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Yahoo
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
WeHo Pride draws hundreds of thousands of LGBTQ+ celebrants
Thousands of people gathered along Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, California, during the WeHo Pride weekend. AP Video shot by Eugene Garcia
Winnipeg Free Press
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Winnipeg Free Press
What's up: Pride celebrations
This year's Pride Winnipeg theme is 'Rise in Pride, Stand in Strength.' The organization's annual festival kicks off at The Forks from noon to 8 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. The festivities include three stages of live entertainment, family-friendly activities, an artisan market and an LGBTTQ+ community zone. Food trucks, beer gardens and a substance-free area will be on site. Main stage performers include Ami Cheon, Bannock Babes, Sebastian Gaskin, Bicycle Face, Hera and Bobby Dove. JOHN WOODS / FREE PRESS FILES Pride Winnipeg's annual festival, rally and parade take place this weekend. JOHN WOODS / FREE PRESS FILES Pride Winnipeg's annual festival, rally and parade take place this weekend. Gather in front of the Manitoba Legislative Building at 10 a.m. on Sunday for a rally, followed by the Pride Parade, which begins at 11 a.m. on Memorial Boulevard with marchers and floats travelling eastbound on Portage Avenue to The Forks. The parade will be livestreamed on CTV Winnipeg with accessible indoor and outdoor viewing areas inside and in front of Canada Life Centre at 300 Portage Ave. ASL interpreters will be on hand during the rally. — Eva Wasney Iiiiit's Saturday Night Pride! With Jaylene Tyme! INSTAGRAM Drag queen Jaylene Tyme hosts Rainbow Resource Centre's Pride Weekend party. INSTAGRAM Drag queen Jaylene Tyme hosts Rainbow Resource Centre's Pride Weekend party. The veteran Vancouver drag artist — who was crowned Miss Congeniality in Season 5 of Canada's Drag Race — is headlining Rainbow Resource Centre's Pride Weekend party at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. Tyme, a Two-Spirit Indigenous trans woman and advocate, uses her platform to empower her community and raise awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women, the '60s Scoop (of which she is a survivor) and truth and reconciliation. Canada's Drag Race fans will no doubt remember her show-stopping finale dress inspired by the Every Child Matters movement. Joining Tyme on Saturday is Cake, Rainbow Resource Centre's drag-artist-in-residence, and local performers Kymera and Jamie Allwood. DJ Princess Die will keep the dance floor packed all night. The event is 18+. — Jen Zoratti DAN DANIELSON PHOTO Club Happenings is hosting a Rainbow Rave. DAN DANIELSON PHOTO Club Happenings is hosting a Rainbow Rave. Dig out your dancing shoes for the ultimate Friday night Pride party; there's no better place to be. Dance your heart out to sets by an all-queer DJ lineup and feast your senses on electric drag performances. The night of queer joy, fierce beats and dazzling self-expression features headliner DJ Sydney from Toronto with local powerhouses NotMyAuthority, KvLTBABY, Dov and Inflo. Promising genre-defying sets that move from house and techno to bass, bounce and beyond, make sure you're prepped for the long-haul during this seven-hour rave extravaganza. — AV Kitching MIKE DEAL / FREE PRESS FILES Meet at Upper Fort Garry tonight for a queer history walking tour. MIKE DEAL / FREE PRESS FILES Meet at Upper Fort Garry tonight for a queer history walking tour. For the next month, nearly every corporation, police service and level of government in Canada will be flying the rainbow flag, but less than 40 years ago, when Winnipeg had its first pride parade in 1987, participants still felt compelled to mask their faces with paper bags to protect their identities. It's a reminder that Winnipeg's queer history is one of persecution as well as celebration, a legacy represented in the city's queer walking tours. Join local cultural historian Britt Bauer tonight for the Winnipeg Queer History Walk, a free tour from Upper Fort Garry through downtown and the Exchange District. No registration needed — just show up with comfortable walking shoes. The Winnipeg Architecture Foundation also has a self-guided Winnipeg Queer History Tour, which covers resource and health centres, clandestine cruising spots, early gay bars and social clubs (did you know that Gio's was originally called the Winnipeg Gay Community Centre?). Visit for more information. —Conrad Sweatman LAUREN SIDDALL PHOTO Good Neighbour Brewing Co.'s patio turns into Queer Gardens this weekend. LAUREN SIDDALL PHOTO Good Neighbour Brewing Co.'s patio turns into Queer Gardens this weekend. Vintage threads, comedy, a queer-themed beer garden and drag queen karaoke: Sherbrook Street businesses have come together to throw a host of events as part of this year's Pride festivities. The West Broadway Pride block party kicks off tonight with a drag party at Good Neighbour Brewing Co. starting at 6 p.m. and a free Fruit Roll-Up Comedy Showcase at 8 p.m. at The Handsome Daughter. The crew at Chips Vintage are promising a special guest performer at 8 p.m., as well as 20 per cent off all in-store goods plus some limited-edition merchandise, with all proceeds going to Sunshine House. End the night back at The Handsome Daughter with live band karaoke and local drag queens. Tickets are $10 plus fees at Brightly coloured beers will be flowing today through Saturday at the Good Neighbour/Next Door patio, dubbed the Queer Gardens in honour of Pride. Beat the heat with the new quartet of Good Neighbour's Gaytorade sour brews featuring Slay Queen Orange, Electric Bear-y, Fruity Punch and Fierce Grape flavours. The Queer Gardens also hosts an acoustic set by Snackie on Friday and a sold-out Saturday brunch in collaboration with the Winnipeg Humane Society. — Ben Sigurdson
BBC News
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Brighton Open Air Theatre raises curtain on 11th summer season
An open air theatre is raising the curtain on its 11th summer season, which includes music, comedy, drag and family Open Air Theatre (BOAT), in Dyke Road Park, will host performances from Friday until 21 manager Will Mytum said the theatre aimed for "a balance of supporting local artists and keeping prices keen"."It's wonderful to welcome new visitors each season as well as our loyal regulars," he added. There will be more than 70 productions from when the venue opens, including a brand new version of Winnie The August, Drag in the Park: Pride Edition will celebrate Pride Weekend, and there will be theatre performances of Cinderella, Moby Dick and Twelfth Sara Pascoe, Romesh Ranganathan and Al Murray will also group Dad La Soul, which aims to address masculinity and men's mental health, will throw a family-friendly "block party" in Mytum said the theatre, which is completely self funded, aimed to keep prices low for the audience."We want to be a venue that anyone can come to," he added. The 400-seat theatre, a registered charity, was the brainchild of Brighton playwright and construction manager, Adrian April 2013 he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and spent his final days planning for a long-held ambition to create an open air theatre in the left his life savings of £18,000 to kick-start the project and asked four of his friends to continue his dream after his death.
Yahoo
31-03-2025
- Politics
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Lake Worth Beach's Pride Weekend a celebration, but with concerns ahead
LAKE WORTH BEACH — Pride Weekend took place this past weekend with a festival and parade that ended at Bryant Park, where thousands mingled, danced and celebrated under cloudy skies that illustrated the menacing climate the LGBTQ+ community faces across the country. Colorful pride flags flapped in the wind at businesses and along roads in Lake Worth Beach, commemorating the two-day event that faces a range of financial and political threats. Julie Seaver, the executive director of Compass Community Center, the Pride event's organizer, said the center's finances could take a significant hit if the federal government pulls back on grant funding that helps pay for its work providing health-care testing and other programming for those in the LGBTQ+ community. Compass has organized the Pride event with backing from community group sponsors, whose funds are also under threat as President Donald Trump's administration attempts to pull back from tens of millions in grant commitments. This year's event was about $21,000 more expensive than it was in the past, Seaver said, as Compass followed law enforcement's suggestion that it use new, special road barriers to prevent a repeat of the January 1 attack in New Orleans, where a man in a pickup truck plowed into a crowd on Bourbon Street and killed 15 people. Seaver said organizers have not wanted to increase the $10 and $12 admission prices in order to keep the event as accessible as possible. But with security and entertainment costs rising and with the financial threat to some of the event's sponsors, "we're going to have to make some hard choices next year," she said. The hope, Seaver added, is that a patron steps forward to help cover the $20,000 cost for the parade and the $50,000 to $60,000 cost for the festival. Getting additional corporate support could prove challenging in the current political climate. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Trump have attacked diversity, equity and inclusion programs in government and private industry. They argue that such programs shift focus away from merit while supporters see them as important efforts to make sure people from marginalized communities are included in job candidate pools and that their views are taken into account as policy is formulated. Criticism of transgender people was one of the themes that animated Trump's campaign last year, and, since returning to the White House, he has sharpened his focus on them. On the day he was sworn into office for a second time, Trump signed an executive order declaring that there are only two sexes, a view he repeated in early March during a speech before a joint session of Congress. The president has attempted to bar transgender people from serving in the U.S. military, a bid that, so far, has been blocked by the courts. LGBTQ+ community members have not failed to notice what they view as attacks on their very existence. "That is why we need Pride this year," Seaver said. "We could all use a little joy, even if it's only for two days." Many of those who attended the Palm Beach Pride festival Saturday agreed. "I need to be around my fellow community members, especially in times like this," said 38-year-old Silvia Silvestri of Loxahatchee Groves, who is transgender. "Coming here is a chance to be myself and also to meet like-minded people." Silvestri said she fears that presenting herself as a woman would put her in danger. "I still present as a male to society for my safety," she said. Dominic Contreras of Palm Beach Gardens, 43, said the anger directed toward those in the LGBTQ+ community is palpable, across the U.S. and even overseas. "I have friends all over the world," said Contreras, who is straight and married to a woman who is bisexual. "A lot of them are saying the same thing: they're scared for us." That fear has led many to Ellie Mental Health, a Lake Worth Beach clinic that provides counseling for people dealing with trauma, depression and anxiety. Ellie Mental Health was a vendor at Saturday's festival, with staff members handing out fliers and answering questions from those who stopped by. "Mental health support is very important right now," said Gabriella Hernandes, a counselor who staffed Ellie's table along with fellow counselor Amaranta Bretas. Both counselors said the feeling of being attacked and discredited is acute among the LGBTQ+ patients they treat. "A lot of times, we're the only place where they can open up," Hernandes said. Eli Allen of Lake Worth, 31, said the vitriol seems stronger in news coverage from other places outside Palm Beach County. Allen, who is gay, said Pride remains an important opportunity to have fun and be together. "We fought all these years for equality and to not be judged or discriminated against," he said. Wayne Washington is a journalist covering education for The Palm Beach Post. You can reach him at wwashington@ Help support our work; subscribe today. This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Pride festival at Bryant Park in Lake Worth Beach draws thousands
Yahoo
20-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Sugarbush Pride Weekend kicks off tomorrow
WARREN, Vt. (ABC22/FOX44) – Sugarbush is set to host their third annual Pride Weekend starting tomorrow, March 21. Pride Weekend is packed with events on and off the lift, like the Pride Parade Ski Run and Sunday Drag Brunch. 'At Sugarbush, we're proud to champion inclusivity and create spaces where all individuals can feel welcomed and celebrated. We're committed to fostering a community where guests and employees from every background feel comfortable working, exploring, and adventuring. To us, the mountains aren't just a place—they're a shared experience, and we believe they're for everyone,' Sugarbush staff wrote on their website. This celebration will run from March 21 to March 23. For details and additional information, check out the schedule here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
