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For Northern Irish student Ciara Cinnamond, it was an excruciating dilemma. At the same time the 23-year-old was graduating from Queen’s University Belfast this weekend, thousands were marching through the streets to call for same-sex marriage to be legalised. So Ciara, who had her girlfriend in the audience, found a way to do both. As she crossed the stage at the prestigious, gilded Whitla Hall to shake the acting vice-chancellor’s hand, Ciara unfurled a rainbow pride flag about as big as her. The...

Hundreds of thousands flocked to Madrid World Pride, the largest LGBTQ pride event in the world, for over a week of events, wrapping up on Sunday night. Madrid World Pride coincided with the 40th anniversary of the first LGBT pride protest in Spain, taking place in Barcelona. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu4zoWBEkHQ Saturday’s parade doubled as a protest march, led by all of Spain’s major political parties, carrying a banner reading, “For LGBTI Rights All Over The World.” https://twitter.com/WorldPride2017/status/881178096845639681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lgbtqnation.com%2F2017%2F07%2Fhundreds-thousands-celebrate-worlds-largest-pride-madrid%2F https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1WiSM0jxpY Spain has been on the forefront of LGBTQ rights, granting...

Almost 300,000 partied in the Norwegian capital this weekend Oslo celebrated the biggest Pride event this year. It was a very bright holiday of rainbow love, full of joy and happiness people dressed up in bright clothes. Check out the brightest photos taken during this event! https://www.instagram.com/p/BWCpi6ugK62/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BWCo5JqFi-q/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BWChCepBjvX/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BWCjOyilYLd/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BWBxR4ABbEt/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BWBkECOj91m/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BWBQsoCAhgH/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BWBR_qKgWfA/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BWBOchnA0_u/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BWBNshRlGaB/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BWA-dMuAGx_/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BWA7Lclg_3I/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BWA6vL2lFAz/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BWA6pbknGty/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BWA6eNiFxIn/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BWA8rLsg4nB/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BWCsG7rAxMr/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BWA6Oz8Behv/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BWCrs2cDP5H/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BWA5eLwB4JW/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BWAzDL_A6yT/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BWCnFOMAaT9/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BWAP1kbAf5Y/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BWA6_SOhLZJ/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BWCSYW2lCVO/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BV9j0AZB0Yl/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BV-ZCALhMmU/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BWAJwhzBGM5/

Now that's what we call a party. Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of Madrid to march for LGBT+ equality this weekend as festivities for World Pride 2017 came to a head. Saturday’s march through the city centre was led by politicians from across Spain’s political spectrum, who carried a large banner which read: ‘For LGBTI Rights All Over the World.’ The huge display of LGBT+ solidarity was the highlight of the 10-day World Pride 2017 festival, which concluded...

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Reports suggest some of Donald Trump’s cronies have reached out to a group called Deplorable Pride; a group that wasn’t allowed to march in this year’s parade in Charlotte, North Carolina. On Monday, the group’s cofounder Brian Talbert revealed The White House Office of Political Affairs contacted him personally in a “show of support.” The Charlotte Observer reports the Deplorable Pride float would’ve come complete with a shudder-inspiring “female impersonator dressed as first lady Melania Trump, surrounded by a handful of...

Pride is a month that calls for celebration and that’s something the LGBT community definitely knows how to do. But as well as celebrating and fighting for our freedom and protection, we are also really good at being funny at Pride. Especially when it comes to combining Pride and comedy, we’re undoubtedly the best at creating some hysterical signs that will make you laugh harder than you should. Here are a few of our favourite funny signs from 2017 so far: 1. A...

A late police officer will be honoured by his gay colleagues over a viral video in which he danced at a Pride parade. NYPD Officer Michael Hance, who was straight , made headlines in 2015 after he was filmed dancing with a reveller at the city’s Pride parade. In the clip, the officer – assigned to protect the parade – twerks on a Pride marcher as Michael Jackson’s ‘Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough’ plays. Officer Hence, who served with the NYPD...

Because having the right to everything else isn't enough. Christians are demanding Facebook add a cross alongside the temporary Pride emoji. Though some people have been particularly happy about Facebook introducing a rainbow flag emoji in celebration of Pride month, others don’t. But for some Christians, they felt left out because they didn’t have an emoji of their own. Former television and radio evangelist Joshua Feuerstein shared a photo demanding there be a cross reaction emoji for those against the LGBTI community. Feuerstein has...

Video is being targeted by numerous homophobic comments, receiving over 150,000 downvotes YouTube released a moving #ProudToBe new video celebrating Pride yesterday (27 June). YouTube Spotlight launched this video as part of the campaign and already has more than 3 million hits on YouTube. The video features famous LGBTI YouTubers, clips of viral videos including Rachel Evan Woods, Human Rights Campaign, LGBTI marches, and clips of same-sex parents with their children.ru It also includes Peppermint and Shea from the recent season of RuPaul’s...

Ever since the Babadook became an unlikely LGBT icon, the terrifying horror character has got its claws into Pride. There have been Babadooks spotted at Pride marches the world over, and now the inevitable. A Babadook drag queen got engaged at Seattle Pride at the weekend, and it was predictably if horrifyingly sweet. Fraya Love self describes as Super AWESOME DRAG QUEEN, Madonna and LadyGaGa impersonator, adding “I also moon light as a video hoe.” Ahead of Pride, Fraya posted a few snaps...

'For anyone who's had to hide who they are, I've got your back' A straight New York City cop has shared an LGBTI Pride message on Facebook that is so powerful and point that it has gone viral. He identifies himself only as ‘Huge Fat Loser’ and posts a photo of himself wearing a T-shirt that reads: ‘I may be straight but I don’t hate.’ He then shares a list of reasons why he worked last weekend’s Pride event. It’s a thorough and...

Last weekend was the grand finale of Pride month, with celebrations happening in New York, San Francisco, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Nashville, London, and more. All across the world people put on their rainbow gear and took to the streets to celebrate. We’ve scoured Instagram for some of our favorite Pride pics. Check them out below, plus don’t forget to submit your own Pride photos to our #TakePride photo challenge for an opportunity to be featured on Queerty’s Instagram page. Scroll down...

Chicago Transit Authority is showing its support for the Windy City’s Pride Parade this weekend with four rainbow-colored ‘L’ trains, WGN reports. https://twitter.com/cta/status/878379775538212864 https://twitter.com/cta/status/878779880497967104 The ‘Ride With Pride’ cars will run on the Red Line “to show our commitment to equality and inclusion,” CTA officials said. https://twitter.com/cta/status/878228757139423232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegailygrind.com%2F2017%2F06%2F25%2Fride-pride-city-chicago-celebrates-pride-rainbow-subway-cars%2F Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel‏ shared a video of the rainbow cars on social media: https://twitter.com/ChicagosMayor/status/878264081412612097 Happy Pride!