Pride News

Washington Wizards center Jason Collins is the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport. Today he revealed in a Sports Illustrated interview why he decided to come out of the closet.

Toronto - Since Toronto Mayor Rob Ford skipped the city's Gay Pride celebration this year, a growing number of gays and lesbians plan to show up at his community backyard barbecue next weekend.

A British journalist recounts her horrific sexual assault in Egypt's Tahrir Square. Oreo creates a promotional rainbow cookie for Pride Week and faces a major backlash. These are the top stories from across the world.

Toronto - The Pride Flag was raised today at noon at Toronto City Hall with City Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam hosting the festivals and Councillor Shelley Carroll reading the Proclamation from the mayor for the start of Toronto's Pride Week.

Drag Queen Tootie Nefertootie will emcee the lip-sync competition, runway competition and Q&A session at a Catholic university's first-ever on-campus "Drag Show" tonight that has brought local alumni down to their knees. Literally.

Prague - Thousands of people were on the streets of Prague to take part in the city's first gay pride march, while many others came to watch and conservative groups showed up to protest.

San Paulo - Sao Paulo's city council has approved a proposal to create Heterosexual Pride Day honoring straight people that will be celebrated yearly on the third Sunday of December if it gets a final stamp of approval from the mayor of South America's largest city.

As with many current mixed martial arts (MMA) fans, I began watching the sport around 2005 when the first Ultimate Fighter reality series aired, and I remember gradually becoming more and more immersed into the poetic violence the sport offered.

The amazing history of Manny Pacquiao could justifiably overshadow many past and present Filipino champions even the current female champion Ana Julaton. Nonito Donaire is another champion to add to the ever spreading nationalistic pride.

Stockholm - An estimated 35,000 people took to the streets of Stockholm on Saturday for the city's annual Gay Pride parade to celebrate diversity and fight for equal rights for the GLBT communities.