Put your claws up for Trans Pride! The lobster is the new pride symbol
The lobster emoji has been declared as the new symbol for transgender pride. The crustacean has been adopted by the queer community after the organisation that creates emoticons for the internet and mobile phones failed to create a trans pride flag emoji. Despite a huge amount of requests for the pink and blue transgender flag […]
Shelton: Swedish army is ramming a political agenda down people’s throats
Update: 30-01-2018 1:00pm Australian Conservatives senate candidate has admitted he mistook an Pride advertisement from the Swedish Army, and thought it was a campaign from the Australian army. “Someone sent me the image and I mistook it for the Australian Army. My bad. I can only hope the Australia Army doesn’t keep going down this […]
Together: Pride WA reveal 2018 PrideFEST theme
Pride WA have announced the theme of the 2018 celebrations, and are calling for applications for those who wish to host an event at this year’s festival. In 2018, ‘Together’ will be the over-arching message of the month-long celebrations, culminating in the fabulous annual parade on Saturday November 24th. Each year, the festival’s theme serves […]
London Pride asks why pride matters in 2018?
London Pride celebrated pride over the weekend with huge crowds people turning out to watch the parade. There were so many requests to take part in the parade this year that organisers capped the number of people who could participate at 30,000 marchers. In the lead up to the event London Pride developed an advertising […]
The Phillippines celebrate Pride in Quezon City
The largest city in the island nation of the Phillippines is celebrating Pride month with a new installation. Quezon City’s bustling Araneta Centre on the island of Luzon has painted a rainbow crosswalk to celebrate the country’s LGBTI+ community. The region is following the lead of Cebu Island’s Mandaue City, who painted the Phillippines first […]
Lyle Shelton: Sodastream’s pride bottles celebrate “forced motherlessness”
It’s Pride month in the USA, 49 years ago today the Stonewall Riots fueled a push for recognition of gay and lesbian rights. Pride month is celebrated across the USA and in many parts of Europe and many companies show their support for LGBTIQ+ people and their families. In the USA homemade soft drink manufacturer […]
Stonewall and Mardi Gras: Are they still relevant?
As we come to the anniversary of the Stonewall riots nearly half a century ago on the 28th of June 1969, some may well wonder is it still relevant to commemorate these events so long ago? With this date looming (and my first attendance at an Australian gay wedding) in a few days’ time, (a change from it […]
Tel Aviv celebrates Pride with a massive parade and parties
A quarter of a million people from around the world gathered in Tel Aviv yesterday to march in the largest ever pride parade in the Middle East. This year’s parade marked 20 years since the first pride parade in the city and it paid tribute to the pioneering activists who promoted LGBT rights and visibility […]
Israeli police withdraw request for two-metre fence around Pride parade
Israeli police have withdrawn a demand for an upcoming Pride parade in Kfar Sava to construct a two-metre high fence around their entire parade route. The police had asked for the fence to be constructed and large trucks or buses be placed at key intersections along the route to block views to the marchers. The extreme […]
Antarctica to host continent’s first Pride celebration
Antarctica is gearing up for the icy continent’s first LGBTI+ Pride celebration. Approximately 1300km from the South Pole, The United States’ McMurdo Station will commemorate their home nation’s Pride month this June. Shawn Waldron, Evan Townsend and eight others from the station starting preparing for the icy Pride back in April, ahead of the continent’s […]
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