Tag Archives: Pride
Montonegro Pride Mirrors the Beginnings of Christopher Street
In 1970, the first anniversary of the Stonewall Riots was commemorated with a march in New York City. Originally called the Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade, we now know it as gay pride. That first march had some humble beginnings … Continue reading
Dover, Del. Holds First-Ever Gay Pride Event
Although, Delaware was at the forefront of actively providing marriage equality through legislation, the capital city, Dover, had never played host to gay pride. Rehoboth Beach or New Castle were the locations. But that has now changed. From delewareonline.com: Through … Continue reading
Third Annual Gay Pride In Held in Vietnam
Progress is being made, somewhat, around the globe as Hanoi, Vietnam hosted it’s third gay pride event, which drew about 300 people. Pride-goers maintain, though, before any real progress can be made, acceptance of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Vietnamese … Continue reading
Blog Encourages Social Workers to #WearYourPride
While the below was specifically geared toward June’s Pride Month celebration, the below ideas from the website Social Work License Map are still relevant any month of the year, especially so if you are one of the areas of the … Continue reading
Pride Events Still to Come in 2014
While we tend to think of June as pride month. Gay Cities provides us with a list of some big city prides that are still to come this year; including Austin and Dallas which both happen in September. I am … Continue reading
LGBT History: Gay Pride at 45
The website Gay Cities has a photographic look back at gay prides from the last 45 years. See more photos
D.C.’s Subway System Sports Pride Flag
This was a pleasant surprise on my commute. METRO, Washington, D.C.’s subway system is sporting the gay pride flag on the informational displays above station manager kiosks. Washington, D.C.’s Pride Celebration ends on June 8 with the street festival on … Continue reading
Trans as Adjective (really)
Re-blogged from helen boyd’s blog en|Gender: Really, a recent NPR music segment asked people to describe their life in 6 songs, and one of the people whose stories and choices they featured happens to be trans. I love that there’s … Continue reading
Beaumont, Texas Planning First Pride Celebration
From beaumontenterprise.com: Details of the envisioned event are sketchy, but the hope is to stage an event that is family-friendly by day with adult entertainment at night. The event “is our opportunity show Southeast Texas that we’re proud of who … Continue reading
Making West Hollywood Pride ‘Better than a party’
From Frontiers LA: Approximately 50 concerned residents attended a community forum on Wednesday, Oct. 30, in the West Hollywood Library to discuss ways to improve the long-troubled Christopher Street West/L.A. Pride. The forum—facilitated by the City of West Hollywood’s Lesbian … Continue reading
