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Amsterdam Gay Pride Canal Parade

Tens of thousands of people thronged Amsterdam Saturday (2008, Aug 2), to watch the city's biggest-ever parade of homosexuals floating flamboyantly down the historic canals in dazzling style. In a festive atmosphere the streets lining the canals and the bridges over them overflowed with members of the gay community, residents, tourists, party-goers and curious onlookers. Disco music pumped from the 80 boats passing through the canals in a four-hour spectacle that involved plenty of glistening male torsos, bikinis, glitter, feathers and boas. For the first time ever, members of the Dutch cabinet and Amsterdam mayor Job Cohen joined the parade to show political support for the gay cause. Mayor Cohen said in a statement earlier that gay acceptance appeared to be under threat. "The number of incidents of discrimination and of violence against gay people has increased in the past year," he said."It is time to stop talking about tolerance and focus instead on acceptance of sexual differences in Amsterdam," AFP reports.

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Europride 2008 in Stockholm

EuroPride 2008, presented by Stockholm Pride, is a ten-day celebration featuring a unique combination of politics and partying. This year’s theme is “Swedish Sin, Breaking Borders”, focusing on international LGBT issues. The two festival areas – Pride House and Pride Park – offer visitors a wide range of experiences, including music, entertainment, cuisine, debates, seminars, talks, workshops, theater and, last but not least, the opportunity for mingling, networking, friendship and romance. Throughout the festival, EuroPride has a high profile across the city in association with museums, galleries, cinemas, clubs and shops. The Pride Parade, which has grown over the years to become something of a street party, will make its way through Stockholm on Sunday August 2. Last year’s parade featured 50,000 participants and half a million spectators. Stockholm EuroPride from July 25 to August 3, 2008.

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Norway approves Gay Marriage

Norway's parliament on Wednesday June 11th, 2008, adopted a new marriage law that allows homosexuals to marry and adopt children and permits lesbians to be artificially inseminated, AFP reports. After a heated debate, the members of parliament adopted the text by a vote of 84 to 41. The three centre-left coalition parties in power and two opposition parties, the Conservatives and the Liberals, voted largely in favour of the law, while the Christian Democrats and the far-right Progress Party voted against it. Norway thus became the sixth country in the world to grant homosexuals the right to marry on an equal footing with heterosexuals, according to Norwegian television TV2. "This decision is of an importance comparable to universal suffrage and our law on parity," Labour Party rapporteur Gunn Karin Gjul said during the debate.

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True Colors Tour 2008 is back

The True Colors Tour is back for more this summer with an exciting new lineup of legendary and up-and-coming artists. Produced in partnership with the Human Rights Campaign, the 26-city North American tour is presented by Logo in support of the newly created True Colors Fund of the Stonewall Community Foundation. The tour kicks off Gay & Lesbian Pride Month today at Boston's Bank of America Pavilion. The True Colors Tour was conceived by Cyndi Lauper, stemming from her desire to give back to the community for the love and support they have given her throughout her career. True Colors Tour, May 31 - July 5. See 2008 Tour Schedule here...

Source True Colors & Logo

Travel | Events

Huge Sao Paulo's Gay Pride

More than a million gays and transsexuals paraded in Brazil's business capital Sao Paulo on Sunday's gay march to urge an end to violence and discrimination. This is the 12th year the parade has been staged. Sao Paulo authorities and Brazilian oil firm Petrobras backed the event, which has become a big money-earner for the city and for tourism in Brazil. "This is the diversity the country wants, the diversity that we have to foster as a country seeking a tourist niche among the gay community," Tourism Minister Marta Suplicy, a former Sao Paulo mayor, said aboard one of the trucks.

Source Reuters

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Worldwide Gay Pride Parades 2008

Pride season 2008 is about to kick-off, check out some of the biggest gay events around the world... Brussel Pride May 17, São Paulo Pride May 25, Los Angeles Pride June 8, Philadelphia Pride June 8, Berlin Pride June 28, Helsinki Pride June 28, Houston Pride June 28, Paris Pride June 28, San Francisco Pride June 29, New York City Pride June 29, Toronto Pride June 29, London Pride July 5, Madrid Pride July 5, San Diego Pride July 19, Stockholm hosts Euro Pride this year Aug 2...

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300 000 at Sydney's 30th Gay Mardi Gras

Up to 300,000 people lined Sydney's streets to watch the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Saturday as the largest gay pride march in the Asia Pacific region marked its 30th anniversary. Watch a News.com.au video...

Source AFP & News.com.au

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Gay soldiers to Parade in Sydney

The military will be represented officially for the first time in today's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade in Sydney. Up to 80 soldiers, sailors, Air Force members and Defence Force employees will join the 10,000-strong street parade, which also marks the 30th anniversary of the internationally renowned event. The chiefs of the army, navy and air force, along with the chief of defence, gave approval for the Australian Defence Force personnel to take part in the Mardi Gras just days before last year's event, but after the cut-off date for parade entries. Military personnel will not wear their uniforms during the march but will walk behind a banner and wear T-shirts bearing the slogan Defence: Supporting Diversity. The Parade route begins at Hyde Park, travels up Oxford St and ends at Moore Park Road. More info on the Parade here...

Source News.com.au

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Anti-Gay violence in Fort Lauderdale

An early morning breakfast in Fort Lauderdale turned into an onslaught of slurs and a beating for a Fort Lauderdale couple, who said they are the victims of a hate crime. The incident occurred Sunday morning outside The Floridian at 1410 E. Las Olas Blvd. The couple and a friend sat down to breakfast about 3 a.m. at an outdoor table. A man got out of his pickup truck, walked by them and promptly began yelling slurs at the trio -- Melbourne Brunner (picture), his partner Mitchell Mart and a friend visiting from out of town. "He was yelling, 'Faggot, were you looking at me, if you were, I'm going to come back there and break your neck. That's what I do to faggots' and then he twisted his hands together," Mart recalled. The men started to get into their car, which was parked two feet from the table, when the pickup driver said, "'That's what faggots do, they run,' " Mart said. As Brunner tried to climb into the passenger seat, the man punched him several times, pushing the car door on him. Brunner fell to the ground, striking his head.
Fort Lauderdale, known for being one of the most gay-friendly communities in the United states, has had an increasing number of violent acts committed against members of the gay community in the last year. Despite Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle's anti-gay comments and the subsequent protests, the gay magazine Out Traveler named Fort Lauderdale America's favorite resort town.

Source Miami Herald

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Bump! is back on OUT.tv

Bump!, the ultimate gay travel television series, is back on OUT.TV. In Season 3 of Bump!, hosts Charlie David (one of Dante's Cove's male stars) and Shannon McDonough will once again be touring the world in search of interesting and engaging destinations for gay and lesbian travelers. In each episode, Bump! will showcase a new gay-friendly city in a stylish and upbeat format. First, they hit the North American cities of Denver, Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, Calgary, Minneapolis and Chicago. Then Bump! travels to Italy to take in the gay sights and sounds in Rome, Milan and the Versilia coast. Next up, the northern climes in the friendly Scandinavian ports of Stockholm, Copenhagen and Helsinki. Then it's time to head south. Buenos Aires, Australia, New Zealand and Tazmania are all in Bump's sights. Finally, the season wraps up with Spanish flair, stopping in Barcelona, Madrid and party-town Ibiza.! Primary Air-time Tuesdays at 10:00pm ET / 7:00pm PT, rebroadcast. Saturdays 10:30pm EST / 7:30pm PST on OUT.TV.

Previous Bump! are available on DVDs: Mexico, Great Britain, Gold Coast North America, Scandinavia, European Highlights, Florida, Southern California...

Source Bump! TV

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