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Monday, August 25
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Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer , Seattle Times , Windy City Times , Southern Voice Thousands of gay softball players and fans began to arrive in Seattle over the weekend for the 2008 Northwest Quest Gay Softball World Series. 175 teams and 4,000 athletes and fans from 41 cities in Canada and the U.S. will participate in the week-long event. Opening ceremonies are 4 p.m. today at Seattle Center. Games are scheduled Tuesday through Saturday at five different ballparks in South King County. Championship games and closing ceremonies are Saturday at Russell Road Park in Kent. The series is jointly...
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Saturday, August 02
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Source: Deutsche Welle , Radio Netherlands , Associated Press via IHT , Irish Times , Belfast Telegraph Amsterdam Pride Canal Parade, 2008 Water guns photo by CBImages, Flickr Flags photo by Joseph111, Flickr An estimated half-million people turned out this weekend for Amsterdam's 13th annual Gay Pride canal parade. The numbers were similar Saturday in Stockholm where about 45,000 people showed up for a downtown march that marked the finale of the Swedish capital's week-long gay pride festivities. Some 450,000 people lined the parade route in Stockholm according to police and...
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Saturday, July 26
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Source: Los Angeles Times , KABC , NBC San Diego Steven Paul Hirschfield was performing aboard a Pride Weekend cruise in San Diego before he was pulled from the bay by harbor police and then shot. The family of a man who was shot by San Diego Harbor Police after they pulled him from San Diego Bay said Friday that they are filing a federal civil rights lawsuit seeking punitive damages against the officer who shot him. Los Angeles-based attorney Brian Claypool and relatives of Steven Paul Hirschfield, 37, spoke out for the first time in West Hollywood. They said they are filing a lawsuit collectively...
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Thursday, July 24
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Source: AFP , Eurogames press release , Pink News Barcelona -- More than 5,000 athletes, gay and straight, from across Europe are converging on Barcelona for the Eurogames which get underway on Thursday in the Spanish port city, organizers said. The Olympics-style games are expected to attract more than 30,000 tourists to this port city. The event could pump €30-million into the local economy, according to Barcelona gay sports group Panteras Grogues (Yellow Panthers) which is organizing the event. The four-day event will kick off with a colorful opening ceremony on Thursday at the Palau Sant Jordi...
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Saturday, July 19
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Source: Tri-Cities Herald , KNDO/KNDU TV Pasco, Wash. -- The LGBT community in central Washington's Tri-Cities -- Pasco, Kennewick, and Richland -- celebrate this weekend with the second annual Mid-Columbia Pride 2008. Events include an afternoon softball game Pasco City Hall and coronation of Miss Gay Columbia Basin at 9 pm at Out & About in Pasco. A parade from Out & About to Sylvester Park will start at 11 am Sunday, followed by a six-hour celebration in the park featuring more than two dozen vendors and live entertainment from The Shades and comedienne Vickie Shaw. Speaking with...
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Thursday, June 05
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Source: Gay City News , Advocate Gay literati were the stars in LA on May 29th as 20th Annual Lambda Literary Awards -- affectionately known as the "Lammys" -- were held on in what is likely America's gayest two square miles -- West Hollywood. Twenty-one books received awards. Highlights include the LGBT anthology First Person Queer , edited by Richard Labonte and Lawrence Schimel (Arsenal Pulp Press) and The IHOP Papers , by Ali Leibegott (Carroll & Graf) in the category of Women's Fiction. The award represents double triumph for Leibegott, who received a Publishing Triangle...
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Thursday, June 05
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Source: PR Newswire (press release) , Sydney Star Observer , Bay Area Reporter Rugby players from the world's gay rugby teams are landing in Ireland this week for the the 2008 Bingham Cup, commonly known as the 'Gay Rugby World Cup'. The tournament starts Friday, June 13, in Dublin. The tournament is the second largest biennial amateur rugby tournament in the world, according to organizers. The 2006 cup, which took place in New York, was the biggest yet. The tournament is named for San Franciscan Mark Bingham, one of the September 11 Flight 93 heroes. Thirty teams drawn from clubs around...
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Sunday, May 18
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Source: Associated Press , Earth Times , ABC News (Australia) HAVANA -- Cuba's gay community celebrated unprecedented openness -- and high-ranking political alliances -- with a government-backed campaign against homophobia on Saturday. Several hundred gay men and women gathered at an outdoor cultural center for a rare display of public solidarity. The meeting at a convention center in Havana's Vedado district may have been the largest gathering of openly gay activists ever on the communist-run island. President Raul Castro's daughter Mariela, who has promoted the rights of sexual minorities...
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Friday, May 16
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Source: Globe and Mail Toronto -- The third largest gay and lesbian film and video festival in the world, after those in San Francisco and Los Angeles, Inside Out, Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival opened last night and continues its 18th edition over the next 10 days with several new initiatives -- including the well-curated Icon Documentary Series. The Icon series is a self-contained unit of six excellent films, focused on figures strongly connected to the visual arts. Inside Out director of programming Jason St-Laurent says the series provides a useful niche within the larger event...
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Monday, May 05
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Source: AFP via Inquirer.net , Reuters , Manila Times MANILA -- The head of Manila's Roman Catholic church has warned parishes that they will be punished if they allow gay men to play female saint in a popular local festivals called "Santacruzan" or Santa Cruz de Mayo. "Gays should not be allowed to participate in Santacruzan since it defeats the true meaning of the celebration," Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales told the church-run Radio Veritas station on Monday. The prelate said he'll refuse to say mass at any parish that allows gay men to participate in the ceremonies as...
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Wednesday, April 23
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Source: San Diego Union Tribune , GLAAD press release GLAAD -- the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation -- won't participate in a scheduled "Pride Rocks" event at a hotel in San Diego this summer because the hotel's owner is helping fund an initiative to limit marriage rights in California. GLAAD said it will continue to participate in “Pride Rocks” events at other Hyatt hotels nationwide, but not at the Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego which is owned by developer Doug Manchester. Manchester contributed $125,000 to a drive to put a same-sex-marriage ban before voters...
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Saturday, April 19
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Source: San Jose Mercury News , Women's Sports Foundation Images of out gay athletes from Jeff Sheng's exhibit, "Fearless" photos by Jeff Sheng DANVILLE, Calif. -- Students at San Ramon Valley High School are teaching their classmates and the community that saying something is "so gay" is so uncool. Members of the school's Gay-Straight Alliance, which has been on campus for about 10 years, designated last week Gay Pride Week on campus. Students have been spreading awareness about accepting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. As co-presidents of the Gay...
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Saturday, April 12
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Source: North Texas Daily (UNT) Carnivale prom-goers enjoy LGBT prom hosted by Denton, TX university student groups photo: North Texas Daily High heels, big hair and couples' photos are not limited to high school prom night. The Gay and Lesbian Alliance of Denton (GLAD) and TWU Pride hosted their Carnevale-themed prom April 5 at the UNT University Union's Silver Eagle Suite. According to its web page , TWU Pride is the student organization at Texas Woman's University in Denton for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered students and straight allies. Founded in 2000, it has been an...
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Friday, April 11
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Source: Austin Business Journal , Dallas Voice For the first time, Austin's gay pride parade and pride festival later this year will be staged on the same day as part of a burgeoning local effort to tap into the lucrative gay visitor and event market. The two events will be staged on June 14, with the festival held at Auditorium Shores and the parade departing from that location. Organizers believe the combined celebrations -- which used to be held on separate weekends in June -- could draw a combined 50,000 participants and spectators, with many coming from outside the city. People from across...
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Wednesday, April 09
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Source: San Francisco Bay Guardian , Cape Times , Bay Area Reporter San Francisco -- Archbishop Desmond Tutu offered his sincerest thanks and gratitude on Tuesday night to the audience at Grace Cathedral as he delivered a moving acceptance speech, upon receiving the OUTSPOKEN Award from the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission ( ILGHRC ). The award recognized that Tutu's "leadership (and) outspokenness have contributed substantially to advancing (our) rights", the commission's executive director, Paula Ettelbrick, said. In accepting the honor, the archbishop said...
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Wednesday, April 02
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Source: Monsters & Critics , Starpulse Janet Jackson photo by Kenny Rogers via CelebrityGossipz.com Janet Jackson will be honored by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) during the organization's 19th Annual GLAAD Media Awards on April 26th. Gay comedienne and TV personality Ellen DeGeneres will present the pop superstar with the night's Vanguard Award. The Nasty singer says, "I have received a number of awards throughout my career, but I am so proud to be receiving this from GLAAD. I thank them for this honor from the bottom of my heart." Jackson is set...
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Monday, March 03
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Source: UK Gay News , New Zealand Herald , and ABC News (Australia) Sydney Mardi Gras SYDNEY -- Police have praised revelers at this year’s gay pride parade for their good behavior, with only a small number of incidents occurring. About 300,000 of people watched 10,000 participants in the 30th Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras sing and dance their way along Oxford Street Saturday night for the annual celebration of gay rights. This year’s festival attracted large numbers of people to the area surrounding Oxford Street, Darlinghurst. Police were pleased with what they called the "outstanding...
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Saturday, March 01
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Source: Associated Press , AFP , Sydney Morning Herald Sydney Mardi Gras Images from Flickr of 2008 Lesbian and Gay Mardi Gras Flickr photo by ssbuchanan Flickr photo by Unforgettable Flickr photo by paul_syd01 Flickr photo by sillypucci SYDNEY, Australia -- Around 300,000 revelers cheered as a sequins-sparkling, 10,000-strong parade sashayed down inner-city streets Saturday in Sydney's 30th annual Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. What began in 1978 as a protest march by 1,500 brave homosexual, lesbian and transsexual men and women that was harshly disbursed by police has grown into one of the world's...
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Friday, February 29
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Source: Sydney Morning Herald , News.com.au Rob Summers and Amelia Dzakaria do some last-minute shopping at House of Priscilla. Sydney Morning Herald photo by Bob Pearce Sydney -- Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras has put violence against gays and lesbians at the forefront of its political agenda, asking the two men who were bashed while walking hand-in-hand in Darlinghurst three months ago to lead tonight's 30th anniversary parade. With more than 9000 participants and 150 floats, tonight's extravaganza is expected to be the parade's biggest ever, finishing with an after-party at the...
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Friday, January 04
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Source: Times (London) Margaret from Seattle just couldn't contain herself. The valley was deep, the mountain high, the sky blue and the powder deep. And the run was called Rhapsody. She lifted her poles and yelled “God loves gays” into the void. Her joy was so ridiculously infectious that even nearby atheists and heterosexuals giggled wildly. The brilliant sunshine and perfect snow was a gift for everyone. But the fact that it came on the last day of gay ski week after some patchy conditions did seem like our special bonus. Margaret led us hurtling down the glorious bowl, slicing through the...
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Tuesday, January 01
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Source: WCAX-TV News and Manchester Union-Leader Concord, New Hampshire -- While many people were celebrating the new year with champagne and parties, more than a dozen couples in New Hampshire were doing something they've long been denied-- getting a civil union. At the stroke of midnight, New Hampshire became the fourth state to allow civil unions for gay and lesbian couples. N.H. legislators say the new law was about equality, but it was a move that caused controversy. Still, 23 couples were ready to say their "I dos" on the state house steps at midnight. They say they didn't...
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Sunday, December 30
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Source: willametteLive.com In response to a judge's order [see seaQwa Qnews summary ] that Oregon's domestic partnership law cannot take effect as scheduled on Tuesday, Basic Rights Oregon has canceled its January 2 celebration at Portland's Gerding Theatre. Instead, Basic Rights Oregon , Portland's Q Center, and community leaders will hold a candlelight vigil to draw attention to the delay and the impact that it will have on some Oregon families. Basic Rights Oregon's Executive Director, Jeana Frazzini, called the judge's ruling "nothing short of an outrage."...
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Wednesday, December 12
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Source: Windy City Times The Federation of Gay Games has published its request for proposal ( RFP ) , which details the requirements for potential organizers and host cities of Gay Games IX, according to a press release. The ninth edition of the Games will be held in 2014 and will include more than 30 sports and cultural events—as well as over 12,000 participants and tens of thousands of family, friends, fans and spectators. Past Gay Games have brought significant economic impact to host cities, with estimates ranging from USD$60 to USD$80 million, and have enabled increased collaboration between...
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Tuesday, November 20
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Source: Seattle Times The only thing worse than a woman scorned? A drag queen told to clean up her act. But that's one thing David Richart did in his first week as executive director of the Lifelong AIDS Alliance in Seattle. He got the job one day, went to the National Conference on AIDS the next, then came back to Seattle last Tuesday to begin contract negotiations with Glamazonia, the reigning queen of Lifelong's signature fundraiser, Gay Bingo. It wasn't pretty. Staffers were asked to undergo anti-harassment training, and Glammie (aka Thom Hubert) was included. Richart asked Glammie...
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Saturday, November 17
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Source: Inside Bay Area A vaquero contest winner at Carnaval de la Concha in La Linea (Cádiz) Flickr photo by L4ur4 OAKLAND -- Backstage in the dressing room, the nervous energy was high as each cowboy primped before a vanity mirror. For some, like "Antonio Rios," the nerves came from more than a little stage fright. "'Antonio Rios' is 24," said the worker from the avocado orchards of Michoacan, Mexico, who is actually 21. He assumes this fake identity when he goes to gay clubs. "I don't like using my personal name because my family and straight friends don't...
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Thursday, November 15
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Source: PageOneQ The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force will celebrate 20 years of the Creating Change Conference, the nation's largest annual LGBT skills-building and strategy conference, in February of 2008. 30,000 movement leaders have been fostered by the Conference since its launch in 1988. The conference, to be held in Detroit from February 6 to February 10, 2008, will feature speakers such as NAACP chairman and equality advocate Julian Bond, and V. Eugene Robinson, the first openly gay ordained Episcopalian bishop. "We look forward to a truly wonderful Creating Change Conference...
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Monday, October 29
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Source: Gay.com (from Out Traveler) Whistler , B.C., Canada The event: Now in its 16th year, Whistler 's party-centric Altitude has morphed into the well-rounded WinterPride, with a more diverse apres-ski lineup, including culinary classes and health and wellness symposiums, rounding out the fun offerings for skiers and nonskiers alike. When: Feb. 3-10, 2008 The crowd: Even though about 80 percent of the 3,000 snow worshippers attending are men, it's the most lesbian-friendly of the bunch, and nonskiing Vancouverites pop in for hot-tubbing and schmoozing. Bragging rights: Whistler and Blackcomb...
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Sunday, October 28
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Source: BGay.com HOLLYWOOD, CA -- Jonathan "JT" Taylor from San Francisco, California was named US Mr. Gay 2008 and is now moving on to represent the United States at the International Mr. Gay Competition Grand Finale after having beaten out nineteen other contestants from around the nation. The 3rd Annual U.S. Mr. Gay Competition National Finale and Awards Gala was held at the Music Box Theater in Hollywood. Taylor wowed the judges and the crowd with his stage presence, charm, intelligence and eye catching physique. The USA finals included a three-day series of indoor/outdoor physical...
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Sunday, October 28
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Mr. Gay Ireland Barry Meegan poses with noted Irish model Sarah Morrissey, one of the contest judges Source: UK Gay News DUBLIN -- Barry Meegan, a player with the Emerald Warriors gay rugby club and “Mr. Emerald Warriors”, is the new Mr. Gay Ireland. Last night, he beat off competition from 21 other finalists from all over Ireland – north and south – to take the title. “The lads on the rugby team asked me if I would represent the club in this years Mr. Gay Ireland competition and as it is for a good cause, I said why not, who knows,” he commented. Barry, aged 29, is hoping his new found status...
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Thursday, October 11
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The Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival turns 12 this year and, after viewing some of the 75 programs and 150 narrative features, documentaries and short films, one feels like the fest has undergone a rite of passage that's pushed it to a higher...
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