All Posts Tagged With: "pride festival"

Thousands line streets for Manchester Pride parade

Source: BBC News Thousands of people took to the streets of Manchester to watch the annual Pride parade. The event – which is celebrating its 20th anniversary – saw more than 100 groups and floats make their way through the city centre. Award-winning actor Sir Ian McKellen is Grand Marshal of the 2010 parade and [...]

28Aug2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Gay US tourists lured to Brighton

BBC NEWS Brighton is to appear in a marketing campaign aimed at attracting gay US tourists to the UK. Brighton and Hove City Council is teaming up with Visit Britain to feature in advertising and a website. The council’s tourism arm says it wants the city to retain its status as the UK’s prime lesbian, [...]

24Jan2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Pride Festival

Hundreds gathered at the Bo Diddley Community Plaza in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights.

4Oct2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Pride festival draws crowd, protesters

By: Sonia Havele – The Chronicle Online Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender supporters gathered on East Campus Quadrangle Saturday to celebrate the 25th annual North Carolina Pride Festival and Parade. From the eye-catching costumes, multi-colored parade floats, high-blasting music and constant candy showers, the scene was nothing short of eventful. The crowd included a mix [...]

28Sep2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Pride Fest seeking allies in fight for rights

By Rosemary Winters – The Salt Lake Tribune The Utah Pride Center wants attendees of this week’s pride festival to bring more than rainbow flags and sunblock. Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender revelers have an assignment: Bring a straight friend. “Our allies are very important to us,” says Michael Westley, spokesman for the pride center. [...]

1Jun2009 | | 0 comments | Continued