Category: Events
Pride in London 2025 brought vibrant colour, joyful energy, and community spirit to the streets of the capital on Saturday, as tens of thousands turned out for the UK’s largest LGBTQ+ celebration. The parade officially began at midday under cool and cloudy skies, but the weather didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the crowd. Dancers, performers, […]
Pride parades across the globe capped off the final weekend of Pride Month with a vibrant mix of celebration and protest. From New York City to Budapest, LGBTQ+ communities and their allies rallied for visibility, rights, and resistance amidst escalating political pressure and conservative pushback. In New York, the largest and oldest Pride parade in […]
The Gay Officers Action League (GOAL), a group representing LGBTQIA+ members of the New York City Police Department (NYPD), has announced plans to protest this Sunday’s NYC Pride March due to a policy barring officers from marching in full uniform with service weapons. GOAL members will be joined by NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch on the […]
JoJo Siwa will no longer be performing at this year’s Back Lot Bash during Chicago’s Pride weekend. The pop star and former Dance Moms and Nickelodeon sensation was originally set to headline on Sunday, 29 June. However, the event’s website now lists her as no longer appearing, citing “scheduling conflicts” as the reason for her […]
An Idaho event dubbed “Hetero Awesome Fest” wrapped up in chaos over the weekend, drawing headlines for all the wrong reasons: low attendance, an on-stage altercation, and a racism scandal involving one of its speakers. Held in Cecil D. Andrus Park in downtown Boise across June 20 and 21, organiser Mark Fitzpatrick billed the gathering […]
Thousands of LGBTQIA+ people and allies from across the globe flocked to Washington, D.C. for WorldPride 2025 — a nine-day global celebration of queerness, resilience, and community. Despite a politically tense climate, particularly under President Donald Trump’s administration and its escalating anti-trans rhetoric, WorldPride unfolded as a defiant and dazzling demonstration of queer pride. Travel […]
Mr Bear Perth, Jeb Maihi Brown, has made history as the first transgender winner of the Mr Australasia Bear competition, taking home the title to thunderous applause at this year’s Southern Hibernation festival in Melbourne. Held at The Laird and streamed globally, the event showcased six titleholders from across Australia and New Zealand. Jeb’s win […]
WorldPride 2025 wrapped up in Washington, D.C. this past weekend with a celebration that was equal parts glitter and grit, culminating in a powerful show of political resistance against rising transphobia and rollbacks of LGBTQIA+ rights in the United States. While Saturday’s parade turned the streets of the U.S. capital into a vibrant sea of […]