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GayCities contributors The Nomadic Boys travel the world, and when they heard London calling, they fell in love with the city. Pride in London is scheduled for July 5-7, with the parade on July 6, and GayCities chatted with The Boys to see how to make the most out of pride, and every day, in the political and cultural capital of Great Britain. The Boys have some great recommendations for how to enjoy one of the most exciting cities and...

Over the weekend, SoCal kicked off pride month with the Laguna Beach Pride Festival. The laid back nature of this seaside hamlet belies its rich LGBT heritage, most notable for electing the nation’s first openly gay mayor, Robert F. Gentry, in 1982. And while Laguna Pride may not be as big and boisterous as its neighboring Los Angeles Pride, it succeeded on serving up a chill crowd, intimate performances, and a bevy of boys boasting beautiful beach bods. A Laguna local...
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LGBTI people and allies took to the colorful streets of Shibuya today Tokyo has celebrated equality for all with the annual Tokyo Rainbow Pride parade on 28 April. Thousands of members of the LGBTI community and allies took to the streets of Shibuya Ward, in the capital of Japan. https://www.instagram.com/p/BwzeoJwpxQB/?utm_source=ig_embed The first Tokyo Pride was in 1994 This year marks the 25th anniversary of the first LGBTI event in Tokyo. It was, in fact, 1994 when the first Pride took place. Japan has come a...
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Two individuals are in custody in connection with the stabbings, which is not suspected to have been motivated by anti-LGBTQ hatred. Two individuals were stabbed at the Fort Lauderdale Gay Pride Festival on Sunday. The stabbings occurred at 6:30pm near the main stage, and two people have been taken into custody in connection with the attack, said Officer Casey Liening, a spokeswoman for the Fort Lauderdale Police Department, WPLG Local 10 reports. “We believe this was an isolated incident, which began as...
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A Utah café worker is being applauded for defending a gay couple who were being harassed by a large group of men. While participating in Utah’s Pride Festival on Saturday, a gay couple was walking around downtown Salt Lake City. Around 10 p.m. that night, the two men found themselves being harassed by a group of 10 to 15 white men. The men yelled out homophobic slurs at the couple and followed them as they fled. The gay men then came across...
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A woman in Buffalo, New York, was arrested early Sunday morning after threatening violence at the Buffalo Pride Festival held Sunday. The Buffalo Police Department told local news affiliate WIVB they received tips regarding Facebook messages posted by 40-year-old Rosalyn Colligan, who threatened to stab, shoot, and rape pride festival attendees. One person was targeted by name in the posts. The police responded quickly to the threats and underscored how “see something, say something” can stop violence beforehand. “When members of the public...
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For the first time ever, the LGBTQ community in Myanmar was able to celebrate a public pride festival. The &PROUD festival took place at Thakin Mya Park in Yangon with over 6,000 people in attendance. In prior years, the celebration had taken place at a private location at the French Institute. Currently, homosexual relations are illegal in the country, but the event organizers were allowed to host the event in a public space. https://www.instagram.com/p/BeDL42JlJoM/?utm_source=ig_embed The event was open to all in...
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The first major UK Pride festival parade of 2017 has taken place amid heightened security fears The first major Pride festival of the UK season, Birmingham Pride, is taking place today and tomorrow in England’s second city. It does so amid heightened security concerns following the bombing of an Arianna Grande concert at Manchester Arena on Monday night. Following that attack, in which 22 people died, authorities have placed the UK’s security threat at ‘critical’. Additional security is in place at big...

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