Tag Archives: gay Pride

NYC Pride Wins Injunction Against Club Promoters For Using Their Trademark

Via press release from NYC Pride: Judge Colleen McMahon of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has issued a preliminary injunction against Matinee NYC, Voss NYC and their proprietors Brandon Voss and Jake Resnicow, barring them from using Heritage of Pride/NYC Pride’s “NYC Pride” trademarks, trade name and logo in connection with, among other …

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MARYLAND: Archdiocese Of Baltimore Church Holds Gay Pride Celebration

Set your faces to stunned. From the website of the Archdiocese Of Baltimore: Celebrate Pride Month with the St. Ignatius community! Embracing God’s Gifts, St. Ignatius’ Gay & Lesbian ministry, is inviting you to join us on Friday, June 13th at 7 PM in the Chapel of Grace, where we will give thanks to God for the gift of family. …

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PITTSBURGH: Investigation Launched After Cop Punches Teen Girl At Pride Fest

A Pittsburgh police officer has been placed on administrative duty pending an investigation after he was caught on video punching a teenage girl who had been confronting Christian protesters during the city’s gay pride event. According to the criminal complaint, Ariel Lawther was fighting with a man named Eric Moore. The officer involved said when he went to break the …

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AUSTRIA: Lesbian Politician Attacked With Acid At Vienna’s Pride Parade

Via The Local: Austria’s first openly gay politician, leader of the Austrian Greens’ delegation to the EU parliament Ulrike Lunacek was the apparent victim of an attack at Friday’s annual Rainbow Parade in Vienna. An unknown assailant sprayed butyric acid at the politician as she was giving an interview on the sidelines of the parade. Lunacek and the interview team …

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WASHINGTON: Drag Queen Confronts Christian Protesters At Spokane Pride

In the second clip, white-winged counter-protesters show up to block the haters from the view of passersby. (Tipped by JMG reader Kevin)

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De Blasio Leads Brooklyn Pride

NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio was the grand marshal of yesterday’s Brooklyn Pride parade, where he and his wife declared that they will never participate in events that exclude LGBT New Yorkers. “When it comes to the question of parades, you will see Chirlane at this parade or me at this parade, but you will not see us at a …

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US Embassy Celebrates Tel Aviv Pride

In what will surely ratchet up the sadz in Teabagistan, the US embassy in Tel Aviv has posted a video of yesterday’s gay pride parade with a celebratory message from Dan Shapiro, the US Ambassador to Israel. Early this week the Tea People lost their shit because the embassy had flown the rainbow flag over its Tel Aviv headquarters.

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Stray Pride

JMG reader Stray Kat tips us that Sacramento’s Front Street Animal Shelter will have a booth at today’s gay pride festival.

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ISRAEL: Trans Pop Star Dana International Causes Stir With Gay Pride Video

Transgender pop star and 1998 Eurovision winner Dana International has caused a furor in Israel with a video that promoted Tel Aviv Pride, which was yesterday. Via the Times Of Israel: A video promoting Tel Aviv’s Gay Pride Parade featuring Israeli transsexual star Dana International dancing suggestively in a synagogue in front of children has been taken offline after the …

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Perkins: Obama Has Turned America Into Sodom With Tel Aviv Rainbow Flag

Maybe we should start freeping the call in number for Perkins’ radio show, which airs weekdays at 5PM eastern.

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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: US Ambassador Celebrates Pride Month With Husband, Asks “Isn’t It Time To Stop Hating?”

Andres Duque writes at Blabbeando: Through a tweet sent this morning on the official Twitter account of the U.S. Embassy in the Dominican Republic ambassador James “Wally” Brewster and his husband Bob Satawake sent this powerful message to all Dominicans in observance of the month of June as LGBT pride month. Since his nomination to the diplomatic post Brewster has …

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Speaking of Tel Aviv Pride…

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ISRAEL: British Embassy Flies Rainbow Flag In Honor Of Tel Aviv Pride

Two days ago America’s wingnuts lost their shit over the US embassy’s raising of a rainbow flag in Tel Aviv.  Today the British embassy followed suit and upped the ante by changing their Facebook cover photo to a rainbow version of the Union Jack. In the center of the photo below, Matthew Gould, the British ambassador to Israel, poses with …

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At Google’s Manhattan HQ

Google has altered the sign on its massive Chelsea headquarters. Every year several hundred “Gayglers” march in New York City’s pride parade. Source.

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ISRAEL: Rainbow Flag Flies Over US Embassy In Tel Aviv, Haters Scream

From the Facebook page of the US Embassy in Tel Aviv: “Proudly flying the colors! For the first time in history, the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv has raised the Pride flag together with our American flag. We are proud to join with the municipality of Tel Aviv-Yafo and its residents in celebrating LGBT Pride Week.” Fox News reporter Todd …

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UTAH: Cop Who Refused To Ride In Salt Lake City Pride Parade Has Resigned

Via the Associated Press: A Salt Lake City police officer who rejected an assignment riding a motorcycle at the front of last weekend’s gay pride parade and was put on leave has now resigned. Salt Lake City police officials said Tuesday they received written notification of the officer’s resignation. The officer, whose name is being withheld, was put on leave …

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UTAH: Cop Who Refused To Work Pride Parade Threatens To Sue For Defamation

There’s more to this story. Via the Salt Lake Tribune: A Salt Lake City police officer says the department defamed him and violated his rights when he was put on leave after a conflict over his assignment at Sunday’s Utah Pride Parade. “He feels that the same protections that afford individuals to participate in a parade like we had yesterday, …

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COMPILATION: Gay News In The 1990s

JMG reader Dave Evans has compiled an hour of gay-related news reports that aired in the 1990s. Among the topics: ACT UP demonstrations, the Boy Scouts, gay pride marches, the election of Bill Clinton, the enactment of DADT, the enactment of DOMA, and the murder of Matthew Shepard. PREVIOUSLY ON JMG: Compilations of gay news in the 1970s, gay news …

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DC: Armed Services Color Guard Marches In Gay Pride Parade For First Time

For what is believed to be the first time in American history, an armed services color guard marched in a gay pride parade yesterday in Washington DC. Via Stars & Stripes: While no policy has precluded a U.S. armed forces color guard from participating in gay-rights events since the 2011 repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, gay-rights organizations from D.C. …

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UTAH: Cop Placed On Leave After Refusing To Work Salt Lake Pride Parade

Via the Associated Press: A Salt Lake City police officer has been placed on leave after refusing an assignment to work at a gay pride parade. The officer was among about 30 officers assigned to provide traffic control and security for the annual Utah Pride Parade on Sunday in Salt Lake City, said department spokeswoman Lara Jones. “We don’t tolerate …

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