Gay pride

The 1970 New York City Pride Parade commemorated an uprising at the The Stonewall Inn the year before.

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New York City Celebrates 50 Years Of Pride Parades

7:57am June 27, 2020

by Jennifer Vanasco

The city's first parade celebrating LGBTQ identity took place a year after the Stonewall Uprising. Due to COVID-19, this year's event is virtual, featuring a 24-hour line up of global performances.

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At StoryCorps in June 2015, Alexei Romanoff remembers an inspirational figure who helped him feel proud to be a gay man.

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'I Will Never Lie About Being Gay Again': LGBT Activist Remembers Source Of Pride

5:19am June 07, 2019

At StoryCorps, Alexei Romanoff, an 82-year-old gay activist, recalls lessons he learned as a teenager from a proud gay elder — and which resonated as an adult.

Protesters demonstrated near Seoul's gay pride festival on July 15.

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For South Korea's LGBT Community, An Uphill Battle For Rights

9:49am July 25, 2017

by Elise Hu

This month's pride celebration in Seoul drew more people than ever. But protesters also showed up in force. Christian activists insist the socially conservative country won't accept sexual minorities.

A heavy police presence guarded supporters of LGBT rights at the Gay Pride parade in Kiev Sunday. In previous years, violence has broken out between Pride supporters and far-right protesters.

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Organizer Says Pride Parade In Kiev More Of A 'Celebration' This Year

5:29pm June 18, 2017

by Maggie Penman

In the Ukranian capital Kiev's pride parade Sunday, a heavy police presence protected the marchers suppporting LGBT rights. In previous years the event has often been marred by violence.

Heavily armed police officers watch over the crowds at the NYC Pride Parade in New York on June 26.

After Pulse Shooting, LGBT Folks Of Color Worry About Increased Police Attention

9:47pm August 03, 2016

by Nicole Pasulka

Some LGBT activists worry that more police presence won't protect them from vigilante violence — and might actually make these events less safe for the communities they serve.

Larry Pascua hugs a friend Monday in San Francisco amid flowers and other items left as a memorial to those killed in the attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla.

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Orlando Shootings Prompt Cities To Consider More Security For Pride Events

5:30pm June 17, 2016

by Richard Gonzales

June is Pride month for the LGBT community, and several larger cities will hold events over the next two weekends. Some would-be participants are debating whether they'll stay home this year.

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Slupsk Mayor Robert Biedron (from left) and LGBT activists Marta Abramowicz and Marta Kosinska stand next to a symbolic Gdansk lion statue painted in rainbow colors in honor of the city's first gay rights march, held in May.

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For Poland's Gay Community, A Shift In Public Attitudes, If Not Laws

3:11pm June 29, 2015

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

Poland does not allow gay marriage or same-sex unions, and is unlikely to amend these laws anytime soon. But the city of Gdansk elected an openly gay mayor and has hosted its first gay pride march.

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