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2007 Rhode Island Pride Parade
The 2007 Rhode Island Pride Parade featured clear skies, warm temperatures and a big crowd. Grand Marshals for this year were Mayor David Cicilline and RI Attorney General Patrick Lynch, along with the always-fabulous Miss Sabrina Blaze. Here are the photos!
2007 Rhode Island Pride at the Dark Lady / Alleycat :: June 16, 2007
With the slogan of "What Happens on Snow Street Stays on Snow Street" The Dark Lady and The Alley Cat hosted Las Vegas Themed Block Parties. Sorry everyone, EDGE was there and got the evidence on film!
2007 Rhode Island Pride at Mirabar :: June 16, 2007
The shot boys were all about, the grill was working and the dance floor was in the street and inside at the same time. With performances by Alyson, Wendy Scanlan & Jenna Drey, it was a high energy party all night long. EDGE has the shots!
New York Pride :: 2007 Rally
The annual Pride Rally took place right behind the New York Public Library, with Hedda Lettuce and Adam Joseph both performed, PFLAG made a presentation, and those in attendance reflected on the victories achieved - personal and political - in the past year. Here are photos!
Bushwick Celebrates Gay Pride
Bushwick, a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood, now has its own Pride March.
2007 Rhode Island PrideFest :: June 16, 2007
RI Pride’s annual Pridefest kicked off with performances by Frenchie Davis, Colton Ford, Peppermint Gummybear, Jenna Drey, Alysson, Sean Van Deruvilt, Sister Funk, All the Kings’ Men, and Kimberly Locke - we’ve got pics of the performers, the crowds, and the fun.
Gay Pride attracts tens of thousands in Rome
Tens of thousands Saturday staged the Gay Pride parade in Rome, urging the Italian government to fast-track plans to grant homosexual couples legal status and override Vatican objections.
Anti-Gay Jewish Sect Carries Out More Violence
Predictions of violence issued last week by a rabbi belonging to the extremist ultra-Orthodox Haredi sect came true in an unsurprising turn of events as Thursday’s date for this year’s Gay Pride parade in Jerusalem draws closer.
2007 Rhode Island Pride Flicks Under the Stars :: June 15, 2007
The RI Pride Committee with the support of the Rhode Island International Film Festival held the third annual Pride Flicks Under the Stars. As the sun set, EDGE caught photos of some of the movie-lovers!
2007 Rhode Island Pride Art Show :: June 14, 2007
The annual Pride Art Show was held at The Space By Alice Gallery in Providence - artists from the GLBT community submitted works for display in advance of the yearly Pride festivities. EDGE was there - here are photos!
Boston Pride Wrapup :: We all had a ball at Boston City Hall
Lesbian librarians, leather queens and all those Unitarians. The Boston Pride parade just wouldn’t be as smart, sexy or spiritual without the marchers who have populated the annual extravaganza for ages, and plenty of them took to the streets on June 9. Nonetheless, this year’s Boston Pride offered up plenty of the new and different, from a new route that took marchers past the State House, to the first-ever participation of a sitting governor in the parade and a festival on City Hall Plaza.
Marriage fight casts shadow over historic Pride Interfaith Service
Stepping to the pulpit after the six-member Union United Methodist Church Men’s Choir brought the hand-clapping congregation to its feet with a joyful rendition of the spiritual "I Love To Praise His Holy Name," Drayton Freeman, co-chair of the Boston Pride Interfaith Coalition offered an apology as people settled back onto the cushioned pews of the South End church. "I realize having an Episcopalian following that is probably lethal," said Freeman.
Boston Pride :: 2007 Pride Closing Party @ Avalon
Avalon hosted the annual Pride Closing Party on Sunday night; and as the crowd celebrated a fabulous week of festivities, we snapped their pictures. Here they are!
Pride in the Park
It was an early summer celebration full of friends, families and pride when hundreds gathered at Hagen Park in Wilton Manors for Pridefest’s 2007 "Pride Picnic."
Boston Pride :: 2007 Stuart Street Block Party
Boston Pride extended through Sunday afternoon with a crowded block party on Stuart Street, with DJs Jst and Tracy Young providing the music. Here are the pics!
2007 Philadelphia Pride :: Triumphant Pride
After the Pride Festival on Penn’s Landing, it was a short two blocks to the Triumph Brewing Company, where Bruce Yelk’s "Triumphant Pride" kicked into high gear with DJ Zathan. Here are the pics!
South Florida Pride 2007 :: Pride Picnic
Pride South Florida celebrated 30 years of Pride with a full-on picnic at Hagan Park in Ft. Lauderdale Sunday - with a BBQ, DJ, and an all-you-can-eat food fest. We caught it on film - here are the photos!
Ultra-Orthodox Rabbis Curse Jerusalem Gay Pride
As if threats of violence and explosive devices planted along a possible Gap Pride Parade route in Jerusalem earlier this year were not enough, ultra-Orthodox Haredi Jews have gone old-school and cursed this year’s Pride participants.
Providence Pride Entertainment Spotlight
New England’s second largest pride celebration features the largest GLBT Marketplace and Business Exposition in the region with a mix of national and local entertainment.
2007 Philadelphia Pride Festival
As the Pride Parade led participants and spectators alike to the picturesque views of Penn Landing, the sun came out for a bright, colorful afternoon. We caught photos of the fabulous entertainment, hundreds of happy faces, and action shots of dunk-a-dyke!