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Last week the Starkville, Mississippi, board of aldermen voted to reject an application for the town’s first Pride parade, prompting an outcry among local residents and spurring on a lawsuit from the organizers. Even though large cities have been holding Pride in one form or another since 1969, the emergence of events in smaller communities over the past few decades has gone a long way to improve LGBT visibility across all corners of the country. To champion the efforts made by...

The couple will get married on the world famous parade route with their closest friends and family Since marriage equality became legal in Australia last week, same-sex couples have been lining up to register their intention to marry. But one couple has decided to do things a little bit differently, by getting hitched on top of a float at world famous Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade in 2018. Sydney’s Mardi Gras is one of the world’s biggest LGBTI festival...

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...

Brace yourselves, the biggest and gayest winter weeks are approaching. Set to start on 23rd of January and to last until 31 of January, this year’s Whistler Pride will mark the 24th Festival of this kind and you are in for a lot of treats. There is plenty for everyone, starting with snow sports, pool parties, bungee jumping, tube sliding, snowmobile tours, body treatments, art galleries and ending with the famous “Snowball Grand Finale Dance Party” 26 nations will take...

We're taking a whistle-stop tour around the globe as we explore what's happening at Pride events as 2015 closes and going into 2016. Amsterdam Leather Pride zaptravel.com Let's start as we mean to go on, with Amsterdam's incredible Leather Pride. Taking place this week, we've already missed the launch night and the naked bar night (damn!), there's still plenty to, ahem, get up to before the events end on Monday the 26th. Plenty of leather, rubber, briefs-only and general fetish events, this is...