#ILoveGay
46.9K views | +6 today
Follow
#ILoveGay
Bringing the Social Element to LGBTQ+ Travel and Life Worldwide - www.ILoveGay.LGBT | www.ILoveGay.NET
Curated by Matt Skallerud
Your new post is loading...
Your new post is loading...
Scooped by Matt Skallerud
Scoop.it!

How Queer Households Are Celebrating Pride During Lockdown, in Photos

How Queer Households Are Celebrating Pride During Lockdown, in Photos | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Photographer Heather Glazzard spent the day travelling around London to find out what Pride looks and feels like this year for chosen families across the city.

No comment yet.
Scooped by Matt Skallerud
Scoop.it!

NYC Pride Announces Virtual Human Rights Conference

NYC Pride Announces Virtual Human Rights Conference | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Conversations Led by Daniel Reyes, Mitchell Kuga, Brooke Sopelsa, Ashlee Marie Preston, Jonathan Van Ness and More - Streamed live via YouTube and Facebook, Thursday, June 25

No comment yet.
Scooped by Matt Skallerud
Scoop.it!

Thousands gather in Los Angeles for All Black Lives Matter solidarity march led by black LGBTQ+ community

Thousands gather in Los Angeles for All Black Lives Matter solidarity march led by black LGBTQ+ community | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Thousands of people gathered in Hollywood, Los Angeles Sunday for an All Black Lives Matter march, organized by black members of the LGBTQ+ community.

No comment yet.
Scooped by Matt Skallerud
Scoop.it!

12 Virtual Pride Month Events in Philly to Add to Your Calendar Now

12 Virtual Pride Month Events in Philly to Add to Your Calendar Now | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

From a virtual 5K to a healthy sexuality workshop to an LGBTQ+ film festival, here are the virtual Pride month events to know about.

No comment yet.
Scooped by Matt Skallerud
Scoop.it!

Pride online: 10 virtual ways to celebrate LGBTQIA+ Pride Month in Seattle

Pride online: 10 virtual ways to celebrate LGBTQIA+ Pride Month in Seattle | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

June is Pride Month, a time when the LGBTQIA+ community comes together to celebrate and express themselves. But due to the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing measures, the large and lively parades that draw crowds by the thousands won't be happening in Seattle this year. Instead, they'll take place on screen. From livestream drag shows to book clubs, keep reading to see how to celebrate Pride virtually this month in Seattle.

No comment yet.
Scooped by Matt Skallerud
Scoop.it!

RUSA LGBT Plans Virtual Brighton Beach “Pride Without Borders”

Brighton Beach Pride will go on, after all — virtually, of course — after organizers who originally scrapped this year’s festivities due to the coronavirus pandemic opted to plan an online version of the fourth annual march that usually takes place on the boardwalk along Brooklyn’s southern coast from Coney Island to Brighton Beach. RUSA …

No comment yet.
Scooped by Matt Skallerud
Scoop.it!

Pittsburgh pride celebrations moved to fall

Pittsburgh pride celebrations moved to fall | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

In honor of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising, LGBTQ+ Pride celebrations usually take place in June. But this year, multiple major Pride celebrations in Pittsburgh have been pushed back to the fall in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.According to a May 8 press release from the Delta Foundation of Pittsburgh, the organization that’s hosted Pittsburg

No comment yet.
Scooped by Matt Skallerud
Scoop.it!

Dan Levy, Janelle Monáe set for NYC's virtual gay pride event

Dan Levy, Janelle Monáe set for NYC's virtual gay pride event | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

NYC's Heritage of Pride announced that “Schitt’s Creek” star Dan Levy and singer Janelle Monáe will be part of a virtual pride celebration on June 28.

No comment yet.
Scooped by Matt Skallerud
Scoop.it!

Johannesburg To Host Mr Gay World Double Bill In 2021

Johannesburg To Host Mr Gay World Double Bill In 2021 | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

South Africa's largest city Johannesburg has been chosen to host two editions of Mr Gay World - the postponed 2020 and the 2021 events.

No comment yet.
Scooped by Matt Skallerud
Scoop.it!

5 SFLA LGBTQ festivals join to present ‘Virtual Pride’

Five LGBTQ pride festivals have joined together to present an online ‘Virtual Pride’ festival on Saturday and Sunday, May 9-10, 2020. All funds raised will go toward South Floridians hurt by the coronavirus.

No comment yet.
Scooped by Matt Skallerud
Scoop.it!

Postponed Pride will be a DC economic blow, but they’re getting creative

Postponed Pride will be a DC economic blow, but they’re getting creative | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Capital Pride is getting creative, so as not to completely ruin the celebrations for the hundreds of thousands of people it draws.

No comment yet.
Scooped by Matt Skallerud
Scoop.it!

Gay Wine Weekend Sonoma to Expand to a Full Week

Gay Wine Weekend Sonoma to Expand to a Full Week | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it
After 8 years of Gay Wine Weekend, Out in the Vineyard expanded the event to a full week-long celebration benefiting Face to Face, Sonoma County HIV/AIDS Network.
No comment yet.
Scooped by Matt Skallerud
Scoop.it!

SMU hosts global symposium on LGBT+ equality and human rights

SMU hosts global symposium on LGBT+ equality and human rights | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Three panels and several keynote speakers highlighted the Dallas LGBTQ+ Global Symposium hosted by Southern Methodist University. SMU President Gerald Turner welcomed attendees on behalf of himself and eight campus LGBT groups. Fabrice Houdart, managing director for global equality initiatives at Out Leadership, said homophobia costs countries up to $100 billion a year. When people …

No comment yet.
Scooped by Matt Skallerud
Scoop.it!

For LGBTQ in rural communities, pride festivals can be key connection but pandemic is raining on the parade

For LGBTQ in rural communities, pride festivals can be key connection but pandemic is raining on the parade | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Pride festivals in rural and remote towns can be an important connection point for smaller LGBTQ communities. And this year, the COVID-19 pandemic is raining on those parades, but organizers are finding new ways to connect.

No comment yet.
Scooped by Matt Skallerud
Scoop.it!

VIDEO: Thousands March for Black Transgender Lives

VIDEO: Thousands March for Black Transgender Lives | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Thousands of demonstrators gathered around the Brooklyn Museum to bring attention to high rates of police violence against black transgender women.

No comment yet.
Scooped by Matt Skallerud
Scoop.it!

Capital Pride to focus on support for Black Lives Matter

Capital Pride to focus on support for Black Lives Matter | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Following its announcement last month of the cancellation of this weekend’s annual D.C. LGBTQ Pride parade, festival, and other Pride related gatherings due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Capital Pride Alliance, the group that organizes the city’s annual Pride events, said it was making further changes for its . . .

No comment yet.
Scooped by Matt Skallerud
Scoop.it!

Capital Pride issues statement in solidarity with communities of color

Capital Pride issues statement in solidarity with communities of color | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

The Capital Pride Alliance has vowed to better support communities of color, acknowledging the needs to combat racism and discrimination within the LGBTQ community.

No comment yet.
Scooped by Matt Skallerud
Scoop.it!

LGBTQ Chicagoans face a Pride Month without street festivals, bar-hopping or the iconic parade: ‘It’s kind of heartbreaking.'

LGBTQ Chicagoans face a Pride Month without street festivals, bar-hopping or the iconic parade: ‘It’s kind of heartbreaking.' | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

It’s a family reunion for LGBTQ Chicago. It’s a citywide celebration that draws 1 million people into streets transformed by music and laughter, pink hair and washboard abs, rainbow flags and feather headdresses. It’s a chance to celebrate who you are, loudly and proudly, at teeming festivals and boisterous bars. However you define Pride Month, the June celebration of LGBTQ identity an

No comment yet.
Scooped by Matt Skallerud
Scoop.it!

Capital Pride organizers announce "reimagined" events in response to COVID-19 pandemic

Capital Pride organizers announce "reimagined" events in response to COVID-19 pandemic | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Capital Pride and The DC Center have announced plans for a "reimagined" Capital Pride celebration and other virtual events due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

No comment yet.
Scooped by Matt Skallerud
Scoop.it!

Vancouver Pride draws upon LGBT history to reinvigorate itself for Virtual Pride 2020 and beyond

Vancouver Pride draws upon LGBT history to reinvigorate itself for Virtual Pride 2020 and beyond | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Many LGBT communities arose out of adversity while overcoming challenges, and that fluidity is proving resourceful during the pandemic.

No comment yet.
Scooped by Matt Skallerud
Scoop.it!

Lehigh Valley Pride event shifts to virtual format for this year

The annual Lehigh Valley Pride festival will be a virtual celebration this year in light of concerns around the coronavirus.

No comment yet.
Scooped by Matt Skallerud
Scoop.it!

First Ever Digital Bear Weekend Schedule Confirmed

First Ever Digital Bear Weekend Schedule Confirmed | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Ahead of our Digital Bear Weekend, May 15-17, we’re so happy to confirm the awesome line up of singers, drag

No comment yet.
Scooped by Matt Skallerud
Scoop.it!

Pride San Antonio announces digital festival for 2020 amid COVID-19 pandemic

Pride San Antonio announces digital festival for 2020 amid COVID-19 pandemic | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the cancellation of several Pride Festival celebrations. However, in San Antonio, the event is going digital this year.

No comment yet.
Scooped by Matt Skallerud
Scoop.it!

Capital Pride mum on proposed new parade route

Capital Pride mum on proposed new parade route | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

The Capital Pride Alliance, the organization that sponsors D.C.’s annual Capital Pride Parade, Festival and other Pride-related events, has confirmed that it submitted to the city last week a “final proposal” for major changes in the route of this year’s Pride Parade scheduled for Saturday, June 13.

No comment yet.
Scooped by Matt Skallerud
Scoop.it!

Sydney's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras sees thousands turn out for spectacular parade

Sydney's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras sees thousands turn out for spectacular parade | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

With sequins and glitter sparkling, hot pants and rainbow tutus at the ready, thousands have turned out in Sydney's CBD for the 42nd Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.

No comment yet.