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US Warns Of Possible Terror Attacks At LGBTQIA+ Pride Events Globally
The abbreviation LGBTQIA+ stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual people. The plus sign is meant to include other gender identities.
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Gay Pride Events Go Online To Mark 50th Anniversary Amid Pandemic
Fifty years on from the first Gay Pride march, the LGBT community and their supporters took many of their events online Saturday, responding to the threat of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Istanbul Gay Pride Banned For 'Safety Concerns': Sources
Turkish authorities said on Saturday that an annual Gay Pride march in Istanbul's Taksim Square would be banned due to 'safety concerns', defying the calls of organisers.
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Lebanon Launches Arab World's First Gay Pride Week
Lebanon this week becomes the first Arab country to celebrate gay pride but the opening event in a landmark run of festivities was cancelled after Islamists threatened violence.
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Jerusalem Mayor Skips Gay Pride March Amid Religious Concern
Nir Barkat says in an interview published today that the gay community has the right to march but that the pride event is also "troublesome" to others in the city.
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Gay March In Israeli City Cancelled After Court Restricts It
Gay activists have canceled what was to be the first gay pride march in the Israeli city of Beersheba after Israel's Supreme Court restricted the event's route due to concerns of violence.
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Gay Pride March Sparks French Hard Right Row
A Gay Pride march in Paris Saturday has caused a row in France's hard Right National Front (FN), with some student supporters backing an event decried by a party vice-chairman.
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1 Injured in Shooting at San Francisco Gay Pride Event
Shots were fired at a gay pride event in San Francisco Saturday, leaving one man injured, city police said.
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Gay Pride Events in Latin America Seek More Rights
Marchers in several Latin American nations including Chile and Mexico pressed for more gay rights Saturday, with many celebrating the US Supreme Court's historic decision allowing same-sex couples to wed.
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Barack Obama Heckled at White House Gay Pride Event
US President Barack Obama would normally expect a warm welcome from gay rights activists, particularly in his own home at the White House, but that was not the case Wednesday.
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Head of Serbia Church Denounces Gay Pride March
The head of Serbia's Christian Orthodox church has denounced a gay pride march planned for the weekend, adding to tensions over the event, which has faced threats from extremists.
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Vietnam Hosts Third Gay Pride Parade as Attitudes Soften
Around 300 activists led a colourful parade through Hanoi on Sunday in the nation's largest ever gay pride event, as communist Vietnam shows signs of increasing tolerance of sexual difference.
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Apple, Facebook, Google Cheer on San Francisco Gay Pride Parade
The San Francisco event was one of many Gay Pride parades held across the United States on Sunday.
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US Warns Of Possible Terror Attacks At LGBTQIA+ Pride Events Globally
The abbreviation LGBTQIA+ stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual people. The plus sign is meant to include other gender identities.
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Gay Pride Events Go Online To Mark 50th Anniversary Amid Pandemic
Fifty years on from the first Gay Pride march, the LGBT community and their supporters took many of their events online Saturday, responding to the threat of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Istanbul Gay Pride Banned For 'Safety Concerns': Sources
Turkish authorities said on Saturday that an annual Gay Pride march in Istanbul's Taksim Square would be banned due to 'safety concerns', defying the calls of organisers.
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Lebanon Launches Arab World's First Gay Pride Week
Lebanon this week becomes the first Arab country to celebrate gay pride but the opening event in a landmark run of festivities was cancelled after Islamists threatened violence.
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Jerusalem Mayor Skips Gay Pride March Amid Religious Concern
Nir Barkat says in an interview published today that the gay community has the right to march but that the pride event is also "troublesome" to others in the city.
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Gay March In Israeli City Cancelled After Court Restricts It
Gay activists have canceled what was to be the first gay pride march in the Israeli city of Beersheba after Israel's Supreme Court restricted the event's route due to concerns of violence.
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Gay Pride March Sparks French Hard Right Row
A Gay Pride march in Paris Saturday has caused a row in France's hard Right National Front (FN), with some student supporters backing an event decried by a party vice-chairman.
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1 Injured in Shooting at San Francisco Gay Pride Event
Shots were fired at a gay pride event in San Francisco Saturday, leaving one man injured, city police said.
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Gay Pride Events in Latin America Seek More Rights
Marchers in several Latin American nations including Chile and Mexico pressed for more gay rights Saturday, with many celebrating the US Supreme Court's historic decision allowing same-sex couples to wed.
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Barack Obama Heckled at White House Gay Pride Event
US President Barack Obama would normally expect a warm welcome from gay rights activists, particularly in his own home at the White House, but that was not the case Wednesday.
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Head of Serbia Church Denounces Gay Pride March
The head of Serbia's Christian Orthodox church has denounced a gay pride march planned for the weekend, adding to tensions over the event, which has faced threats from extremists.
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Vietnam Hosts Third Gay Pride Parade as Attitudes Soften
Around 300 activists led a colourful parade through Hanoi on Sunday in the nation's largest ever gay pride event, as communist Vietnam shows signs of increasing tolerance of sexual difference.
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Apple, Facebook, Google Cheer on San Francisco Gay Pride Parade
The San Francisco event was one of many Gay Pride parades held across the United States on Sunday.
