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2009 Miami Beach Pride VIP Closing Reception @ HALO :: April 19, 2009
Hosted by Commissioner Victor Diaz and the Miami Beach Pride Board of Directors, the reception was held to honor Miami Beach Mayor Matti H. Bower and the Mayor’s Gay Business Development Ad Hoc Committee for their outstanding leadership in organizing the First Annual Miami Beach Pride 2009. Special guests included Designer Richie Rich and Reality TV star JD Ordonez of MTV’s Real World: Brooklyn among others. EDGE has the photos, View ’em here!
2009 Miami Beach Pride Parade :: April 18, 2009
Gay Pride is back in South Florida and it came to Miami Beach with its Inaugural Gay Pride Parade on Saturday, April 18. Patti LaBelle and Richie Rich led the parade which went from 4th to 15th Streets alongside Ocean Drive. This parade was a very festive and colorful event with 40 floats, Miami Beach Mayor Matti Bower and thousands of men and women united to show their support for the Gay Community. EDGE was on the scene - here are the photos!
Palm Beach County celebrates pride
The festival’s theme this year was "No Place Like Home" to announce and celebrate Compass’ recent move to Lake Worth. More than 12,000 people were estimated to have attended the two-day event organized by Compass.
Palm Beach Florida prepares for pride
PrideFest of the Palm Beaches is back again for the sixteenth time and "home" is its theme this year - "There’s no place like home" to be exact. The two-day event takes place noon to 6 p.m. March 28 and 29 at Bryant Park, 30 S. Golfview Road in Lake Worth. Tickets are $5 in advance, $7 at the gate.
South Florida Hit List: March 20
This weekend is all about Pride! It’s the 32nd anniversary of Pridefest at the very popular Holiday Park/War Memorial Auditorium. Pridefest 2009 is a celebration and tribute to the LGBT community and its unique culture.
Sydney Gay Mardi Gras 2009
Revelers decked out in sequins, feathers, wigs and leather danced through the streets of Sydney on Saturday to the cheers of more than 300,000 people at the annual Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras - and for the first year ever, EDGE was on the scene! We’ve got nearly 500 photos of the fabulous parade, including celebs Joan Rivers and Matthew Mitcham - check ’em out!
Sydney Gay Mardi Gras parade attracts 300,000 revelers
Revelers decked out in sequins, feathers, wigs and leather danced through the streets of Sydney on Saturday to the cheers of more than 300,000 people at the annual Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.
Thousands to march for gay rights in Australia Gay Pride parade
Australian Olympic diving champion Matthew Mitcham will lead almost 10,000 marchers through Sydney’s streets in a world-renowned annual gay pride celebration on Saturday.
Cafe Pride Welcomes LGBT Youth
Harassment, depression, substance abuse, homelessness and suicide. These are just a few of the myriad issues that often face LGBTQ youth, initiating a vicious cycle that leaves some feeling short on options and short on hope. In recognition of the unique needs of LGBT youth, a group of Lake View churches decided to do something to break the cycle: They created Cafe Pride. Originally focused on small group discussions and support, the program has evolved from its creation in the late ‘90s into a weekly safe social space for 16- to 24-year-old queer youth and their allies, held from 8 p.m. to midnight on Fridays. The program is hosted by the Lake View Presbyterian Church to provide a safe haven to youth, many of whom admittedly lack positive past experiences with religion.
Under Obama: "LGBT Change is Coming" -- Or Is It?
With just over a month to go until President-Elect Barack Obama’s inauguration, many leaders in the LGBT community wonder whether campaign pronouncements for change will see a life beyond rhetoric, particularly following the Obama’s selection Wednesday of an anti-gay evangelical, Rev. Rick Warren, to deliver his inauguration’s invocation.
Prop 8: Notes from the Protest
This past Saturday, something incredible happened in Chicago and around the globe, the true magnitude of which I doubt our community will fully comprehend for years to come. With demonstrators assembled in nearly every state across the U.S. and in several countries worldwide, the LGBT community made its opinion on California’s passage of the anti-gay marriage Proposition 8 echo throughout the land. The effort was miraculous, and not just for the fact that millions of people turned out to hit the streets. In just over a week, the creators of JoinTheImpact.com were able to galvanize our community by utilizing social networking web tools and building a massive grassroots action that the organizers of our movement’s Stonewall days could never have imagined.
Pride parade a success in every way - except one
The 25th annual Alan Ross Texas Freedom Parade was a success by every measure - except one, the bottom line.
2009 Dyke March talks already begin
Discussion about where the 2009 Dyke March, held in the summer the day before the annual Pride Parade, has already begun.
Memories fade, apathy grows...who will tell our story?
In honor of Gay History month we need to tell the story of our birth as a community, and remember those upon whose shoulders we stand as we continue to fulfill our dreams and our destiny.
Dallas Gay Pride @ Night :: September 19-21, 2008
Breaking all prior attendance records, Dallas Gay Pride weekend was truly something to truly be proud of. Erasure’s Andy Bell kicked off the festivities by entertaining the masses at S4 - but all the bars were bursting at the seams with mixed crowds celebrating Pride weekend. EDGE caught photos from Gay Bingo in the Rose Room, plus Woody’s, Mickey’s, Sue Ellen’s, Alexanders, The Round Up Saloon, J.R’s - and even the overflow in the street. Here are the pics!
Dallas Gay Pride Festival :: September 21, 2008
The Dallas gay pride parade - with cheering crowds following - ended its march at Lee Park, where the party rocked on to the music of Anton Shaw. Want to relive the fun? Check out the photos on EDGE!
Dallas Gay Pride Parade 2008 :: September 21, 2008
The Annual Alan Ross Texas Freedom Parade marched down Cedar Springs Road under sunny skies and to the cheer of thousands of onlookers Sunday afternoon - and of course EDGE was there to photograph all the fun. Want to relive Dallas gay pride? Here’s our online photo album!
Worcester Pride 2008
Worcester Pride was this past weekend with the Parade and Block Party on Saturday. The fun continued into the night at the clubs. EDGE was there... here are the pics!
We’re Everywhere
Chicago is well known for its two vibrant LGBTQ neighborhoods, Boystown and Andersonville, but increasingly LGBTQ people are letting it be known that they live in, and are constructive players in, all parts of the city. And these days flying the rainbow flag doesn’t stop at the big bad city’s borders. Fairly quietly, LGBTQ organizations have sprouted in suburbs all around the city.
Europride Parade 2008 :: August 2, 2008
The colorful parade wended its way through Shockholm, originating in Humleg?rden and concluding at Tantolunden on S?dermalm. Along the way, we took photographs of the street party - check them out!