The EarthTimes  Budapest - Right-wing extremists hurled stones and eggs at a Gay Pride procession in the Hungarian capital on Saturday before clashing with police called in to protect the marchers. Police arrested more than 40 of the assailants, who threw firebombs at the officers and set alight a police minibus. ... ...

AFP MADRID (AFP) — Hundreds of thousands of gays, lesbians and their supporters on Saturday took part in a colourful parade across Madrid, the capital of a country that has become a world leader in gay rights. Equality Minister Bibiano Aido led the parade of more than 30 floats, mostly related to ... ...

undreds of thousands of gays, lesbians and their supporters on Saturday took part in a colourful parade across Madrid, the capital of a country that has become a world leader in gay rights. Equality Minister Bibiano Aido led the parade of more than 30 floats, mostly related to gay bars and other businesses, but also one devoted to the Abba-themed musical "Mamma Mia", under a hot sun and to the beat of techno and Brazilian music. "It is a day of joy, to demand the rights of people and all citizens," said Aido. The minister, 31, appears on the ...

London Mayor Boris Johnson sported a pink cowboy hat as he led a Gay Pride parade through London, drawing boos along the way from some who remembered his past doubts about civil partnerships. But others at Saturday's annual march say they are reserving judgment, to see what Johnson does as mayor. Ben Summerskill, chief executive of Stonewall, says that all politicians are on a journey, and that Johnson seems to be heading in the right direction.  London mayor joins Gay Pride march, but booed for past comments, International Herald Tribune, France - ...

Budapest police, tested by street violence five times in two years, are bracing for more clashes as nationalist groups plan to disrupt tomorrow's Gay Pride Parade, calling it a provocation against Hungarian culture. The march, part of the city's weeklong Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Festival, will pass through the heart of the capital tomorrow. Laszlo Toroczkai, who heads nationalist youth group 64 Counties, is calling on Hungarians to stop it. ``What we're against is men walking around in pink miniskirts, half naked, kissing each other and desecrating the Bible on the street,'' Toroczkai said ...

THERE were no half-naked dancers, pink floats, or sailor boys locked in clinches; but India’s gay-pride parade was ground-breaking enough without them. Several hundred men and women, waving rainbow flags, danced, stamped and sang their way through the city centres of Delhi, Bangalore and Kolkata (Calcutta) on June 29th—the first such national event in this conservative country. The parade was lent a uniquely Indian flavour by flamboyant cross-dressing hijras, known as eunuchs, although many modern hijras are gay men who feel alienated by mainstream society. Though hijras, once trusted courtiers of the Mughal emperors, have a well-established identity in ...

In my web travels I often collect stories that I intend to share, but then become distracted by newer, shinier stories—or feel too lazy to illustrate them. This is what becomes of those stories: A Pile o’ Sla… Hugs? The Town of Truro, Nova Scotia—which made national news last year after some bizarre homophobic comments by its mayor—has finally reached an agreement with a local gay rights group, amending its employment equity policy to include sexual orientation. A strange outcome, considering the dispute was over a flag-flying policy. For the first time ever, Canada’s Armed Forces marched in ...

If you're familiar with the anti-gay MassResistance organization (branded as a bona fide hate group by the SPLC), then you might know that they have a penchant for posting photos from various gay rights events and then writing some sort of snarky caption next to them. Usually these captions are offensive in the way they demean LGBT people. However, in this latest photo that they've posted of Gov. Deval Patrick's wife and daughter marching in the Boston gay pride parade, their mouth-foamingly eager desire to imply some sort of unsavoriness also demonstrates how willing they are ...

Budapest’s gays are going to have a complicated pride. Not only are they currently fearing for their lives after two bomb attacks, but revelers will now have to contend with anti-gay activists, who have been given a permit to march alongside the pride parade. Far-right activists György Budaházy and László Toroczkai made an online appeal on kuruc.info for “Hungarian patriots” to go to Oktogon in Budapest on 5 July to demonstrate against this year’s gay pride event. “We will not tolerate foreign perverts of whatever colour forcing their alien and sick world onto Hungary,” they wrote on the website. The Rendszerváltó ...

Gay residents cheered Gov. David Paterson on Sunday as he joined the city's annual gay pride march a month after he directed state agencies to provide full marriage benefits to same-sex couples who were legally married elsewhere. "What he did ... sends a message that leadership isn't about waiting. It's about finding the opportunity. It's about finding the way to move progress and civil rights forward," said City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, the city's most powerful openly gay elected official. See Paterson Is Cheered At NYC's Gay Pride Parade Hartford Courant, United States  Also: Celebrating Gay Pride ...

Despite the flotillas of festive drag queens, pumped up gym boys and scantily clad pansexual young women, it seems the main attraction at New York City's gay pride parade was Gov. David A. Paterson because of his decision to recognize... ...

A lesbian motorcycle group dressed in bridal veils and wedding gowns lent a matrimonial touch to San Francisco's gay pride parade Sunday as revelers celebrated their newfound freedom to marry. The Dykes on Bikes tossed bouquets as they led the city's 38th annual gay pride parade down Market Street. Some of the motorcycles were adorned with signs that read "Just Married." Huge crowds lined the route as city tourism officials predicted the largest turnout yet for the parade, which typically draws tens of thousands. The county clerk's office was busy Friday handing out marriage licenses and handling wedding ceremonies. ...

1. Nice ThingsSo, I was at the pride parade one year and a group of bears walked by. One of the bears was wearing chaps with no underwear, meaning his butt was naked. A few feet in front of me, the bear stopped walking. Another bear came up behind him, knelt down, and began rimming him in full view of the crowd.At that point it hit me:This is why we can't have nice things.I'm all for adults engaging in mutual consensual sex of whatever type they want. But it's public displays of, um, affection like above that people ...

These are in reverse chronological order, of course. That's how Tweets are, you see...* Got teary seeing the tribute to my friend Kermit Love on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" on the DVR. about 15 hours ago * Sure is hard to nap through all this thunder. Just sayin. about 17 hours ago from txt * Checkout my NYC Gay Pride parade pics on my blog http://hellskitchennyc.blogspot.com/... about 18 hours ago * Home now. Will start uploading the Gay Pride Parade pics to Flickr although I may very well need a nap b4 I finish... ...

On my own blog, I tend to be wordy. So of course I’m taking over Towleroad the day after Gay Pride Weekend. It’s impossible to summarize multiple events across the world too briefly, so my first couple of posts, devoted to Pride, will be anything but the lighter fare Andy promised from me. Over one million turned out to watch approximately 500,000 march in New York City’s annual Gay Pride Parade, the 39th celebration since the Stonewall Riots (June 28, 1969). Intermittent showers soaked the throngs of participants and spectators, failing to dampen enthusiasm even as more than one ...

Wedded bliss was a special focus of San Francisco’s 38th Annual Pride Parade, the first to be held after the California Supreme Court decision to legalize gay marriage. The Dykes on Bykes tossed bouquets and San Fran Mayor Gavin Newsom was greeted like a rock star. Gay icons Cyndi Lauper and Margaret Cho were among celebrity attendees. Crowds were said to be "larger-than-usual." Full photo album here. According to The Canadian Press, members of the Canadian Armed Forces participated in Gay Pride for the first time in Toronto, whose parade featured a grand marshal (Gareth ...

Went over to catch some of the Pride parade today.It rained at one point.Very heavy!Here's my NYC Gay Pride Parade 2008 photo set. ...

Lesbians Rally In S.F. On the eve of the annual Gay Pride Parade, thousands of women converge on Dolores Park for a celebration and march.

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Extremists throwing rocks, bottles and gasoline bombs have attacked the Bulgarian capital's first gay pride parade. Police say they prevented the extremists from harming the 150 or so people in the procession through Sofia. No serious injuries have been reported. Police say they detained about 60 people for harassing the parade participants.  Bulgarian extremists attack gay parade with rocks The Associated Press ...

Move over Dykes on Bikes. Here come the brides — and grooms. Given San Francisco's sizable role in initiating the lawsuits that led California's highest court to strike down the state's bans on same-sex marriage, the city's 38th annual gay pride festival and parade is likely to draw huge crowds this weekend, tourism officials say. "It's really going to be a Pride like none other," said Joe D'Alessandro, president of the San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau. "I have never seen so many rainbow flags in this city, along Market Street, on shops, on homes. It's really a situation ...