Chigo hosted the first Gay Pri Para the Uned Stat on June 27, 1970. Here's a look back at how the annual event has evolved through the years.
Contents:
- MARCHERS CELEBRATE GAY PRI PARAS ACROSS THE UNTRY
- GAY PRI 2010
- GAY PRI
- THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG
MARCHERS CELEBRATE GAY PRI PARAS ACROSS THE UNTRY
Gay pri was on display towns and ci across the Uned Stat Sunday as gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people -- and their supporters -- marched paras large and small to mand equaly, oppose discrimatn and exprs pri who they are. * gay pride 2010 *
STORY HIGHLIGHTSLGBT people and their supporters march paras large and smallMarchers mand equaly, oppose discrimatn based on sexual intyParishners om New York church march but whout bannerShootg cint mars "Pk Saturday" ftivi San Francis (CNN) -- Gay pri was on display towns and ci across the Uned Stat Sunday as gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people -- and their supporters -- marched paras large and small to mand equaly, oppose discrimatn and exprs pri who they are.
The atmosphere was ftive and open, as marchers rried handma signs wh msag cludg, "Straight but not narrow-md" and reprented groups cludg the New York Gay Bloggers.
The gay pri para Mneapolis, Mnota, is nsired one of the biggt events the state -- last year's para drew more than half a ln people, acrdg to CNN affiliate KARE.
GAY PRI 2010
<p>• Gay policg mister Nick Herbert to addrs the crowd<br />• Cut-price Home Office float to have Moul Rouge theme</p> * gay pride 2010 *
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GAY PRI
Gay Pri, annual celebratn, ually June the Uned Stat and sometim at other tim other untri, of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) inty. Gay Pri memorat the Stonewall rts New York Cy of June 28, 1969. * gay pride 2010 *
When the Conservativ last had their hands on the tiller of power, none of their MPs would adm to beg homosexual, they voted agast lowerg the age of nsent for gay sex, and vented a law which ma illegal for schools to mentn thgs change: tomorrow, eight years after Alan Dunn beme the first Tory MP to e out of his own voln, Nick Herbert, the openly gay Conservative policg mister, will give a speech at Pri London about "how the Tori have e a helluva long way" that's not all. His partment, the Home Office, has chartered a float at this year's event, which will wd s way down Oxford Street and Regent Street towards Trafalgar Square om 's theme this year is "Pat the Town Ruby Red", to mark the 40th anniversary of the creatn of the Gay Liberatn Front, which was formed after the Stonewall rts, when police clashed wh gay monstrators New Guardian n reveal that the Home Office float, officially manered by Spectm – the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr (LGBT) support group wh the partment – will be gog wh a Moul Rouge theme this, this do not mean the ln people lg the streets will tch a glimpse of Thera May a scy btier and feather boa as well as her tramark kten heels: the Home Secretary is not attendg, and anyway, the float is only for civil servants the Home Office, UK Borr Agency, Crimal Rerds Bure and Inty and Passport Service.
THE 50 BT GAY SONGS TO CELEBRATE PRI ALL YEAR LONG
Pri serv more than a month. The gay songs – om dis hs to club classics – are perfect for Pri year-round. * gay pride 2010 *
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