If you are in Rio this weekend, there is a new after hours party happening at Fosfobox tomorrow morning. The project put together by Rafa Guimarães and my friend DJ Felipe Lira is called Pista 2, and it starts at 8am on Sunday mornings. There is a warm up set by a new DJ, followed by music by Felipe Lira and a guest DJ. Felipe emailed me and told me the vibe at the first party which took place last weekend was great, so make sure to check it out. Tomorrow the guest is DJ Ana Paula. If you are ...

Cyndi Lauper’s appearance on As The World Turns airs tomorrow. Apparently, she’ll perform then work her a little romantic magic on our heartbroken couple, Luke and Noah. Watch it! ATWT will throw a gay pride dance party on the July 3 episode, complete with Cyndi Lauper singing her GLBT power anthem “True Colors”. TVGuide.com: Luke and Noah are on the outs at the moment – in fact, Noah even shows up at the pride party with another guy. But, word is, you play matchmaker and bring ‘em back together. Lauper: Hey, I’m a real buttinsky, so who wouldn’t want to get ...

On Monday, the Associated Press published this photo as part of its coverage on San Francisco's gay pride. Sherri Black-White (left) and partner Shidiva Black-White were one of hundreds of newly married California couples. Luckily, they were able to the... ...

Today being the last day of June and thus the final day of gay pride month, I decided to post this little gem. It’s A history lesson about what went on one fateful night in 1969. ...

PRESSING THE FLESH: Beefcake & politicians at NYC Pride. PUNCH DRUNK: Troubled Amy Winehouse cracks, slaps fan. NOTHIN’ MORE TO SAY: Frenchie Davis belts “One Night Only” at Chicago’s Gay Pride. AS THE WOILD TOINS: A fun preview of Cyndi Lauper’s appearance on As the World Turns this Thursday, July 3. ...

Governor David Paterson definitely made an impression during yesterday’s pride here in New York. Thousands of parade revelers cheered as Paterson marched down Fifth Avenue, obviously seduced by the governor’s pro-homo politics. Paterson made a big impression earlier this month when he announced that New York State would honor out-of-state same-sex marriages. While some politicians only turn out to pride during election years or out of official obligation, Paterson informs NY Times that he’s been going to pride since the event’s early days: He said he attended his first parade in 1976 at the urging of a gay friend ...

Unbelievable. Partially the weather (91 degrees) but just everything seemed to work the right way. Crowds were double what they had expected at 400,000 in downtown Seattle. Any city in the country would be jealous over the amazing Seattle Pride we had. For once there was no gap between floats and the events at Seattle Center more than met expectations. PrideFest at Seattle Center was also amazing. The Foutanin lived up to expectations!The DJ's killed it and LA Kendall was amazing.The lines for the "Fountain" beer garden were not too bad and beer service was instant. The Fisher ...

I am pretty much wiped out right now. I think I have most of the stuff ready for the Pride Picnic tomorrow, but there is always the nagging worry that I have overlooked something major. I feel really good about the great folks that we have. We just need to weather to cooperate. (Once we get past cleaning up after 6 PM, the sky can do whatever it wants.) Hmm, I don't think I have had a real meal today. I should probably walk the dogs and then have some honest to gosh dinner. Technorati Tags: Erie ...

Happy Gay Pride from John McCain! In a move that wasn't entirely unexpected, presumptive GOP presidential nominee Sen. John McCain endorsed Thursday the controversial California Marriage Protection Act initiative expected to go before the state's voters this November. "I support... ...

Just in time for gay pride, AOL/Blackvoices produces a thoughtful microsite devoted to Famous Gay African-Americans. The editors went beyond the usual suspects and devoted slides and bios to 29 contemporary and historical men and women, and, some of the... ...

And something for the young and young at heart: Club Pop, the joint party from Antarctic Records and ZebraClub at Chop Suey for ages 18+, presents their special Gay Pride edition featuring Zombie Nation. It all goes down tonight, Thursday June 26.Zombie Nation does Kernkraft 400. Recognize it?:Chop Suey, 1325 E Madison. $8 before 11 pm and $10 after. ...

“Politicians from the European Parliament’s all-party ‘intergroup’ on gay and lesbian rights said last night that they warmly supported the Gay Pride scheduled to take place on Saturday in Sofia. It will be the very first Pride event to be held in Bulgaria…” [UK Gay News] ...

Gay pride went off without a hitch today in Jerusalem, where an estimated 3,000 people came out to celebrate same-sex loving. But, being a holy city and all, there were also a fair amount of protesters on the streets: At a counter-protest in one of Jerusalem’s ultra-Orthodox neighbourhoods several hundred men gathered wearing ash on their foreheads and burlap sacks over their black suits in a Biblical ritual of repentance. Some demonstrators held holy books, rocked back and forth and prayed, while others raised banners in English reading “Shame,” “The Supreme Court is destroying the Holy City” and “Don’t ...

The Associated Press reports Cuba's Roman Catholic Church, long repressed under the Fidel Castro regime, is flexing its newly-liberated muscle to protest the communist government's growing support of gay rights: "Respect for the homosexual person, yes," said an editorial in... ...

Pedro Campos has won the title of “Mr. Manhunt Pride 2008“, and will participate in the Gay Pride in Madrid. Pedro won a modelling contract with ES Collection, plus an exclusive photo shoot with Joan Crucible. Pedro speaks four languages namely Spanish, English, French and Portuguese. Now that’s very hot. Pedro enjoys movie, gym, travel, and loves “dancing alone in front of the mirror.” Another hot detail. (more…) ...

This year, for the first time, Lansing’s Michigan Pride celebration will feature a classic, all-American summer spectacle — but with flair. You could call it ‘Queer Eye for the Fireworks,” pyrotechnic man Justin Matthews said. A special segment of Saturday’s fireworks display will explicitly celebrate gay pride. How Matthews plans to do that with sulfur and sparks, he will not reveal.  Can fireworks be gay? City Pulse, MI ...

The Press Release:COME MARCH WITH ACT UP/NY FOR PRIDE 2008!Sunday, June 29 - 11:30am56th Street at 6th Avenue917-653-7267 (cell)This year we will be focusing on getting the word out about ourexciting new harm reduction campaign that we are launching in printand on the web. Infection rates in NYC are up by 33% since 2001 amongyoung gay and bisexual men under 30 years of age. Prevention effortsare hampered by years of abstinence only teaching, which hasaffected even AIDS organization's educational materials which oftenare timid. Our first effort will be published in this weeks Gay CityNews showing an inviting young man ...

Some gay people think that Gay Pride should be where we show the world that we are just like your next door neighbors, harmless and totally benign. Some people think that we should not flaunt our differences, if we want to have total equality. I totally disagree with this because I believe that we want acceptance on our terms, not on how society views how we should behave. The whole reason we are in the margins is because of our so-called "behavior"--we are deviants. So to want to be accepted as somebody else is just disingenuous to me. Our identity ...

Democratic presidential Barack Obama released a gay pride message earlier this month. His Republican rival John McCain. Now, in an effort to remind voters of McCain’s commitment to restricting gay rights, National Stonewall Democrats are circulating a video of the candidate’s most shameful moments, like how he opposes gay adoption rights, marriage and other “straight” privileges. It’s not pretty. ...

It’s Pride season again and this grumpy gay man is wondering when we’re all gonna grow up already. For years now, a lot of us Baby Boomers and Gen-X’ers have watched as the whole Gay Pride thing seemed in arrested... ...