Tampa Bay Coalition
Eye on GLBT Pride News & Headlines Archives
Tampa Bay, National & International 2002 & 2001
 
Tampa Bay Pride Fest 2002
St Petersburg Times Series on Pride Fest 2002.
Gay Couples Promise Forever During PrideFest Ceremony.
 
Tampa Bay PrideFest
Photos @ QueerTampa.Com.
 
National Pride News
*Ashcroft Slammed for Gay Pride Day 'Sin'
*Millions Worldwide Celebrate Gay Pride.
*San Francisco, U.S. Fete Gay Pride.
*New York Gay Pride Uptown & Down.
*Ab Fab Pair Hit Of NYC Pride.
*Gay Pride: Mingle for the Greater Good.
*Gay Shame - A Challenge to Gay Pride.
*Boston Gay Straight Youth Pride Celebration.
*Tammy Faye Rallies Gay Youth"Who's This Tammy Faye?"
 
 
International Gay Pride News
*Peruvian March in First Gay Pride Parade.
*London Shows Its Gay Pride.
*London Gay pride on parade at Mardi Gras.
*Gay Pride now Respectable and Worse for it.
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*1 Dead Scores Overcome Toronto Pride
*Over A Million Show Pride In Toronto
*Dykes & Supporters Show Their Stuff!
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*Croatian Gays Join First 'Pride' March
*Cash Shortage Sydney Mardi Gras
*Tel Aviv Pride Under Intense Security
*The Party Begins at Toronto Pride
*Australia's Gay Pride Faces Bankruptcy.
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First Gay Pride March Held in Jerusalem
Despite attempts to disrupt the first ever gay pride parade held in Jerusalem,
it went off without incident. Police estimate 4,000 people took part in the parade.
They remained on high alert for possible disruptions by those opposed to the parade.
 
Gay Pride Worldwide
Lisit of Gay Pride Websites.
 
InterPride
International Association of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered Pride Coordinators, Inc.
Promoting LGBT Pride on an International Level.
 
Virtual Pride
Photo Albums of Gay Pride Events Held Nationally.
 
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Gay Pride Celebrated Around the World 2001
 
June 24: Marriage Celebration Kicks off New York Gay Pride Parade.
Three dozen gay couples celebrated same-sex partnerships
to kick off New York City 32nd Annual Gay Pride Parade.
 
June 24: Millions of people, spread across different cities in
North America and Europe, all celebrating Gay Pride. 
 
June 23: The gay pride celebration's in Paris and Berlin had
two very special revelers joining in. The openly gay Mayors
of both the cities were gay participents.
 
Belgrade Gay-Rights Marchers Attacked Beat:
July 1: Gay-Rights Supporters gathered to march, bands of Serbian-national thugs
encircled the marchers and then savagely attacked them. Beat the gay-rights  marchers
with clubs, kicking them and police they tried to stop the brutal attack. Attempting to prevent,
what is thought the first ever gay rights march, was what one of the attackers told local B-92
radio, "We are here to pervent immorality in Serbia" and "Serbia is not a Gay Country".
With dozens injured and including six police officers. Police fired shots in air to disperse
the crowd. No deaths reported from the attack. By Toronto Star.  BBC brief article with half 
dozen photos of the melee. Please, Be Warned they are very graphic photos of the victims
during and after  the attack ended. Article and Photo Credit to BBC News.
 
July 2: Take a look at how Gay Pride was celebrated
in a few of the other countries around the world. "What's Up" with
Mexico, Yugoslavia, Venezuela and India's Gay Pride celebrations.
 
July 4: Baguio City Police decided they would end Gay Pride Month
in a way to be remembered. They raided the Coco Banana, a new
Gay Bar in the city. Police said the raid was in response to a tip lewd
shows were being performed. Although they did not witness the show,
but, still arrested twenty-three dancers. They were dancing permitless
or dancing without permits.
 
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