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Catch these Pride events before the summer ends.

September 18, 2017 compassq Comments Off

As the summer comes to an end, so does a time of nearly non-stop LGBT Pride events and parties around the world. Seriously, there’s been a few each weekend ever since June’s Pride Month. While revelers clean off the glitter after recent celebrations in Montreal, Manchester, and New Orleans, others ready for more festivities sine the party is never quite over when it comes to celebrating the community, the accomplishments made, and to simply have a good time.

Provo Pride shocks many for just being visible.

September 18, 2017 compassq Comments Off

It’s hard to say which group of football fans was more surprised to see a gay pride festival in Provo — the visitors from Wisconsin or the BYU faithful. But a lot of people driving by the Provo Pride Festival had, shall we say, quizzical looks on their faces. The thousands of people who passed through downtown Provo on their way to LaVell Edwards Stadium for the Cougars-Badgers game Saturday afternoon couldn’t miss Provo Pride 2017.

In a change of politics, Serbian police now protect the LGBT community.

September 18, 2017 compassq Comments Off

Serbian gay right activists marched with their first openly lesbian prime minister through the streets of Belgrade on Sunday, protected by police in riot gear as a helicopter flew low overhead. Senior government officials joined hundreds of revelers on the Belgrade Pride parade – an event campaigners said was a test of the conservative Balkan state’s rights record as it seeks to join the European Union.

LGBT is good business for Illinois.

September 18, 2017 compassq Comments Off

The streets of downtown Champaign were closed off for the 8th annual C-U Pride and Parade, but it’s more than just costumes and colors. The Illinois director of tourism says LGBTQ events are a major part of tourism in the state. The streets of Champaign were flooded with people, and the colors of the rainbow.

LGBT buying power pushes Pride support from business community.

September 15, 2017 compassq Comments Off

Sponsorships for the annual CU Pride and Parade event in downtown Champaign have been growing over the years, and there’s more behind that than a good feeling for supporters. It’s also good for business, two sponsors said.

When y’all doesn’t mean all.

September 9, 2017 compassq Comments Off

The annual Cville Pride Day is expected to draw more than 5,000 people to celebrate the gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgender community, and organizer Lisa Green wanted some special baseball caps to sell. They would be gray with purple lettering spelling out the slogan: Y’all Means All, but a Pennsylvania manufacturer – Legacy Athletic – doesn’t want the business.

Pride comes alive in La Crosse.

September 8, 2017 compassq Comments Off

Once a year, professionals and amateurs alike have the opportunity to strut their stuff down the runway at the La Crosse Center, celebrating La Crosse community Pride with bright lights, glamorous garb and a some whole-hearted lip syncing. Traditionally, Pride Month is celebrated in June, but in La Crosse the festivities fall in September, and this weekend the fun kicks off with the fourth annual “So You Think You Can Drag” show at 9 p.m. Friday, one of three events hosted by The Center: 7 Rivers LGBTQ Connection.