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	Turn it Around - Features - The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper
		Parades are symbolic acts, and from their inception gay pride parades symbolized one thing: resistance against a culture in which being gay was something shameful, something definitely not worth marching down the street about.
		Pride parades were, therefore, designed to create their own obsolescence; once people in a city found gays parading down the street to be unremarkable, even enjoyable, the parading would have accomplished its aim.
		Pride parades in other gay-friendly cities continue to be worthy spectacles, because the people who run them are smart, organized, and aware of what motivates humans to make fantastic shows of themselves in the absence of overwhelming oppression.
	www.thestranger.com /seattle/Content?oid=22162 (1353 words)

	"Riots Rock Jerusalem Before Gay Pride Parade - Forward.com"
		Police in Israel’s capital were bracing this week for a weekend of intense violence as gay rights activists prepared to stage a gay pride parade through the city and ultra-Orthodox Jews vowed not to let them.
		Gay activists connected to Open House, the parade’s sponsor, were negotiating this week with police over an alternate route that police said was easier to secure.
		At the same time, there was debate within the gay community over the wisdom of proceeding with the parade in the face of threatened violence.
	www.forward.com /articles/riots-rock-jerusalem-before-gay-pride-parade (574 words)

	Gay pride parade - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		2004 Gay Pride Parade in São Paulo, Brazil.
		A pride parade is part of a festival or ceremony held by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community of a city to commemorate the struggle for LGBT rights and LGBT pride.
		Most LGBT pride parades take place in the middle of the year, particularly in June, to commemorate the Stonewall riots.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gay_pride_parade (1470 words)

	Gay pride - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The gay pride or simply pride campaign of the gay rights movement has three main premises: that people should be proud of what they are, that sexual diversity is a gift, and that sexual orientation and gender identity are inherent and cannot be intentionally altered.
		Symbols of gay pride include the rainbow flag, the Greek lambda symbol, and also the pink and fl triangles reclaimed from their past use.
		Within the gay community, some reject the notion of gay pride, perceiving therein an undue emphasis on sexual orientation and a lack of discretion and modesty to the detriment of either public morals or the cause of gay rights; they propose to soften strident activism in order to better integrate into the mainstream.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gay_pride (777 words)

	Pride Toronto :: Pride Parade 2006 - Sunday, June 25, 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Pride Parade is the climax of Pride Week; a week during which we honour our history and our future with everyone who chooses to support us.
		The Parade is the community's opportunity to express freedom, gratitude and pride for being able to live in harmony.
		The Pride Parade starts at the corner of Bloor Street East and Church Street, moves westward to Yonge Street, proceeds south on Yonge Street to Gerrard Street, moves eastward on Gerrard Street and finishes at Church Street.
	www.pridetoronto.com /parade (311 words)

	CNN - Gay pride parade attracts gay protesters - June 29, 1998
		The parade, which began in 1969 as an act of defiance, has always been outrageous, but some are outraged by the corporate sponsors the parade has attracted.
		Gay Pride Day: many protest what they say is a commercial taint to the celebration.
		The parade began with hundreds of men and women on motorcycles followed by an array of dancers, drag queens, marching bands, military veterans and a police-escorted riderless horse that represented deaths in the gay community.
	www.cnn.com /US/9806/29/gay.parade (504 words)

	Gay pride parade pays tribute to marriage - The Boston Globe
		The 34th annual Boston Pride Parade was decked out in white lace yesterday, as thousands took to the streets to celebrate gay marriage.
		Honored as grand marshals for their role in the gay marriage struggle were two groups, Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders and the Freedom to Marry Coalition of Massachusetts.
		Kucinich, who is one of two presidential candidates, along with the Rev. Al Sharpton, to endorse gay marriage, said the gay couples who challenged the law in Massachusetts should be lauded for their courage.
	www.boston.com /news/local/articles/2004/06/13/gay_pride_parade_pays_tribute_to_marriage (779 words)

	Gay Belfast News Page
		One of the Belfast Gay Pride event's organisers, Andrew Clarke, said: "The absence of protest in Belfast is indicative of public opinion." He reckoned up to 6,500 people attended the event in the city centre.
		Despite this alarming statistic, the number of gay men seeking HIV tests has fallen by 33% since 2000.Another result which surprised professionals was that 7.6% of men admit they have been forced to engage in sexual activity against their will.
		James Knox, a policy director at the Belfast-based gay pressure group the Rainbow Project, described the shamrock colour change as 'hilarious, but also an opportunity.' It is said to be encouraging the gay community to apply to march in the parade on 17 March.
	www.gaybelfast.net /news.htm (7153 words)

	CTV.ca \| T.O.'s annual Gay Pride parade draws thousands
		The threat of rain and the stigma of SARS didn't keep crowds away from the gay pride parade on Sunday, the showcase event of gay pride week that drew hundreds of thousands of revellers.
		The parade route was lined a half-dozen people deep with faces reflecting just about every facet of the city's multicultural makeup.
		Leading the way near the front of the pack were a bunch of white limousines, carrying newlywed gay couples who tied the knot earlier this month, after an Ontario court ruled homosexuals deserve the same rights to wed as heterosexuals.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1056920390396_27/?hub=CTVNewsAt11 (591 words)

	Gay pride parade is brought to you by ...
		Gay pride parade is brought to you by...
		Despite boycott threats from anti-gay groups and the perception of a gay marriage backlash from the American public, corporate sponsorship of gay pride festivities held around the country this month remains strong, according to event organizers nationwide and advertising agencies that specialize in reaching gay and lesbian consumers.
		Although most companies that participate in pride events are reluctant to discuss it, they have to evaluate the risks as well as the rewards of so visibly entering the lesbian and gay market.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /business/230034_gaypridebusiness25.html (1221 words)

	Moscow's First Gay Pride Parade Disrupted by Police and Hecklers - washingtonpost.com
		Gay activists who attempted to lay flowers near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier outside the Kremlin wall and then assemble across from city hall were heckled and assaulted by skinheads, Orthodox Christians and radical nationalists.
		The city had banned the parade on the grounds that it was anathema to the values of most residents and therefore presented a threat of violence.
		Some gay activists had objected to the parade, which was the culmination of a gay pride festival, saying it was likely to provoke a backlash that could damage efforts to build tolerance.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/27/AR2006052701002.html (878 words)

	Pride Houston
		As America's original nighttime Pride Parade and the largest annual GLBT event in the Southwest, it holds a unique place in the hearts of Houstonians and the many visitors who come to the Parade from throughout Texas and Louisiana and from other parts of the country.
		Participating groups will find the application and rules for entry into the Parade here, along with their places in the Parade line up and a "how to" guide for preparing their entries.
		Houston's annual nighttime Pride Parade is full of beautiful, glowing spectacles, and one of the grandest is the Pride Chandelier.
	www.pridehouston.org /celebration/parade.php (530 words)

	Pride Houston
		The 2008 Houston Pride Parade is the largest in the southwest, and the only one held at night, starting promptly at 8:45 PM.
		Pride Houston wishes to thank those who voted to select this years Grand Marshals, and extend our special thanks to all of the distinguished nominees for their participation.
		Pride Houston is an energetic group of committed volunteers who meet year-round to develop, organize, coordinate and promote the Pride Parade and Festival and other annual events for our community.
	www.pridehouston.org /home (1516 words)

	ABC News: Jerusalem's Gay Pride Parade Marred by Security Fears
		At Jerusalem's Gay Pride Parade this year, the pride was hidden behind a wall of Israeli security forces.
		The planned Gay Pride Parade, expected for Nov. 10, 2006, in Jerusalem, has touched a raw nerve in the holy city, exposing deep intolerance and unifying fundamentalist Jews, Christians and Muslims in a common anti-gay agenda.
		Gay leaders on Thursday canceled the public parade in Jerusalem amid security concerns and pressure from fundamentalist religious leaders.
	abcnews.go.com /International/story?id=2643479&page=1 (500 words)

	Gay News From 365Gay.com
		The Novosti news service quotes a spokesperson for the mayor as saying that a gay parade would would violate the rights of the majority of Muscovites who are not gay.
		The court ruled that Moscow Pride leaders had failed to prove that the remarks were incendiary or intended to vilify gays in general.
		Pride organizer Nikolai Alekseev was arrested as he was preparing to lead a group to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier outside the Kremlin.
	www.365gay.com /Newscon07/05/051507moscow.htm (623 words)

	Kishkushim خربطات קישקושים: Secularism, Critique, Blasphemy, and the 2006 Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade
		Secularism, Critique, Blasphemy, and the 2006 Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade
		And for the gays, more is at stake than just the expression of free speech; a pride parade is a struggle to establish a kind of social existence for gays Israeli society; it's about recognition and the affirmation of the right to love as they like.
		the gay parade in jerusalem was a deliberate provocation...
	kishkushim.blogspot.com /2008/01/secularism-critique-blasphemy-and-2006.html (6577 words)

	Moscow bans gay pride parade for the second time - Pravda.Ru
		The organizers of the gay pride parade officially informed the Moscow administration of their intention to hold the event in the city at the end of May, officials said.
		The gay pride parade was supposed to be held in Moscow on May 27.
		One of its organizers, Nikolai Alekseyev, said that Russian homosexuals intended to hold a three-day gay festival in Moscow this year, which would then be finished with a parade to promote tolerance towards homosexual individuals in Russia and advocate their human rights.
	english.pravda.ru /russia/history/15-05-2007/91472-gay_parade-0 (482 words)

	Gays hail symbolic victory in parade \| Jerusalem Post
		But it represented a symbolic victory for the city's small gay and lesbian community which, with the backing of the High Court of Justice, was determined to march through the streets of Jerusalem after being forced to cancel last year's parade due to fears of violence.
		The annual protest, which was organized by Jerusalem's Gay and Lesbian Center at a cost of NIS 500,000, was approved by police over the vehement opposition of the haredi and national religious public, as well as Christian and Muslim religious leaders, who view such a parade as an abomination and anathema to Biblical values.
		In an 11th-hour attempt to stop the parade, two far-right activists petitioned the High Court of Justice on Thursday to cancel the event, arguing that it would violate safety regulations because a six-day-old strike meant fire fighters had not inspected the route and would not be present during the protest.
	www.jpost.com /servlet/Satellite?cid=1182409606778&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull (1219 words)

	Israel is So Gay (and Proud, as Demonstrated by its Tenth Annual Pride Parade) \| Jewcy.com
		Parades sometimes also take place in Jerusalem, Eilat, and Haifa, but Tel Aviv is definitely Israel’s proud, gay capital.
		It could also be called the gay capital of the Middle East, for that matter, since Tel Aviv is home to the only yearly gay pride parade in the region.
		Religious Jews notoriously object to gay pride parades and are often violent towards the marchers, even resorting to stabbing people and throwing rocks.
	www.jewcy.com /post/israel_so_gay_and_proud_demonstrated_its_tenth_annual_pride_parade (967 words)

	Gay Pride Parade - boards.ie
		The gay pride should not be a parade, especially not during the day.
		Gay is a sexual preferance, after all homosexual, the medical term, says it all.
		Gay being a sexual preferance and having to explain that to a child is the complicated bit.
	www.boards.ie /vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054995565&referrerid=59211 (1219 words)

	Uncle Donald's Castro Street- Gay Pride Parades of the 1970's - INDEX
		The Pride Parade quickly became the favorite exciting fun holiday of the gay community and the City's largest public event, drawing a crowd of about a half-million people each year.
		This is the story of how the political and social events of the tumultuous 1970's influenced the growth and direction of the parades, how they in turn affected the gay community and, ultimately, helped to change the world.
		GAY USA - an article on the Bright Lights Film Journal web site about the 1977 movie by Arthur Bressan documenting various gay parades of that era.
	thecastro.net /gayparade.html (0 words)

	USATODAY.com - Gay Pride parades cheer on sodomy ruling (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In recent years Gay Pride marches have sometimes been as much about partying as politics, but participants said this year's celebrations were different because of Thursday's ruling that struck down a Texas law banning sodomy.
		Both supporters and critics of the decision were quick to suggest it could lead to other legal advances for gays and lesbians —; including the right to gay marriage — and organizers said a feeling of hope would carry over to the marches and celebrations this weekend.
		The SF Pride Committee also used the occasion to encourage people to lobby the state Senate to vote for pending legislation that would grant gay couples most of the same legal and financial benefits as married heterosexuals.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2003-06-29-gay-pride-parade_x.htm (697 words)

	SAN FRANCISCO / Pride parade celebrates causes from equal rights to spanking
		The parade spilled into an afternoon festival near City Hall, where the decidedly diverse crowd gathered, with a cable car full of gay San Francisco cops and a booth staffed by an expert butt-spanker.
		The pride parades began as a commemoration of the 1969 Stonewall rebellion, in which gays rioted against police who raided a New York City gay bar.
		Militello said she and others were focusing on recruiting more gay officers, in part because the department has never fully recovered from losing gay men to AIDS in the 1980s and 1990s.
	sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/06/27/PRIDE.TMP (788 words)

	S.F. gay pride parade mixes zaniness, seriousness / Optimism marks event in aftermath of key legal victories
		San Francisco's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Parade, a celebration of brash camp and inclusive labels, rollicked through the heart of the city Sunday, propelled by bare-chested Tinkerbells, grinning politicians and fresh optimism born of a landmark legal triumph just days ago.
		While conceding nothing to the zany nature of past pride parades, this 33rd version carried an unusual sense of the serious issues that accompany being gay.
		Newsom attracted unwanted attention during the parade as five women and a man, wearing fl clothes and pink bandannas, shouted threats and tried to attack the supervisor while he passed in a red Thunderbird.
	sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/06/30/PRIDE.TMP (919 words)

	Seattlest: Gay Pride Parade Clones Itself
		Seattle Pride, the organization traditionally associated with the parade and festival, announced after last year’s event that the Hill could no longer contain it and the 2006 party would be held downtown.
		The idea that the Pride parade should be front and center instead of tucked away in Capitol Hill also played a part.
		Even Seattlest was able to see a second Pride parade happening on Broadway this year from a mile away.
	www.seattlest.com /archives/2006/05/12/gay_pride_parade_clones_itself.php (959 words)

	Chicago hosts gay pride parade - News
		He is openly gay and a gay youth advocate.
		She and Grant Rogers, who was there for his fifth time, arrived one hour before the parade, having traveled from the south side of Chicago.
		Near the end of the parade route, there was a group of about a dozen protesters in opposition to homosexuals for religious reasons.
	www.dailyillini.com /news/2005/06/28/News/Chicago.Hosts.Gay.Pride.Parade-959754.shtml (855 words)

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