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Disney launches Pride collection
There’s more than just Mickey ears!
Hot on the heels of the news that Disney was selling official rainbow-hued Mickey Mouse ears, the Disney Shop has unveiled a Pride collection of merchandise.
News of the collection was announced yesterday on the official OhMyDisney Instagram account. It’s going on sale now ahead of LGBTI Pride Month in the US.
‘@shopdisney just launched the rainbow mickey collection and we’re obsessed ❤???? now through june 30, 2018, shopDisney will donate 10% of online sales from...
Hate Crime Charges Filed Against Miami Beach Pride Attackers
On the afternoon of April 8, two gay men were the target of a violent anti-LGBT attack that occurred in Miami Beach shortly after the city's Pride Parade.
The couple, Dmitry Logunov and Rene Chalarca, were severely beaten by four men as they walked home after celebrating LGBT Pride.
Surveillance cameras outside the Miami Beach bathroom, located near the beach along Ocean Drive and Sixth Street, recorded the assault.
The victims said they were targeted for their sexual orientation as their assailants...
Philadelphia’s Annual Black Pride Week Was Honored With A March At City Hall
Last week, Philadelphia celebrated Philly Black Pride and its first Black Pride March.
A group of 35 people gathered at Philadelphia’s City Hall to express the need for inclusion in the city in terms of race and LGBTQ acceptance.
Openly gay Philadelphia man Romaine Gibbs started the event by asking participants to join arms.
“When we bind and unite like this,” Gibbs said, “people cannot destroy us.”
Mayor Kenney also spoke at the event and shared the mentality that LGBTQ people of color...
Disney Theme Parks Just Got A Lot More Exciting Thanks To New Pride Hats
Disneyland is now selling rainbow Mickey ears!
While LGBTQ fans of the Disney empire have repeatedly been disappointed by the lack of queer representation in House of Mouse films, they might be excited to see representation forming elsewhere.
The rainbow colored hats are now being sold at a Five & Dime in Disneyland with hopefully the product spreading across the globe (and online) in due time.
The hats themselves have bright rainbow ears and a red cap underneath. On the cap, there...
Team Canada Steps Up To Host Pride House At Winter Olympics
"Team Canada is proud to embrace its diversity at Canada House."
Plans for a dedicated Pride House at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang fell through after activists in South Korea were unable to secure funding. But the Canadian Olympic Committee saved the day by hosting a Pride House within its Olympic Village pavilion.
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On the front door of Canada House, a welcoming message greets guests: “Within these walls where those with Olympics hearts come to gather, you are welcomed, accepted and...
PHOTOS: Mumbai Pride follows Gandhi’s path of protest
The Pride March called for an end to the criminalization of homosexuality
At the exact spot where Indian activist Mahatma Gandhi launched his ‘Quit India’ movement, Mumbai’s 2018 Pride march started.
The theme of Saturday’s (3 February) march was ‘Section 377 Quit India’, to protest the country’s law outlawing ‘carnal intercourse against the order of nature’.
Section 377 was introduced into the Penal Code by the British during colonial rule.
So it was fitting the Mumbai Pride march kicked off where Gandhi’s mass...
Ethan Stables Trial: White Supremacist Planned Machete Attack On U.K. Pride Event
"I've had enough. I don't want to live in a gay world."
A British man planned to attack a Pride event in Northwest England with a machete and air rifle, jurors heard this week.
On Tuesday, prosecutors claimed 20-year-old Ethan Stables “was enraged” when he learned that the New Empire pub in Cumbria was hosting an LGBT event on June 23, 2017.
Stables began his reconnaissance of the bar that same day, taking notes and snapping photos, with the aim of launching...
Gus Kenworthy Celebrates Going To The 2018 Winter Olympics With Pride Commercial
Earlier today, we shared with you the fact that Gus Kenworthy has officially qualified for a spot in the U.S. Olympic skiing team for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Now, Kenworthy will be joining figure skater Adam Rippon as one of the first openly gay athletes from the US to go to the Winter Olympics.
This comes just a week after he won first place at the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix in Aspen Snowmass, Colorado, which was one...
Atlanta Pride: 21 photos from America’s largest Pride event in the southeast
Tens 0f thousands of people gathered this weekend (13-15 October) to celebrate Atlanta Pride 2017.
Now in its 47th year, the inaugural event started just one year after the famous Stonewall Riots in New York City in 1969.
It’s now grown into a colorful display of love, diversity and acceptance.
Special guest star Rita Ora performed during Atlanta Pride celebrations on Saturday (14 October) evening.
She wrote on Instagram: ‘Watching the sunset and performing for you… I wouldn’t have it any other way....
The ultimate LGBT Pride calendar (October/November)
Be the first who knows about the latest events that are going to take place worldwide this October and November!
WORLDWIDE PRIDE
Dexter Pottinger, ‘Face of Pride’ in Jamaica, Found Murdered
It appears that neighbors ignored Pottinger's cries for help.
Dexter Pottinger, a Jamaican fashion designer and gay activist who became known as the “face of Pride” in the nation, was found stabbed to death Thursday in his Kingston home.
Police said Saturday that they have arrested a suspect and expect to bring charges, the Jamaica Observer reports.
A neighbor reported hearing screams of “Help!” and “Murder!” from Pottinger’s house early Wednesday morning but did not immediately notify police, according to another paper,...
The ultimate LGBT Pride calendar (September)
We are continue to introduce you the most important LGBT events around the Globe that are going to be held this September.
Have a look at LGBT Pride calendar about upcoming LGBT events of September 2017 below.
EUROPE PRIDE
NORTH AMERICA PRIDE
WORLDWIDE PRIDE
Arrow star Stephen Amell shuts down homophobic trolls in the most perfect way
Don’t mess with Oliver Queen…
Arrow star Stephen Amell popped along to the 39th annual Pride parade in Vancouver, Canada over the weekend with his model wife, enjoying all the LGBT+ festivities the celebration had to offer.
He marked his big day by posting out a lovely photograph – to his 5.4 million Facebook fans no less – of them on one of the city’s rainbow crossings, which were laid down especially for the event.
However, such is the internet that within...
Take a look at the 25 best pictures from Amsterdam Pride, the only LGBTI...
The Dutch know how to get wet and wild
Pride in Amsterdam is unique as it is the only parade for LGBTI people on the water.
On a beautiful summer day, 80 boats sailed down the canals of the Netherlands capital.
Half a million people from around the world on the bankside watched the Canal Parade and have been participating in the week-long festivities.
GSN was there in the middle of it all on the W Amsterdam boat, alongside Dutch superstar drag queen...