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Moscow officials say they have rejected a request to hold a gay pride event in Russia’s capital city.

An organizer for a gay pride parade in a Russian city was beaten soon after the local government announced it had banned the event from taking place.

Iceland’s second annual LGBT winter festival kicks off a year of pride with outdoor adventures, local tours and late-night parties.

Although Colorado Springs received a failing grade on HRC’s Municipal Equality Index for LGBT inclusion, many community organizations are working hard to make the area a safer and more welcoming place.

Tens of thousands of people marched through Taiwan’s capital of Taipei in order to celebrate the Asian island nation’s 10th annual Gay Pride.

Boston welcomed delegates from across the country to take part in InterPride 2012, the 30th anniversary of the conference that provides workshops and networking opportunities for Pride organizers.

Disco diva Cece Penniston ’Finally’ headlined, while K-Paz de la Sierra kicked up quite a durango party on the Latin stage at Oakland Pride’s "It’s a celebration" event, Northern California’s second-largest gay pride.

Founded in 1993 on the principles of diversity, solidarity, and openness, Divers/Cité is one of the most beloved of Montreal’s forty annual festivals, a multi-day LGBT music and arts festival with more than fifty hours of free music and performance.

Toronto Pride is a two-time winner of "Best Festival in Canada" and one of the "Top 50 Festivals" in Ontario, as well as one of Toronto’s eight city-designated signature events.

One of the world’s largest Pride celebrations with an estimated attendance of 1.2 million people, Toronto Pride’s ten-day Pride Week includes a three-day street festival, with nearly 300 entertainers performing on seven stages, as well as the Parade.