May 17, 2013 · Comments Off2013 Grand Marshals
Festival & Parade Applications
Apply today for the Pride Carnivale Street Festival and Promenade! Showcase your business, group or organization to more than 100,000 festival and parade goers on Saturday, June 29, ... Continue Reading →
Boy Scouts vote to allow gay members
The Boy Scouts of America voted Thursday to allow gay youth to participate in scouting. The historic vote, with 60% in favor, signals another shift in American public opinion about ... Continue Reading →
2013 Official Kickoff Party
St Pete Pride will kick off their Pride Carnivale Celebration with a public event at Bert Smith BMW located in St Petersburg, Florida. The event will be held Thursday, May 16 to announce ... Continue Reading →
NBA’s Jason Collins comes out as gay
I’m a 34-year-old NBA center. I’m black. And I’m gay.
I didn’t set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport. But since I ... Continue Reading →
Oregon high school creates unisex bathrooms for transgender students
An Oregon high school has created six unisex bathrooms to be used by transgender students, The Oregonian reports.
Officials at Portland’s Grant High School, the district’s largest, ... Continue Reading →
Married gay men are living longer, according to Danish study
Gay men who are in same-sex marriages are living longer, according to a new study that looked at the Danish population.
“Our study expands on century-old knowledge that married ... Continue Reading →
Colorado Legislature Approves Civil Unions for Gay Couples
DENVER — Civil unions for gay couples was a rallying cry for Democrats who took control of the Colorado House in last year’s elections and vowed an early vote on the proposal. ... Continue Reading →
The U.S. State Department Has an LGBT Travel Guide
Are you part of a jet-setting LGBT couple looking to travel abroad this spring? Let the U.S. State Department guide you toward the countries you should and shouldn’t visit.
Sometime in ... Continue Reading →
Shifting GOP winds on gay marriage?
Last week, 131 prominent Republicans signed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that California’s Proposition 8 law is unconstitutional. The court ... Continue Reading →
Puerto Rico slowly warms to more gay rights
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The advance of gay rights across the United States is spreading into Puerto Rico, making the island a relatively gay-friendly outpost in a Caribbean region ... Continue Reading →
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