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Hundreds of thousands of spectators celebrate gay pride at Sydney Mardi Gras

LGBTQ Nation Staff Reports
March 4th, 2013

SYDNEY, New South Wales, Australia — An estimated 10,000 revelers marched along side 115 floats on Saturday in the annual gay pride parade that celebrates Mardi Gras in Sydney, Australia.

LETTER TO THE COMMUNITY: Servicemembers United responds to Sen. Inhofe about Pride Parade

Sean Sala - United Leadership Council member
July 25th, 2012

Members of Congress who believe that servicemembers' participation in an LGBT pride parade is equivalent to attending or speaking at a political or campaign rally in uniform have simply failed to do their research and apply common sense.

Senator Inhofe and his like-minded colleagues should spend some time actually meeting and talking with some of these gay troops and veterans instead of using their platform to try to bully the Pentagon into moving backwards.

Rainbow-colored Oreo a harbinger of more gay advertising

Dan Zak - The Washington Post
June 28th, 2012

The rainbow-colored Oreo graphic unveiled for LGBT Pride month proves at least one thing: Gays are just as susceptible to clever marketing as straights. At long last! Equality under commercialization.

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VIDEO: Suze Orman talks gay marriage on her CNBC show

Natalie Hope McDonald - phillymag.com
June 25th, 2012

Financial whiz Suze Orman has openly talked about her own being gay – and what that means when it comes to money, assets and estates with her longtime partner. But in honor of Gay Pride, perhaps, Orman dedicated her entire Saturday episode of The Suze Orman Show to issues related to couples and same-sex marriage.

AT&T showing its "pride" in California, including in San Diego | VIDEO

SDGLN Staff
June 14th, 2012

SAN DIEGO -- AT&T is supporting several LGBT initiatives across the Golden State in celebration of national LGBT Pride Month throughout the month of June and beyond.

The telephone company is a major sponsor of LGBT events in California including the San Diego Pride Festival on July 21-22; Frameline 36, San Francisco’s International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival; the 2012 San Francisco Pridefest and its official kick-off party; and the Los Angeles Pride Festival.

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Local LGBT activists Larry Baza and Jeri Dilno are recognized as Local Heroes

SDGLN Staff
June 14th, 2012

SAN DIEGO – Longtime local gay activists Larry Baza and Jeri Dilno are being recognized as 2012 Local Heroes in an annual celebration of LGBT Pride Month sponsored by Union Bank in partnership with KPBS in San Diego.

The 2012 Local Heroes campaign is designed to celebrate and pay tribute to extraordinary members of the community who are making a difference by improving their workplace, neighborhoods, region and the world.

Dilno said it was difficult to put into a few words what the Local Heroes award means to her.

Marriott to LGBT guests: "Be You, With Us"

SDGLN Staff
June 11th, 2012

Marriott International today announced a new marketing campaign aimed at LGBT travelers, friends and families – "Be You, With Us."

The "Be You, With Us" campaign launches in celebration of Pride season (often observed from June through September) in cities around the world that host gay pride parades and festivals to celebrate the LGBT community.

Belgrade Gay Pride banned over security concerns

Paul Canning – LGBT Asylum News
September 30th, 2011

Update: The March has been banned. Interior Minister Dačić said:

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COMMENTARY: Celebrating Pride

Dr. Delores A. Jacobs - CEO of The Center
July 6th, 2011

LGBT Pride parades and festivals are a part of an American ritual.

In less than two weeks San Diego begins its version of what is now a nationally recognized tradition: LGBT Pride Weekend. While many communities have days that are cause for public celebrations, visible actions and collective remembering -- Martin Luther King Day, Cesar Chavez Day, St. Patrick's Day -- this one's ours. And it is widely recognized as one that is the most fun for the most people.

Despite threats, Moscow Gay Pride vows to march

Paul Canning – LGBT Asylum News
May 26th, 2011

Moscow Pride is going ahead on Saturday, May 28, despite its non-approval by the City government in defiance of a European Court of Human Rights decision. Far-right and Orthodox Church forces are planning a counter demonstration - approved by authorities - and already held one at the site last Saturday, delayed by rain, which one of the demonstrators blamed on the [Moscow Mayor] “Sobyanin lesbians.”

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