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A & E
Aspen hosting a summer LGBT festival, “Aspen Summer Holiday.”
Scores of colorful characters are swapping the slopes for floats and apres ski for “poolside tea” as an LGBTQ-aimed summer event debuts in Aspen. In partnership with the Aspen Chamber Resort Association and National LGBTQ Task Force, Men’s Vows, an online magazine catered to weddings between men, is hosting the three-day “Aspen Summer Holiday,” which kicked off Thursday.
A & E
Durban, SA hosting the Durban Gay & Lesbian Film Festival.
NOW in its 7th year, this annual cinematic celebration of independent queer cinema, the Durban Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (DGLFF) has added more screening venuess that will include Durban’s Outer West LGBTIQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender & intersex) communities. From both a practical and demand-driven perspective, #DGLFF2017 has recognised that for many, the journey to “town” is both expensive and often far.
PRIDE
Derry expecting record numbers for Foyle Pride parade.
Hundreds of people are expected to attend the annual Foyle Pride parade in Derry on Saturday. The parade is the highlight of the Foyle Pride Festival which involves a range of events in the local area. A number of the events have already taken place but some others will be held in the coming days. Tomorrow, the Football versus Homophobia’ returns to Bishop’s Field, in Creggan, at 2pm. There will also be a family zone in the Peace Garden in Foyle Street.
5 THINGS TO KNOW
Gay in America – the best and the worst places to be.
All my life I’ve loved Texas: those big skies, big steaks and big attitudes. I’m there several times a year. But Texas doesn’t love me back. Certainly its lawmakers don’t, and lately they’ve been hellbent on showing that. In June the governor signed a bill allowing child welfare groups to refuse adoptions that contradict their “sincerely held religious beliefs.” They can turn away gay men like me.
LIFESTYLES
Calgary Pride kicks off with the first transgender flag crosswalk.
Calgary Pride week festivities are kicking off with a milestone — the city has its first transgender flag crosswalk. Calgary Pride organizers didn’t have to advocate for the painted flag at 17th Avenue at Fourth Street S.W., said president Jason Kingsley.
US NEWS
San Jose Police Department actively recruiting from the LGBT community.
With Silicon Valley Pride approaching this weekend, the San Jose Police Department is for the first time launching a campaign to recruit members of the LGBT community through a series of public initiatives and an intrepid ad campaign. The campaign will feature identical ads showing the actual families of three officers: a heterosexual couple, a gay male couple and a lesbian couple.