Posts Tagged ‘Pride parade’

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Latin Patriarch Upset Over Jersualem Pride Parade

07/30/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Apparently Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal, the Catholic Church’s highest official in the Holy Land, is rather upset over a Pride Parade that occurred in Jerusalem. In a statement, he criticized Israeli authorities for permitting the parade.... (Continue reading)

Jerusalem Pride Marchers Brave Hostile Protests

7/29/10-by Paula Brooks As Gay Pride events in Jerusalem kicked off today, they were met with anti-gay protests from that city’s ultra-orthodox religious community and a boycott of the event by the city mayor. The gay pride events in the capital were... (Continue reading)

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Nepal To Hold Gay Pride Parade As Part Of Traditional Festival

7/28/10-by Paula Brooks Nepal’s only openly gay MP has said that his country will hold its first Pride Parade this year and that the country plans to incorporate it as part of a popular traditional local festival. Sunil Pant who is his... (Continue reading)

Jerusalem’s Deputy Mayor To Protest Gay Pride Parade With “Faux Donkey Parade”

7/28/10-by Paula Brooks Amid heavy security precautions for tomorrows Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade, that city’s Deputy Mayor has been granted a permit to hold a “faux donkey parade” to protest against the event. According to the Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade organizers, some... (Continue reading)

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Real Housewives Star Kelly Killoren Bensimon Talks to Out

Image by david_shankbone via Flickr 07/26/2010- by Natasia Langfelder Kelly Killoren Bensimon is one of the reality “stars” of Bravo’s The Real Housewives of New York City. Kelly is a model and single mother of two beautiful children. Although everyone outside the... (Continue reading)

Thousands Attend Pride Event In Burlington, VT

07/25/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Yesterday was Burlington’s Pride Parade. Amid swirling rainbows, leather and glitter, attendees had a ball going down Burlington’s Church Street. Among the attendees was drag queen Ivy Larue who danced and screamed in a pink... (Continue reading)

LGBT Support Home Depot For Making A Stand

7-21-10 Melanie Nathan The Boycott is official – American Family Association send a  letter  inciting hate through use of divisive language. A good reason to show LGBT dollars and appreciation at Home Depot. The AFA is calling for Boycotts of Home... (Continue reading)

Constance McMillen to Settle Lawsuit

Melanie Nathan 7-20-2010 Constance McMillen, the famed and courageous overnight Lesbian Icon, n who sued her school district over its ban of same-sex prom dates has accepted an offer to settle the case. American Civil Liberties Union attorneys representing Constance... (Continue reading)

Serbian LGBT Rights Group Asks Orthodox Church Leader Help To Stop Anti-Gay Violence

7/16/10-by Paula Brooks A Serbian LGBT rights group has requested assistance from the Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church to help curb violence against member of the Serbia’s LGBT community. In a statement aimed at the spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Serbs,... (Continue reading)

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City of Toronto Put PRIDE on Funding Notice for Flip Flop on QuAIA March Ban

Image via Wikipedia By Melanie Nathan Toronto – June 7, 2010 – Keep Pride about Pride group praised the near unanimous support of Toronto City Council for passing a motion to hold back all funding for future Gay Pride Parades until after... (Continue reading)

Jerusalem Police Reverse Decision, Approve Gay Pride Parade Route

7/7/10-by Paula Brooks Police in Jerusalem are reversing an earlier decision and are now going to allow Israeli gay pride parade organizers to conclude their march at the Knesset building followed by a rally to be held in the nearby Rose... (Continue reading)

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Kulanu Call to Action- Toronto Pride Parade

7-1-10  Melanie Nathan Lez Get Real wrote a piece publishing a letter by a Canadian Gay man Noah Gurza.  The comments were diverse and interesting. The Article can be found here at http://lezgetreal.com/2010/06/toronto-pride-torrontonians-emotional-plea/ I have chosen to publish this one comment that... (Continue reading)

Toronto Pride – Torontonian’s Emotional Plea

6-29-10; Melanie Nathan - Having been raised in South Africa I share the viewpoint that associating Israel with apartheid given the different nature and history of the struggles of each Country is tantamount to bashing those who indeed suffered apartheid.... (Continue reading)

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NY Gay Catholics March In Pride Parade With Blank Banner After Archbishop Says Don’t Use Churches Name

6/29/10-by Paula Brooks New York’s St. Francis Xavier Church on West 15th Street is a gay-welcoming Catholic church. In past years, a group of parishioners from the St. Francis Xavier parish who are members of the church’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans-gendered (LGBT)... (Continue reading)

Please Stay Safe, A Mother’s Worry For The Community

06/28/10-by L. S. Carbonell About six weeks ago, I accidentaly discovered the comment streams on Yahoo News. It quickly became my new favorite form of entertainment. I’ve been known to get so wrapped up in it that I forgot to start... (Continue reading)

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