Sarah Brown marches in Pride parade 2009 - By Jessica Geen

Gordon and Sarah Brown host Pride reception

By Staff Writer, PinkNews.co.uk • July 4, 2009 - 13:34

Gordon and Sarah Brown hosted an intimate reception in Downing Street's gardens this morning for organisers of London Pride and the pink press.

Those in attendance included gay MPs such as Chris Bryant and Nick Brown, organisers of Pride, Stonewall chair Ben Summerskill and MEP Michael Cashman, along with Attitude editor Matthew Todd, newly-installed Gay Times editor Tris Reid-Smith and PinkNews.co.uk.

Although the prime minister and his wife did not make any speeches, they spent around ten minutes talking to each attendee.

PinkNews.co.uk publisher and Channel 4 business and technology correspondent Benjamin Cohen described the event as "very private". He said: "I was really surprised as the door swung open to see Gordon Brown's son playing with a toy car.

"The prime minister told me there was still much to do for gay rights, despite everything Labour has achieved. He pointed to cultural change, especially in schools and sports... Read more - pinknews

Sarah Brown marches in Pride parade - By Jessica Geen • July 4, 2009 - 13:58

The prime minister's wife Sarah Brown today made history by marching in London's Pride parade.

Fresh from hosting a reception for Pride organisers and the pink press, she was flanked by Stonewall chief Ben Summerskill and gay MEP Michael Cashman as she waved a pink Union flag.

Marching without bodyguards at her side, she looked contented and was happy to talk to gay rights campaigners.

Her popularity was proved by the number of marchers shouting "Go Sarah!"

PinkNews.co.uk publisher Benjamin Cohen marched alongside Mrs Brown.

He said: "She seemed extremely excited to be there. I did spot two discreetly-placed bodyguards around her. She didn't speak to people who were lining the streets but she spoke to a number of campaigners and ordinary people and told me how much fun having people at the reception had been." Read more pinknews

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The Many Sides of Jerusalem’s Gay Pride Parade 2009 - Reuters Blogs

AxisMundi Jerusalem - Inside Israel and the Palestinian Territories

June 25th, 2009 Posted by: Erika Solomon

Although thousands of Israelis participated in Jerusalem’s 8th annual gay pride parade, which went off without a hitch, some signs of tension were visible. The parade ended with a small concert organized at a city centre park, which had been surrounded with high fences covered in black mesh.

Despite the cheerful singing and colourful banners, many participants who attend both Tel Aviv and Jerusalem’s gay pride parades, say the Israeli parade in Jerusalem, a holy city for the religious, is markedly different from a similar parade in the secular coastal metropolis of Tel Aviv, held a couple of weeks ago.

One Israeli marcher said Jerusalem, as a much more politically divided city, has a very politicized pride parade: “In Tel Aviv, the Gay Pride parade is more of a party. But in Jerusalem, it’s much more political, like a protest.” Several marchers echoed this sentiment. Na’ama, a member of Bat-Kol, an organization for Orthodox Jewish lesbians, agreed, adding: “It’s not like a protest-it is a protest. I don’t want to take it for granted that I can walk here. But we also have to fight for other rights, like the right to marry. And we still have a struggle with the rest of the Orthodox community to get them to accept us.”

Across the street from the park, a small cluster of demonstrators gathered to protest the gay pride parade. Most offered rather extreme interpretations of the gravity of allowing the pride parade. Daisy Stern, holding a sign saying “No Flags of Fags Here”, said she was “protesting and fighting this horrible trend that persists in this city, which is funded and masterminded by our enemies who don’t want to see a Jewish land and this is a way to break our spirits”. One student, who joked he was protesting “to be a hardcore fundamentalist”, added: ” I’m not so much against the gay part , I’m protesting the pride part. The bible says homosexuality is an abomination. Only an abominable person would be proud about their homosexuality.” Some held up copies of the Torah, and signs offering help for homosexuals. Read complete article on Reuters Blogs

PHOTOS: Ronen Zvulun, Darren Whiteside, Baz Ratner. Reuters, Jerusalem. June 25, 2009.

Día del Orgullo Gay de Madrid 2009: Artículo de Fernando Grande-Marlaska en 'El Mundo'

EL JUEZ DE LA AUDIENCIA NACIONAL AFIRMA QUE HAY QUE LUCHAR POR SEGUIR NORMALIZANDO LA HOMOSEXUALIDAD

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Madrid.- Coincidiendo con las celebraciones del Día del Orgullo Gay 2009 en Madrid, el juez instructor de la Audiencia Nacional, Fernando Grande-Marlaska publicó en el diario 'El Mundo' un artículo el pasado sábado 27 de junio.

Bajo el título 'Hay mucho camino por recorrer', Grande- Marlaska, que ha reconocido su homosexualidad, hace una importante defensa de la lucha por los derechos y la normalización de los gays. Foto (He acknowledged his homosexuality Fernando Grande-Marlaska, judge of the Audiencia Nacional.)

HAY MUCHO CAMINO POR RECORRER

Esta semana se celebra el Orgullo Gay. En España, en estos últimos tiempos, se vienen escuchando voces que hacen, dado que contamos con una legislación que nos otorga todos los derechos, por razonar sobre su necesidad. Podemos contraer matrimonio, podemos adoptar hijos, etc. Incluso, de forma vamos a decir irónica, vienen a decir que ya es hora de celebrar el día del orgullo heterosexual. Esas voces desconocen cuál es la razón de esta celebración. Más aún, y eso es peor, parecen desconocer la razón de su actualidad.

Como en todas las celebraciones, siempre hay una fecha que sirve de referencia, y en el Orgullo Gay, es el 28 de junio, recordando como ese día de hace cuarenta años, la policía neoyorquina, con toda la inquina posible entró y detuvo a un grupo de homosexuales que se encontraban en un bar de ambiente (Stonewall). A partir de ese momento, el colectivo homosexual decidió de forma activa reclamar sus derechos, manifestarse, y fijar el 28 de junio como el de celebración. Sí, celebración de cómo ya no se iba a permanecer en el ya archiconocido armario. Como uno se aceptaba y estaba orgulloso de ser como era. Se celebraba y se celebra como ya no íbamos a dejar que nos tuvieran en una especie de apartheid. «Si el eco de sus voces se debilita, pereceremos». Paul Eluard. Read more

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Cientos de miles de personas colapsan Madrid en favor de una 'Escuela sin armarios' Read more Spanish

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Hundreds of thousands of people clogged Madrid for a 'school without lockers'

Photo: The president of the Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Transsexuals and Bisexuals (FLGTB), Antonio Poveda (i), together with the Minister of Equality, Bibiana Aidoo. / Efe

Hundreds of thousands have collapsed the center of Madrid after singing and dancing multicolored floats and banners for the "emotional-sexual diversity" in education as part of the Gay Pride march. From the Puerta de Alcalá to Plaza of Spain through the Gran Via, have passed clusters of gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transsexuals who came from across Spain to participate in a ride that organizers say is a "political tool" to normalize homosexuality in school. In fact, several of the groups that participated did so by singing to the rhythm of "no parades, we are."

The march opened at 1800 hours Minister of Equality, Bibiana Aidoo, representatives of the PSOE, IU and UpyD, union leaders and major youth organizations, carrying a banner with "A school without lockers. In remarks before taking part in the ride, Aidoo said that "we have every reason to be proud, we are an open country that has made a clear bet for expanding rights," and said that all gays lesbians, transsexuals, and bisexual "have at their side to the government."

The minister regretted that 50% of gay adolescents suffer violence at school and in schools and has assured that "we all have to help make school a safe space for diversity, because what is learned in small remains forever. " After the banners, dozens of gay groups Seville, Barcelona, Gandía, Logrono, Asturias marched chanting and shouting left photograph for the thousands who crowded as a solid mass on both sides of the march prepared to chant any slogan. Read more

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Sarah Brown, British PM's wife joins 1000s at London’s Gay Pride Parade 2009

The Associated Press - Saturday, July 4, 2009; 11:49 AM

LONDON -- The wife of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has joined thousands of revelers in London's annual gay pride march.

Sarah Brown held a red, white and pink version of the Union Jack as the noisy parade wound through the city center before a rally and concert in Trafalgar Square.

Everyone from drag queens to firefighters and soldiers in uniform joined the parade, organized by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender groups.

Earlier, organizers met the Browns outside 10 Downing St.

The prime minister said Britain had made "massive strides towards equality," including the introduction of civil partnerships for gay couples. These have the same legal status as marriage, but some campaigners want the word marriage to apply to both gay and straight couples. Read more The Washington Post - www.washingtonpost.com Photo - Prime Minister's wife Sarah Brown meets gay rights campaigner a Peter Tatchell, right, as she joined more than half a million marchers and other supporters in the gay pride parade through London Saturday July 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Johnny Green/PA) Click for more of the best photojournalism:

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When kids come first everything else falls in right order and all will be well in the world.msk

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Britain's Sarah Brown, right, Patron of the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood, and wife of the British Prime Minister, speaks in front of Ban Ki-moon, left, Secretary-General of the United Nations, during the 62nd World Health Assembly, WHA, at the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, May 19, 2009. The World Health Assembly is the annual meeting of the World Health Organization's (WHO) 193 Member States and it is the supreme decision-making body of WHO. Issues to be discussed at the WHA include pandemic influenza A (H1N1) preparedness. Read more & view photos – daylife.com

Former nurse welcomes Michelle Obama to London cancer centre

2 April, 2009 | By Richard Staines

Michelle Obama yesterday met with former nurse Laura Lee, chief executive of the charity Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres.

The US ‘first lady’ was visiting the centre for cancer patients in London with its patron, Sarah Brown, to help celebrate its first birthday.

The charity run centres offer pleasant environment for anyone suffering with cancer so they can get information, practical advice and emotional support. Read more NURSINGtimes.net

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Michelle Obama "All of you are precious and you touch my heart, and it's important for the world to know that there are wonderful girls like you all over the world." read more & video telegraph.co.uk

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Obama holds gay pride reception, vows to overturn 'unjust laws'

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Obama honored Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month with a White House reception Monday where he likened the struggle for gay rights with the struggle of African-Americans for civil rights.

With first lady Michelle Obama at his side, the president told the cheering crowd filling the East Room that his administration would work to repeal the so-called Defense of Marriage Act and end the "don't ask, don't tell" policy regarding gays in the military. Read more

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Istanbul Pride 2009

Ayrımcılık ve önyargıya karşı durulmasını isteyen Başkan Barack Obama, Haziran ayını LGBT Onur Ayı ilan etti.

Amerika Birleşik Devletleri Başkanı, Lezbiyen, Gey, Biseksüel, Transgender (LGBT) ONUR Ayı ilan ettiği Haziran bildirisinde, herkese eşitlik vaadi yerine getirilemediği müddetçe tüm Amerikalıların etkileneceğini belirtti.

Obama, “LGBT Onur Ayı süresince LGBT cemaatini, meclisi ve Amerikan halkını, cinsel yönelim ve cinsiyet kimliği ayrımı yapmaksızın herkese eşit haklar verilmesini teşvik etmek için birlikte çalışmaya” davet etti.

21-28 Haziran tarihleri arasında, Lambdaistanbul'un organizasyonyla bir kez daha İstanbul’da gerçekleşecek 2009 LGBTT Onur Haftasına sayılı günler kalmışken, Haziran 2009’u LGBT On r Ayı ilan eden Obama’nın bildirisinin tam metnini yayınlıyoruz.

“New York’taki Stonewall Barı’nın patronları ve destekleyenleri, 40 yıl önce lezbiyen, gey, biseksüel ve transgender (LGBT) cemaatini çoktandır yaygın biçimde taciz eden polise karşı direndiler. Budirenişten Amerika’daki LGBT hakları hareketi doğdu. LGBT Onur Ayı boyunca Haziran 1969 olaylarını anacağız ve kendimizi LGBT Amerikalıların hukuk karşısında eşit adalete kavuşmasına adayacağız. Daha kaosgl.org

Istanbul Pride 2009 www.prideistanbul.org

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Istanbul’s GayPride Week Roundup

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