police officers keeping back the paparazzi. "It was mesmerizing. ... Anna and me up there all buffed out on the car," the entry said. (Click2Houston, TX)
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Atlanta s Gay Pride festival kicks off this weekend and includes a discount on Georgia Aquarium tickets. If you purchase tickets for Oct. 30 in advance, you can get in for $17 from 6:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m.. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
* Drag queen movie challenges Russian attitudes Oct 27, 2009
In Moscow, where Mayor Yury Luzhkov has repeatedly blocked attempts to hold a gay pride parade, the film is playing at 12 mainstream cinemas without a peep of protest ... Perhaps more surprisingly, he does not support the idea of a gay pride parade in Moscow. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Straight spouses advocate same-sex marriage Oct 26, 2009
Some network participants have marched in gay pride parades, tried to persuade church groups that the Bible should not be used to justify anti-gay attitudes, and met with groups of gay fathers struggling to stay on good terms with their ex-wives. Others have expressed their views on talk shows when married politicians like former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey come out or are outed, or just quietly shared their perspectives in hope of changing a few minds. (ABC 7 News, DC)
The BNP's constituency can't be dismissed Oct 26, 2009
Castigate a 67 year old woman for objecting to a "gay pride" march in Norwich - give a ;100K to a Muslim terrorist organisation to establish infant schools - sanity or lunacy. Conkeyron on October 25, 2009 at 12:18 PM. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
City Council in 60 seconds Oct 21, 2009
City Manager Bob Healy has been requested to direct the Cambridge Arts Council to schedule Riverfest 2010 on a different Saturday than Boston Gay Pride. City councilors praised the new playground at the Cambridge Common. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
TAR: Rock the boat Oct 20, 2009
Kynt and Vyxsin (who looked like they were on their way to a Texas gay pride parade with their neon pink cowboy hats) called the other teams sheep and decided they'd do their own thing. They were lured by the pink logo of a particular travel agency and tried to get some tickets there. (iAfrica.com)
What Is Pornographic? What is Hip? Oct 19, 2009
Joseph C. Phillips : What Is Pornographic. Columns, funnies in your inbox. (Townhall.com)
Birkhead Testifies He Saw Smith Take Drugs Oct 17, 2009
Prosecutor Rene Rose sought to show a video of Kapoor socializing with the former Playboy model at a gay pride parade and party. The video shows the doctor nuzzling and kissing Smith, Rose said. (CBS News)
Birkhead says he saw Anna Nicole take drugs Oct 17, 2009
The doctor also made house calls to Smith and rode in a limousine with Smiths entourage at a gay pride parade in 2005 ... Rose sought to show a video in court of Kapoor socializing with the ex-model at the gay pride parade and a party afterward. (MSNBC -- News)
Clinton urges Russia to open political system Oct 16, 2009
Local gay activists protested because one of the Russian officials on hand to honor Whitman, a gay icon, was Moscow's mayor, Yury Luzhkov, who has made hostile statements about gay people and banned gay pride parades in the city. This article appeared on page A - 2 of the San Francisco Chronicle. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Chat Wrap: Political Races, Health Care and More Oct 15, 2009
With the gay pride parade, however, youll get the opposite coverage. Heres The New York Times: The rally was primarily the undertaking of a new generation of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender advocates who have grown disillusioned with the movements leadership. (Townhall.com)
Russian gays ask Clinton for support Oct 15, 2009
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russian gays called on U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to support their rights as she unveiled a statue of American poet and gay pride symbol Walt Whitman in Moscow on Wednesday ... Luzhkov has blocked all attempts to hold gay pride marches in Moscow, once saying gay pride parades "can be described in no other way than as satanic." ... Activists have taken the struggle to hold a gay pride parade in Moscow to the European Court of Justice, which is scheduled to rule... (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
Russian stars urge gay acceptance Oct 14, 2009
Requests to hold a gay pride march in Moscow have been rejected for years. Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzkhov has previously described such parades as "satanic". (BBC News -- Europe)
Activists Descend on D.C. For Gay Pride Event Oct 12, 2009
Columns, funnies in your inbox. Townhall Daily Alert Your daily must-read of conservative columns, cartoons and news. (Townhall.com)
Obama's 'Gay' Speech Oct 12, 2009
Obama reminded those at the $250-a-plate black tie event that his administration has extended benefits to the spouses of homosexual federal employees, hosted a Gay Pride month celebration and distributed tickets to gay families to attend the annual White House Easter Egg Roll. He also appointed John Berry to serve as Director of the Office of Personnel Management, the highest-ranking openly homosexual official in U.S. history. (Human Events Online)
Josephine Baker's rainbow tribe Oct 8, 2009
On a hot Sunday in July in New York, the city's annual Gay Pride Parade slowly makes its way south along Fifth Avenue. At the front of the parade are lesbians on their Harleys, followed by gay police officers, firefighters and doctors, and above it all flies the rainbow flag, the symbol of the gay and lesbian movement. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Commies, Fascists and Perverts, Oh My! Oct 7, 2009
According to the non-partisan homosexual activist watchdog organization , NAMBLA marched alongside gay activist groups in gay pride parades for years until it became politically burdensome for homosexual activists to continue allowing them to do so. As with gay activist pioneer Harry Hay, legalizing adult-child sex has long been a goal of many homosexual activists (for years, overtly and today, covertly). (Townhall.com)
French fan dies after Serb attack Sep 30, 2009
Meanwhile, a gay pride march planned for this month - Belgrade's first since a march in 2001 descended into chaos amid widespread violence - had to be called off as authorities said they could not guarantee participants' safety ... Last week Serbia's public prosecutor asked the constitutional court to ban two far-right groups suspected of involvement in attacks and the threats against the gay pride march. (BBC News -- Europe)
Anna Nicoles lawyer faces more charges Sep 24, 2009
A picture of Smith and Kapoor that was cited in the affidavits was taken at a gay pride celebration they both attended, Garafalo said ... Garafalo said the doctor and patient encountered each other in a bar after a gay pride parade, but did not have an ongoing social relationship. (MSNBC -- News)
David Scondras wins award for activism Sep 24, 2009
"I wore a bulletproof vest to march in the gay pride parade, there were so many death threats.". In fact, Scondras kept an entire drawer in Boston City Hall office just for the stacks of hate mail he received. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
Sexual, Drug Allegations for Anna Nicole Smith Doctors New documents allege that Anna Nicole Smith docs overprescribed drugs. Sep 23, 2009
Sexual, Drug Allegations for Anna Nicole Smith Doctors - ABC News. Sexual, Drug Allegations for Anna Nicole Smith Doctors. (ABC News)
Teacher jailed for sex with pupil Sep 22, 2009
Their relationship became sexual and during their five-month affair the two spent a weekend in Paris, during which they attended the Gay Pride March, and nights at Goddard's home. Under the guise of helping her we now understand that for over five months she was betraying our trust and our daughter's. (BBC News)
* World News Quick Take Sep 21, 2009
SERBIA Gay pride parade canceled. Authorities effectively banned the gay pride parade in Belgrade, gay right activists claimed on Saturday, following threats of violence from extreme nationalist groups. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Belgrade faces surge in extremist violence Sep 21, 2009
Threats by extremist groups also forced a cancellation of a gay pride march which was planned for Sunday. The event was to be Serbia's first gay pride since 2001, but organizers called it off after police said they cannot provide security ... Extremist groups also broke up a gay pride march in 2001, beating up the participants. (MSNBC -- International)
Australian attacked in Belgrade Sep 21, 2009
The Gay Pride march would have been the first in Belgrade since 2001. That parade descended into chaos amid widespread violence by mobs of protesters. (BBC News -- Europe)
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Organizers cancel Serbia's gay pride march Sep 20, 2009
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Serbian gay parade is called off Sep 20, 2009
A Gay Pride march in Serbia has been called off after police told organisers they could not guarantee its safety ... Gay Pride organising committee ... FROM OTHER NEWS SITES SERBIA: Gay parade called off over security concerns - 11 hrs ago Nationalist glee as Belgrade Gay Pride cancelled - 12 hrs ago * Serb gay pride parade off on lack of security assurances - 14 hrs ago Serb Gay Parade Called Off Due To Lack Of Security Assurances - 18 hrs ago Belgrade gay pride parade cancelled: reports - 20... (BBC News -- Europe)
Proud to be a Lutheran Sep 16, 2009
"onestooge: So, then who's decision should everyone go by when interpreting the Bible and God's word? Yours? " " Lodian wrote on Sep 14, 2009 4:22 PM:" veritas wrote "I have seen pictures of the "Gay Pride Parade" in San Fransicko. I cannot find anything of which anyone can exhude "pride".veritas: We have all seen some things that may not be flattering, or that are not what we consider appropriate, but to judge all gay people based on a parade is pure prejudice. Do I judge all preachers by... (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Can You Really Be a Professor of Symbology? Sep 15, 2009
Academics from other fields also write on the history of symbols: A political scientist, for example, might study how the transitioned from a Nazi instrument to a symbol of gay pride. Or a professor of archaeology might on stone tablets. (Slate)
Diageo Once Again Recognized by Human Rights Campaign as 'Best Place to Work' Sep 15, 2009
"The incredible support from the highest levels of the company has helped energize Diageo's Rainbow Network. It is great to see the passion of our members as well as the response from all employees to the group's efforts - whether it is a Diageo float in a local Gay Pride parade or an activity that supports our sales team's efforts with gay-owned and operated accounts.". The energy of Diageo's Rainbow Network is spreading globally, with chapters now in Diageo's London and Amsterdam offices. (PR Newswire)
* Demonstrators thwarted in plan to disrupt gay parade Sep 7, 2009
EXTREMISTS AT BAY:: Despite a few minor clashes, anti-gay protesters were unable to get anywhere near the gay pride march on Budapests Andrassy Road DPA, BUDAPEST Monday, Sep 07, 2009, Page 6. Rowdy protesters did their best to interrupt a gay pride parade through central Budapest on Saturday, but were prevented by a massive coordinated operation by riot police. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Profile: John Ashcroft Sep 5, 2009
Gay campaigners were outraged when in 2003 he banned his department's annual gay pride event. "It's shameful that the federal agency that is in charge of protecting civil rights in this country is singling out one group for disparate treatment," said David Smith of the gay rights organisation Human Rights Campaign. (BBC News -- Americas)
Asexuals leave the closet, find community Aug 25, 2009
And in June, while wearing an "Asexy Dyke" T-shirt, she marched with two dozen other self-described asexuals in San Francisco's Gay Pride Parade. It was an unusual coming-out for people who consider themselves members of a fundamental sexual orientation. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Event promotes understanding Aug 23, 2009
It was a colorful scene Saturday evening when the Pocatello Pride hosted the Gay Pride event at the Old Town Pavilion on Main Street ... "We're trying to get the community to really understand us a little bit better," said Ronicka Kremer, who did the fundraising and marketing for this year's Gay Pride ... She said a number of local establishments, including Club Charley's and the Grapevine, sponsored Gay Pride. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Tiny Irish Village Goes Gay For A DayCounty Sligo town hosts world's smallest gay pride event. Aug 15, 2009
County Sligo Town Hosts World's Smallest Gay Pride Event ... Members of Ireland's Gay and Lesbian communities take to the streets in their thousands for the annual Gay Pride parade through Dublin city centre in this file photo ... The tiny Irish coastal village of Easkey, County Sligo has "gone gay" today in hosting what is thought to be the smallest gay pride event in the world. (ABC News)
Indian businesses hit as swine flu toll mounts... Aug 14, 2009
Mumbai is also scheduled to hold its annual gay pride march on Sunday. "We intend to go ahead as planned and are expecting about 1,000 people, unless people get panicky about swine flu," Nitin Kirani, senior editor at India's first gay magazine Bombay Dost (Bombay Friends) told AFP.. (The Drudge Report)
Motorcyclists plan media blitz Aug 13, 2009
whiney wrote on Aug 12, 2009 2:23 PM:" So many whiney bikers. If you want to ride something that puts you at a higher risk, then you should accept that risk. I don't want my tax money going to the ABATE campaign. If they want to do it, they should hold a fundraiser or something like that. Then it is truly being put on by them, and not by people that don't like motorcycles. That's like asking a fundamentalist Christian to say it's okay to use thier tax dollars for a gay pride parade or something... (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Jones set sights on making UH winner Aug 11, 2009
Critics insist the move was homophobic-based, because the rainbow is the symbol of gay pride. Jones denied that, saying the decision came down to simple marketing. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Search For Killer... Aug 3, 2009
In 2005, an ultra-Orthodox Jew stabbed three participants of a gay pride parade in Jerusalem ... Gays and lesbians enjoy freedom in Israel, serving openly in the military, and Tel Aviv holds an annual gay pride parade. (The Drudge Report)
Israeli gays in shock after gunman's deadly rampage Aug 3, 2009
These included a stabbing attack by an ultra-Orthodox Jew during a Gay Pride Parade in Jerusalem four years ago. "It made me feel bad when I realised that we were subject to such hatred. The incident surprised me, but it follows many attacks against the community," Relevi, 22, said of Saturday's attack. (Yahoo! Asia News)
First public gay weddings Aug 2, 2009
Major streets are decked with the multi-coloured Gay Pride banner ... In this centenary year of the city, this is now Gay Pride month ... On Friday, in Meir Dizengoff park, tens of thousands of people are expected to attend the annual Gay Pride parade which will end, this year, with a twist. (BBC News -- Africa)
Thousands out for city gay parade Aug 2, 2009
Thousands of people have turned out for the annual Gay Pride parade through Belfast city centre. It was the culmination of a week-long celebration, which included lectures, exhibitions and performing arts events. (BBC News -- UK)
Amsterdam mayor challenges U.S. to legalize gay marriage Aug 2, 2009
AMSTERDAM (AP) -- The mayor of Amsterdam presided over the weddings of five American-Dutch gay, lesbian and transgender couples on a boat during the city's Gay Pride festival Saturday, challenging the United States to legalize gay marriage, as well. Mayor Job Cohen also performed the first weddings in the Netherlands after the country began allowing same-sex marriages in 2001. (North County Times)
Three killed in Tel Aviv club shooting Aug 2, 2009
Israelis hold a gay pride flag near the scene of a shooting incident in a basement club in central Tel Aviv August 2, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo). (Xinhuanet, China)
U.S.-Dutch gay couples marry in Amsterdam Aug 2, 2009
Tens of thousands of spectators cheered as Mayor Job Cohen performed the ceremony on a cruise around the city's canals to celebrate the high point of the city's gay pride festival. Eight years ago Cohen presided over the first legal Dutch gay marriage. (MSNBC -- International)
UH Suspends Football Coach Aug 2, 2009
Some have called on the coach to participate in next year's gay pride parade. Incoming UH President Responds. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Slur by Hawaii coach is not OK Aug 1, 2009
This, coincidentally, at a school where for years the mascot was the Rainbows, a symbol of gay pride. And if you think there aren't gay football players, you are living in the dark. (Fresno Bee)
Color-coded contest for Thailand's north Jul 31, 2009
After disrupting the gay pride parade, at Chiang Mai city's railway station a minor altercation broke out between Rak Chiang Mai 51 members and two other red shirt groups that had broke away after falling out with key Rak Chiang Mai 51 leaders. In the aftermath of the April protests, police issued arrest warrants for about a dozen or so red shirt leaders in the north and raided a handful of their aligned community radio stations for inciting the unrest. (Asia Times Online)
Still an 'uninhabited country' Jul 29, 2009
And yet, as we passed another Gay Pride Month this June, I am angry about the resistance in high places to granting equality under the law for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people -- most significantly in Barack Obama's White House. President Obama speaks from the heart about civil rights and respect for all people. (Albany Times Union)
Get the Gay Marriage Issue Over With Jul 28, 2009
On his show, Jon Stewart showed a picture of a lone farm tractor pulling a trailer - calling it an "Iowa gay pride parade." As always, the national perception is that Iowa is a living Grant Wood painting, backward, uninformed and of course, bib overall-ed. In reality, it is not so surprising that Iowa is the state to bring the gay marriage issue to open discussion. (Storm Lake Pilot Tribune, IA)
LETTERS: NCT, July 28, 2009 Jul 28, 2009
" Didn't this neighbor know a black man lived there? She was alert to notice someone sneaking in; she surely must have known who lived there.If you show identification and proof you live somewhere, I'd say yes, they acted stupidly by handcuffing the owner. Cops are supposed to tough, but often it looks like when they are wrong, they turn it around and they seem to become the victim.Like the firefighters who filed a lawsuit in San Diego for being called "queer" at a Gay Pride Parade, instead of... (North County Times)
Deltona's high jobless, foreclosure rates a 'silent disaster' Jul 27, 2009
The couple have been together for 15 years, are known for flying the Rainbow, or gay pride, flag and the American flag in their front yard. They spent nearly 10 years living in Section 8 housing, and dreamt of "somewhere over the rainbow," as Faisan puts it. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Pride on parade Jul 27, 2009
Organizers estimated that about 200 people marched north on State Street in Erie on July 25 during the 10th annual Pride Parade, which was part of the 2009 Erie Gay Pride Weekend activities ... MULTIMEDIA GALLERY: To see a gallery of photos from the 10th annual Erie Gay Pride Parade, and from other Erie-area events on Saturday ... Saturday's events were part of 2009 Erie Gay Pride Weekend, which continues today with a religious service at Erie Community United Church, 1101 W. 38th St., and other... (Erie Times-News, PA)
The Castro's colorful history Jul 24, 2009
-- A history of the pride flag, created by Gil Baker and part of the Gay Pride Parade starting in 1978. Originally, there were eight colors - pink and turquoise were later removed due to production issues. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Blacks, whites protest over dragging death Jul 22, 2009
You re allowed to have gay pride, black pride, Korean pride, she said. Everybody is allowed to have pride but Caucasians. (Boston Globe)
Idol chatter: Five American Idols open up about life on the road (5021) Jul 21, 2009
The whirlwind tour (which arrived in town at 2 a.m. that day) will hit the road again that night for Arizona, preventing him from visiting Pride, San Diego's gay pride weekend under way in Balboa Park. And a persistent stalker has hacked into his Twitter, e-mail and iPhone account, forcing him to change numbers three times in recent weeks and cutting off his communication with his friends and fans. (North County Times)
Family-style fun at Gay Pride Festival Jul 19, 2009
It's time to break out your rainbow flags and head to Ala Moana Beach Park for the 19th Annual Honolulu Gay Pride Festival from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m today. The lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, family and friends will be celebrating their culture family-style with face painting, balloon animals, clowns, karaoke, tons of food and vendors galore. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Sarah steps out Jul 18, 2009
Whether it is hanging out with supermodel Naomi Campbell at Glastonbury, getting in with the crowds at Gay Pride, or posing with Hollywood heartthrob George Clooney, Sarah Brown's diary has its fair share of celebrity and glamour. Not, perhaps, what you would expect for the wife of a prime minister. (BBC News -- UK)
