Kyiv Pride Parade Becomes A Peace March In Warsaw
2 years, 5 months ago

Kyiv Pride Parade Becomes A Peace March In Warsaw

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People take part in the 'Warsaw and Kyiv Pride' march for freedom in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, June 25, 2022. via Associated Press WARSAW, Poland — Ukraine’s largest LGBTQ rights event, KyivPride, went ahead Saturday, although not on its native streets or as a celebration. Due to Russia’s war in Ukraine, the event normally held in Kyiv took place in conjunction with Warsaw’s yearly Equality Parade, the largest gay pride event in Central Europe, with Ukrainian organizers using it as a platform to keep international attention focused on their country’s struggle. In a manifesto, KyivPride calls on people to realize that the geographical border between democratic Ukraine on one side and autocratic Russia and Belarus on the other “is not just a separation line between the states, but also a boundary between the territory of freedom and a zone of oppression.” Russia passed a law in 2013 that bans the depiction of homosexuality to minors, something human rights groups view as a way to demonize LGBTQ people and discriminate against them. Zelenskyy shot back with anger: “Leave those people alone, for God’s sake.” Since then, however, his party has also taken steps that LGBTQ rights activists view as a threat to their struggle.

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Same-sex couples and LGBTQ+ activists rally in Nepal’s capital during the annual Pride parade
4 months ago

Same-sex couples and LGBTQ+ activists rally in Nepal’s capital during the annual Pride parade

Associated Press  

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Hundreds of LGBTQ+ people and their supporters rallied in Nepal’s capital Tuesday during the annual Pride parade, the first since gay couples were able to register same-sex marriages officially in the Himalayan nation following a Supreme Court order in Nov 2023. LGBTQ+ people and their supporters rally during the annual pride parade, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Aug. …

LGBTQ+ Pride Month culminates with parades in New York, San Francisco and beyond
5 months, 3 weeks ago

LGBTQ+ Pride Month culminates with parades in New York, San Francisco and beyond

LA Times  

Christy Gorbet dances in front of the main stage Saturday, the first of two days of Pride Celebration at Civic Center in San Francisco. The monthlong celebration of LGBTQ+ Pride reached its exuberant grand finale on Sunday, bringing rainbow-laden revelers to the streets for marquee parades in New York, Chicago, San Francisco and elsewhere across the globe. “It feels like …

As LGBTQ+ Pride’s crescendo approaches, tensions over war in Gaza expose rifts
5 months, 3 weeks ago

As LGBTQ+ Pride’s crescendo approaches, tensions over war in Gaza expose rifts

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Ahead of New York City’s annual LGBTQ+ Pride march, organizers typically spend weeks mapping out the order of the floats, assigning placements based on factors like seniority and music volume. “We’re aware of that sentiment but we will not be scared away.” Elsewhere in the line of hundreds of parading groups, members of Tarab NYC, an advocacy …

LGBTQIA+ soldiers in Ukraine rally for partnership rights
6 months, 1 week ago

LGBTQIA+ soldiers in Ukraine rally for partnership rights

The Hindu  

Several hundred LGBTQ Ukrainian servicemen and their supporters marched in central Kyiv Sunday to demand more rights and highlight their service to their country in its war with Russia. Campaigners are seeking legal reforms to allow people in same-sex partnerships to take medical decisions for wounded soldiers and bury victims of the war that extended across Ukraine more than two …

LGBTQ+ Pride Month is starting to show its colors around the world. What to know
6 months, 3 weeks ago

LGBTQ+ Pride Month is starting to show its colors around the world. What to know

LA Times  

Revelers participate in a previous NYC Pride March. Pride Month started Saturday across the U.S. and the globe, an annual celebration of LGBTQ+ people and culture. But this year’s festivities in the U.S. will unfold against a backdrop of dozens of new state laws targeting LGBTQ+ rights, particularly transgender young people. In the U.S. in April, a federal appeals court …

Pride month 2023 | Chennai’s rainbow march celebrates the queer community and bold fashion
1 year, 5 months ago

Pride month 2023 | Chennai’s rainbow march celebrates the queer community and bold fashion

The Hindu  

On Sunday afternoon, curious onlookers on Langs Garden Road in Egmore, peered from their windows, as the colours of the rainbow carpeted their street for the largest edition of Chennai’s pride march yet. Coming together The Chennai Rainbow March 2023 saw a tremendous increase in participation since last year’s march. “It is my first pride march, and it is gratifying …

Party and protest mix as LGBTQ+ pride parades kick off from New York to San Francisco
1 year, 6 months ago

Party and protest mix as LGBTQ+ pride parades kick off from New York to San Francisco

The Independent  

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LGBTQ+ Pride Month reaches its grand crescendo on city streets from New York to San Francisco
1 year, 6 months ago

LGBTQ+ Pride Month reaches its grand crescendo on city streets from New York to San Francisco

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Thousands of effusive marchers danced to club music in New York City streets Sunday as bubbles and confetti rained down, and fellow revelers from Toronto to San Francisco cheered through Pride Month’s grand crescendo. “It’s crazy.” Parades in New York, Chicago and San Francisco are among events that roughly 400 Pride organizations across the U.S. are holding …

LGBTQ+ Pride month kicks off with protests, parades, parties
1 year, 6 months ago

LGBTQ+ Pride month kicks off with protests, parades, parties

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The start of June marks the beginning of Pride month around the U.S. and some parts of the world, a season intended to celebrate the lives and experiences of LGBTQ+ communities and to protest against attacks on hard-won civil rights gains. “What we’re seeing right now is probably the worst that it’s been since the early days, …

The 26th Pride Amsterdam kicks off in blazing sunshine
2 years, 4 months ago

The 26th Pride Amsterdam kicks off in blazing sunshine

Dutch News  

Nine days of Pride Amsterdam festivities kick off on Saturday with the traditional Pride protest march from the Dam in the city centre. The theme of this year’s event is ‘my gender, my pride’ which, the organisers say, ‘focuses on the right to deviate from the norms and the sex we were given at birth.’ But not everyone in the …

The 26th Pride Amsterdam kicks off in blazing sunshine
2 years, 4 months ago

The 26th Pride Amsterdam kicks off in blazing sunshine

Dutch News  

Nine days of Pride Amsterdam festivities kick off on Saturday with the traditional Pride protest march from the Dam in the city centre. The theme of this year’s event is ‘my gender, my pride’ which, the organisers say, ‘focuses on the right to deviate from the norms and the sex we were given at birth.’ But not everyone in the …

Pride 2022 London: What is the history of the annual parade?
2 years, 5 months ago

Pride 2022 London: What is the history of the annual parade?

The Independent  

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Pride London 2022: What is the theme of this year’s event?
2 years, 5 months ago

Pride London 2022: What is the theme of this year’s event?

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War turns Kyiv’s pride parade into a peace march in Warsaw
2 years, 5 months ago

War turns Kyiv’s pride parade into a peace march in Warsaw

LA Times  

Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, second right, and European Commissioner for Equality Hanna Dalli, right, march in the Warsaw and Kyiv Pride parade Saturday. Because of Russia’s war in Ukraine, the event normally held in Kyiv, the capital, took place in conjunction with Warsaw’s yearly Equality Parade, the largest gay pride event in Central Europe, with Ukrainian organizers using it as …

Yungblud paints rainbow flag on Polish street in protest against homophobia
2 years, 7 months ago

Yungblud paints rainbow flag on Polish street in protest against homophobia

The Independent  

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Thousands join Budapest Pride march against anti-LGBT+ law
3 years, 5 months ago

Thousands join Budapest Pride march against anti-LGBT+ law

The Independent  

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Thousands march in Hungary Pride parade to oppose LGBT law
3 years, 5 months ago

Thousands march in Hungary Pride parade to oppose LGBT law

Associated Press  

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Rising anger over the policies of Hungary’s right-wing government filled the streets of the country’s capital on Saturday as thousands of LGBT supporters marched in the annual Budapest Pride parade. Budapest Pride spokesperson Jojo Majercsik said this year’s march is not just a celebration and remembrance of the historical struggles of the LGBT movement but a protest …

Thousands pour in for Budapest Pride march
3 years, 5 months ago

Thousands pour in for Budapest Pride march

The Hindu  

Thousands of Hungarians joined the annual Budapest Pride march on Saturday to support LGBTQ people and protest against a law that limits teaching about homosexuality and transgender issues in schools. Hungary’s nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, in power since 2010, has introduced social policies that he says aim to safeguard traditional Christian values from Western liberalism, stoking tensions with the …

Thousands march for LGBTQ rights in Budapest’s biggest Pride
3 years, 5 months ago

Thousands march for LGBTQ rights in Budapest’s biggest Pride

Al Jazeera  

A group of about 200 counter-demonstrators along the route held banners reading ‘Stop LGBTQ paedophilia’. “Many people are dismayed at the new law and the anti-gay propaganda,” Johanna Majercsik, a spokesperson for the Budapest Pride organiser, told the AFP news agency. “I’ve never been at a Pride before, although I always rooted for LGBTQ people and understood their problems,” said …

In Pics: Pride Parades brings thousands of people on the streets to celebrate
3 years, 5 months ago

In Pics: Pride Parades brings thousands of people on the streets to celebrate

Hindustan Times  

In Pics: Pride Parades brings thousands of people on the streets to celebrate The annual pride parade was disrupted in Turkey when riot police resorted to using tear gas and rubber bullets while. The annual pride parade was disrupted in Turkey when riot police resorted to using tear gas and rubber bullets while thousands of people came out on the …

Thousands march for LGBT equality in Polish capital
3 years, 6 months ago

Thousands march for LGBT equality in Polish capital

CNN  

CNN — Thousands marched through central Warsaw on Saturday in an “Equality Parade” demanding an end to discrimination against the LGBT community, amid what campaigners say has been a rising tide of homophobia in Poland in recent years. “The Equality Parade is a celebration of LGBT people and all those who have to fight for their rights,” said 22-year-old restaurant …

How to Celebrate LGBTQ Pride Month 2021—Online or In-Person
3 years, 6 months ago

How to Celebrate LGBTQ Pride Month 2021—Online or In-Person

Wired  

Last year for Pride, instead of waving flags of resistance and dancing in the streets, we stayed home, hidden behind masks and unsure of when we’d be able to be together again. For older generations of LGBTQ folks, it brought back shockwaves reminiscent of the frightening early days of the AIDS epidemic, when gay people were left to care for …

NYC Pride parade bans police; Gay officers ‘disheartened’
3 years, 7 months ago

NYC Pride parade bans police; Gay officers ‘disheartened’

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Organizers of New York City’s Pride events said Saturday they are banning police and other law enforcement from marching in their huge annual parade until at least 2025 and will In their statement, NYC Pride urged members of law enforcement to “acknowledge their harm and to correct course moving forward.” “The sense of safety that law enforcement …

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