Highlights of the evening included appearances by Common Council President George K. This unique event, with its secluded outdoor setting and non-denominational spiritual element, offered a graceful transition between private and public celebrations of Gay Pride. This was the first major Pride event in Buffalo to be held outdoors in a public place.
The first Candlelight Wish Celebration, held behind the Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society, was the centerpiece of the 1991 Lesbian and Gay Pride Unity Fest. Other events from the ’80s, which became hallmarks of local Gay Pride celebrations, included the annual AIDS Memorial Candlelight Service hosted by the Interfaith AIDS Network, the Hall of Shame Awards (1990 nominees included “Hizzoner Jimmy Griffin” and school board member James Comerford), the annual womyn’s dances sponsored by GROW and SHADES, the Frontrunners annual Gay Pride Run, the Queen City Softball Day at Front Park and the famous Gearing Up for Summer Party at Ellicott Creek Park. The 1988 Pride Unity Fest, organized under the theme “Power through Unity with Diversity,” included a day of workshops, a Miss Buffalo Boat ride sponsored by Gay and Lesbian Youth of Buffalo (GLYB), a concert by the City of Good Neighbors Chorale, the DYKETONES at the Tralfamadore Café and a talk by transgendered activist Leslie Fienberg for Workers World and The Other Sex, a gay and lesbian film festival sponsored by HALLWALLS. The Network sponsored the Lesbian and Gay Pride Unity Fest (LAGPUF) for the next four years. In 1988, the Buffalo Gay & Lesbian Community Network was founded by Carol Speser and Larry Peck. Psst, things were better in France before 1981.By the mid-1980s, Gay Pride activities in Buffalo were more focused and centralized. However homosexuality was decriminalised after the French Revolution (as opposed to in the UK where male homosexuality was illegal until 1967), although the Vichy regime introduced a higher homosexual age of consent with the ages only being completely equalised again in 1982 (the ages were equalised in the UK in 2001).įrance is under a state of emergency due to last until November 2017 and Paris is on security alert for the duration of the demonstration.Ī nocturnal march took place last night “against sexism, homophobia, transphobia and biphobia”. Until 1981, homosexuality was considered a mental illness in France. But the government’s position on reproductive rights for gay couples continues to waver. We don’t want to see another presidential term go by without any progress being made,” said a spokesperson for l’Inter-LGBT. “Hollande made a promise five years ago and until now no change has been made. Approval ratings are far lower in the over-65 age bracket. On the fortieth anniversary of the first gay pride march in Paris, activists are demanding “unrestricted medically assisted reproductive rights”.Ī survey released yesterday in France showed that only 44% are in favour of surrogacy for same sex couples, while 59% are in favour of assisted reproductive technology rights being extended to them. Over half a million people are expected to descend on the streets of Paris today for the annual ‘Marche des fiertés’, or LGBT pride festival. Up to 500,000 people expected to turn out for march demanding equal reproductive rights for same sex couples
Īlerted to the disturbing images by America Online, police traced the email address to Brinkin’s IP address.Ī search warrant disclosed that the email address was linked to discussion groups about the sexual exploitation of children.
Investigators also found a rant about white supremacy in the emails, reported the New York Daily News. The emails allegedly also contain explicit sexual and racist commentary including, 'I loved especially the n***** 2 year old getting nailed.’ The activist exchanged emails containing pornographic photographs involving children as young as one, two and three being sodomized or performing sex on adult men, according to police. Gay rights icon Larry Brinkin has been arrested on child pornography charges, according to San Francisco police.īrinkin, 66, who led the fight in San Francisco for equal rights on behalf of the gay community, was booked into jail on Friday night.Īuthorities seized computers, videos, and a floppy disc from the home Brinkin shares with his husband. Arrested: Veteran gay rights advocate Larry Brinkin was arrested on Friday on charges of possessing child pornography