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2008 Philadelphia Pride Parade
The 2008 Philadelphia Gay Pride parade enjoyed beautiful (if overwarm) weather, fabulous marshals including Ron Sy and Tami Sortman, the presence of the hysterical Bruce Vilanch, and thousands of cheering fans throughout the Gayborhood and along Market Street. EDGE has the photos!
2008 Los Angeles Pride :: "Reality Check" @ Here Lounge
Hosted by Woody Woodbeck, the 2nd Annual "Reality Check" was a party to benefit Equality California - and it included celebrity guests such as Nick Verreos, Jai Rodriguez, Brian Peeler, JD Jordan, and EDGE’s own Marcellas Reynolds. Here are the pics!
Pekers :: June 8, 2008
Nestled in a nook on Oak Lawn, Pekers packed in a particularly warm and friendly a crowd on Sunday night for "The Voice of Pride 2008." Soon to celebrate their one year anniversary, Pekers proved to be a great place to relax and wind down the weekend. Check out the photos here!
Stonewall Street Festival Prepares to Heat Up South Florida
The 9th Annual Stonewall Street Festival is just around the corner and this year it’s sizzling with pride as its entertainment heats up Wilton Drive like never before. The lineup for this year’s pride festival is fun and fabulous. Festivities kick off on Monday, June 16th... and on the weekend Tammy Wright, Crystal Waters, DJ Joe Bermudez, and DJ Tracy Young get the party started on the streets of Wilton Drive for the two day festival (June 21 - June 22.)
Boston Pride :: 2008 Pride Flagraising
The sky was overcast, but the colors went up as scheduled. The Boston Pride Committee, the Boston City Council, and about two hundred spectators gathered at City Hall today at noon to hoist the gay flag - marking the opening of Boston Gay Pride 2008. Here are the photos!
Our Kinda Town, Chicago Is..
Chicago is our kinda town. And if you don’t know it yet, all you have to do is drop in this summer. Pride is busting out all over. Pride is something people take seriously here. Very seriously - even while laughing a lot.
2008 Miss Pride Pageant :: June 1, 2008
The Rhode Island Pride Committee held their Miss Pride 2008 Pageant Sunday at Club Gallery in Providence. Congratulations to the winner Miss Paris Hilton. Here are the photos!
Pride comes to Philly
First held in the late 1980s, Philadelphia Pride expects to draw more than 25,000 people to Center City this weekend.
Stockholm Pride kick-starts EuroPride with support for Warsaw Pride
As part of EuroPride, Stockholm Pride will kick off on July 25th and go through August 3, a week that promises to bring excitement, fun, and festivities to Sweden’s capital city. Of course EDGE will be there, bringing our readers daily updates on the events, parties, parade and more, as well as some sure-to-be-steamy pictures of all the action...
Eric Alva named parade grand marshal
Openly gay ex-Marine and activist Eric Alva is the grand marshal of this year’s Chicago 39th Annual Pride Parade, which will commence Sun., June 29, at 12 p.m.
Violence down at Russia Gay Pride parade
Violence was down at this year’s Gay Russia parade in Moscow, but activists still endured verbal abuse and were pelted with garbage, a report said Monday.
National Gay Pride Month Kicks Off with Commitment Ceremony in West Hollywood
On June 4, 2008, Grey’s Anatomy star T.R. Knight will join the Matthew Shepard Foundation to help kick off National Gay-Pride month with a symbolic dusk commitment ceremony at the famed West Hollywood hotspot, The Abbey.
Join the most exclusive club in town and enjoy the Manchester Pride Big Weekend in style!!
You think you a little bit (or a big bit) of a diva? You think you deserve more star treatment than the likes of Madonna?.... Well Manchester PRIDE’s got the perfect package for you. This year, the festival promised to "diva up" all the fabulous girls and guys, making them feel as though they’re headline news- and participants might just end up being on the news! (You never know which tacky paper reporter is lurking in the VIP area...)
Gay rights activists march in Latvia
Gay rights activists and their opponents have squared off during a parade in downtown Riga.
AIDS Walk Boston :: June 1, 2008
The 23rd Annual AIDS Walk Boston and Larry Kessler 5K Run stepped off under bright skies and warm temperatures - a perfect day for 15,000 Bostonians to raise over $30 million for the programs and services of AIDS Action Committee. Here are the photos!
Los Angeles Pride 2008 Celebrates Love. Equality. PRIDE.
The diversity and pride of the dynamic gay and lesbian population in Los Angeles will once again be celebrated during the 38th annual Los Angeles Lesbian, Gay, Bi, and Transgender PRIDE celebration, including the Festival and Parade from June 6 through 8 in the City of West Hollywood.
Toronto :: A City of Pride
Toronto - a big-hearted city that embraces cultural diversity and the arts - makes ready for Pride Week, June 20-29.
Millions celebrate gay pride in Brazil parade
Millions of people waving rainbow flags and wearing lavish Carnival costumes paraded in South America’s biggest city Sunday to celebrate gay pride and demand an end to homophobia and sexism.
Pride 2008
A review of some of the many Pride parades and festivals going on throughout the country this summer, along with a few health tips for enjoying the festivities.
2008 Long Beach Pride :: Long Beach Pride Festival
Grand Marshall Kurt Knuttson led the festivities the 2008 Long Beach Pride Festival on Long Beach Ocean Boulevard this weekend... and EDGE caught all the fun on film. Check out the photos!