Apple blocks its LGBTQ Pride rainbow watch face in Russia, it has been discovered. Russia has a law banning gay propaganda for minors, but it’s unclear if avoiding legal jeopardy is the company’s reason for blocking the face. The Verge re…
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Holdout NY Yankees to Hold First LGBTQ Event, Tied to Stonewall Anniversary
The New York Yankees are the only major league team to not have an LGBTQ Pride night, but that is changing next year according to officials. The NYT reports: “…faced with the potential embarrassment of being the only major league team nev…
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Man Threatened to Stab Every Gay Person on Train Headed Home from Pride Festival: VIDEO
A man threatened to stab a train full of passengers heading home from the LGBT Pride festival in Brighton, UK on Sunday, according to journalist Benjamin Butterworth, who recorded part of the attack on a cell phone and posted it to Twitter. The man w…
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Vandals Paint Swastika Over Rainbow Crosswalk in Toronto’s Gay Village
Police in Toronto are looking for two people who painted a swastika over a rainbow crosswalk in Toronto’s gay village at Church and Alexander streets. Anyone with information or surveillance footage is being asked to contact police at 416-808-5…
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Britney Spears Blasted for Exploiting LGBTQ Pride to Plug Latest Fragrance
Britney Spears was the headliner at Pride in Brighton, UK over the weekend. She used the occasion to plug her latest fragrance, and people aren’t having it. britney at brighton pride showcasing some iconic armography and flawless vocals pic.twi…
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Man Arrested Heading to L.A. Pride with Explosives and Ammo Receives Prison Sentence
James Wesley Howell, the Indiana man arrested shortly after the Orlando Pulse nightclub massacre as he headed to L.A. Pride with a vehicle full of explosives and ammunition, has been sentenced to 7 years in prison. The AP reports: “The Los Ange…
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Proud Dads Make Surprise Visit to Pick Up Their Gay Kids for Pride in Emotional Viral Video: WATCH
Get out your tissues for this Dublin Bus ad which features four fathers making surprise visits to pick up their gay kids and take them to Pride. Wrote Dublin Bus on Facebook: “This year at Pride, we had the proudest bus in the parade, not becau…
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Istanbul Police Use Tear Gas and Rubber Bullets to Disperse Pride Participants
Police in Istanbul, Turkey used tear gas and bullets (above) to disperse crowds that had gathered near the city’s Taksim Square to observe LGBTQ Pride. The Telegraph reports: “Around 1,000 people gathered near the city’s famous Istiklal A…
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Democrats Want to Know Why the Pentagon Chose Not to Recognize LGBTQ Pride This Month
Senior leaders at the Pentagon declined to recognize LGBTQ Pride at the Defense Department for the first time since the repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ in 2011, and a group of Democrats is now demanding to know why. CNN reports: “Concerned th…
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California Elected Official Calls for ‘Straight Pride American Month’ in Hateful Homophobic Column
Ted Hickman, the vice mayor of Dixon, California, is facing a recall effort after penning a heinous homophobic column in the local paper Independent Voice and on his personal website calling for “Straight Pride American Month.” Dixon is a…
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