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Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO), the first openly gay man to be elected governor of a U.S. state, is celebrating Pride Month by displaying an LGBTQ flag on the state capitol building.

Jewish lesbians defied the organizers of the “D.C. Dyke March” on Friday and displayed the Gay Pride flag emblazoned with the Jewish Star of David, as well as Israeli flags, during the march, according to reports.

The organizers of Friday’s “D.C. Dyke March,” a parade to celebrate LGBT Pride Month, have banned Gay Pride flags with a Jewish “Star of David” because they say it resembles the Israeli flag and evokes “violent nationalism.”

A Texas bishop has thrown his public support behind the bishop of Providence, RI, who has been pilloried after saying Catholics should not attend gay pride parades.

President Donald Trump tweeted Friday in celebration of LGBT Pride Month, which begins in June, and repeated his administration’s call for the international community to decriminalize homosexuality in countries where it is illegal.

Pop star Ariana Grande responded to allegations this week that she was exploiting the LGBT community by charging high ticket prices for her performance at Pride in Manchester, England later this year.

The Gay Games will kick off in Paris on Saturday, bringing together participants from around the world for a week of sport and culture in a carnival atmosphere.

The mayor of Paris has announced that a number of pedestrian crossings painted in rainbow colors for last Saturday’s Gay Pride march will become a permanent fixture of the Parisian landscape.

A CrossFit gym in Indianapolis, Indiana, closed this week after it was accused of homophobia for canceling an Indy Pride event, reports IndyStar.com.

LGBT groups have filed a lawsuit against the town of Starkville, Mississippi, after the town council turned down a request for a permit for a gay pride parade last week.

The Los Angeles Times points out an odd bit of presidential trivia as 2017 comes to a close: President Donald Trump is the first president since Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower not to visit the State of California in his first full year in office.

One of the heads of the Stockholm gay pride parade has been fired after other members of the organisation found out he had been found guilty of raping a 13-year-old boy in 2011.

TEL AVIV — A gay pride flag flown by fans at a concert by the controversial Lebanese band Mashroo Layla (Night Project) has set off a storm in Egyptian media.

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s first-ever openly gay prime minister joined several hundred gay activists Sunday at a gay pride march that was held amid tight security in the conservative Balkan country.

The western Canadian city of Vancouver has banned an “anti-Sharia” float at this year’s pride parade saying that the sentiment expressed by the Middle Eastern men behind it is “Islamophobic”.

The San Jose Police Department has launched an LGBT recruitment campaign, attempting to attract new officers at the Silicon Valley Pride Parade.

The nominally Catholic Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, has urged his Irish counterpart to consider abortion in Ireland as a “fundamental” human right.

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines released a pro-LGBT meme in celebration of Amsterdam Pride Day last weekend, only to find that its imagery completely undermined the message it was trying to convey.

A reporter has admitted that exposing the ban on Jews at the Chicago Dyke March last month caused her to lose job, following public and media inquiries.

The journalist who broke the story about a ban of attendees carrying Jewish pride flags at the Chicago “Dyke March” has reportedly been removed from writing duties.

MADRID (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people are marching in a global gay pride demonstration in Madrid under tight security measures. The rally Saturday calling for LGTBI rights to be extended across the world features a parade of 52

London Pride has ditched a series of posters following complaints that they were “demeaning” and “too focused on straight people.”

The San Francisco Gay Pride Parade this past weekend was just as political as the Los Angeles “#ResistMarch” the week before, fueled by the left’s hatred for President Donald Trump.

Several Jewish groups and leaders, including the Anti-Defamation League, have condemned the Chicago Dyke March’s ban of attendees who carried Jewish LGBT pride flags.

Madrid Police’s Diversity Unit is operating 24 hours a day as the city hosts World LGBT Pride 2017, so as to respond quickly to any complaints of hate crime. The specialist ‘diversity’ unit, which was created last year by Madrid

WikiLeaks source Chelsea Manning attended an LGBT Pride parade in New York City on Sunday following her release from prison last month.

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver was in New York City over the weekend for the gay pride parade. According to TMZ Sports, Silver rode the NBA float along with the NBA’s first openly gay player, Jason Collins, as well as Golden

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wore Ramadan-themed socks during an LGBT Pride parade in Toronto on Sunday.

Attendees at the Chicago “Dyke March” who carried Jewish LGBT Pride flags were made to leave on Saturday, according to a report.

Turkish authorities have banned the LGBT Pride parade in Istanbul for the second year in a row, citing “safety concerns.”

This year’s Gay Pride celebrations in London will be surrounded by a ring of concrete roadblocks to guard against vehicle attacks as witnessed in the Westminster and Borough Market Islamist terror attacks.

The Advocate — a magazine that covers lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer affairs (LGBTQ) — has accused Breitbart News of “homophobia” for running critical coverage and analysis of Sunday’s “ResistMarch” in Los Angeles.

The conversion of the Los Angeles Gay Pride march into the anti-Trump “#ResistMarch” on Sunday marked the effective end of the gay rights movement.

President Donald Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was vandalized yet again Sunday morning during the Los Angeles Gay Pride and “Resist” March.

The annual Gay Pride march in Los Angeles was officially renamed the “Resist March,” with a message devoted to attacking President Donald Trump, the Republican Party, and conservatives in general.

On Sunday, June 11, a “Resist March” against President Donald Trump will replace the Los Angeles Gay Pride Parade.