gay pride

Pride's got talent The first heat of Calderdale Pride’s talent contest got underway on Saturday 3rd December at Bar Place with the Mayor of Calderdale, Nader Fekri opening the evening’s events.

Pride Volunteer, Vikki Kitson said “Pride's Got Talent is a first for us and was a huge success which totally exceeded our expectations”. "All our contestants put on a fantastic and fun evening's entertainment for the crowd, and the audience were really supportive throughout”.

Liverpool Pride organisers have said they will begin fundraising efforts for next summer’s event in December of this year to ensure the day remains free.

This is the earliest the event organisers have had to begin collecting money in the city’s history.

Liverpool City Council has said financial constraints may mean it is forced to cut funding to festivals in the city, though organisers say they will continue to work with the authority.

Calderdale Pride and Bar Place will be teaming up for the first heat of Pride’s Got Talent on Saturday 3rd December.
Pride Secretary Vikki Kitson said “We’re opening things up this time around and giving people a say in who and what they want to see onstage at Pride 2012”.

Organisers of the Gay Pride revels expected a million people to join Saturday's event under the theme Carnival of Love. Luigi Andreoli, a 28-year-old nurse from Ealing, west London, embraced the carnival spirit in fluorescent pink fishnet tights, feathers and a neon corset. "It took me about three hours to get ready," he said. "It's fantastic. This is what we are, and Pride is an excuse to show people that we enjoy who we are and there is nothing wrong with it."

New Jersey's 20th Annual LGBTI Pride Celebration will be held Sunday, June 5th. The parade, rally and festival will take place from noon to 7 p.m., rain or shine. The parade begins at City Hall, goes up Cookman Avenue, turns onto Grand Avenue and then Sunset Avenue and finishes at the festival grounds in Bradley and Atlantic parks. Artisans, crafters, merchants and community organizations will be on hand at the festival. Jersey Pride is teaming up with Seer Farms in Jackson for “Pets Are Family Too” from noon to 3 p.m.

Old Navy, one of the biggest retailers to the young and fashionable, launched a line of rainbow pride-themed T-shirts this week. The shirts, which are priced from $7 to $14, show the rainbow flag, a symbol of gay pride, and different messages, including Love Proudly and Pride 2011. The retailer says the campaign honors Pride month and is part of its larger flag T-shirt collection.

Grand Marshals of the LA Gay Pride Parade - Sharon and Kelly Osbourne [pictured] - fought back when they passed an anti-gay group of protesters at the 40th annual Parade in Hollywood. A group of homophobes approached Sharon and Kelly's float and started yelling profanities.

Sharon scolded the protesters, shouting: 'You should be ashamed of yourselves!' Then Kelly took to the mic, leading the crowd of GLBT supporters into chanting: 'God loves gays!' Pro-gay chanting got so loud that it drowned out the protesters - who left defeated.