Gay Pride weekend begins

[samanthajane13]

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Gay Pride weekend in Buffalo kicked off with the raising of the rainbow flag over Niagara Square.

In a ceremony Friday on the steps of City Hall, local politicians and some members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community applauded the changes in legislation over the last year, since the last Pride Festival.

http://buffalo.ynn.com/content/58653...eekend-begins/

[samanthajane13]

Pride Parade is Celebration of Love and Self-Esteem
The Elmwood Village and downtown district was turned into a sea of colors, as the annual Pride Parade made it's way through the streets, Sunday. As YNN's Kate McGowan explains, the Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender community says it's proud of the efforts that have been made for equality among same-sex couples.

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The streets of Buffalo were taken over by a multitude of color Sunday. Marchers carrying and waving rainbow flags, with pride.

"To be able to march in this parade and just, it's very emotional and it's just wonderful," said marcher, Vanity Vogue.

http://buffalo.ynn.com/content/top_s...d-self-esteem/

[samanthajane13]

Pride Weekend
Buffalo’s 11th annual **** March kicks off a Pride Month and a weekend of celebrating community

This weekend Buffalo’s **** March will enter its second decade. Now in its 11th year, it’s older than your dog and your jeans and probably your car. After more than a decade, though, it still manages to raise eyebrows: the claiming of a public space for lesbians, the idea of a separate Pride march for women, the name of the parade, the thought that somewhere a woman is walking around topless and it’s meant for other women.

http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n22/pride_weekend

[samanthajane13]

Buffalo Gay Pride: 100 Percent Chance Of LGBT Pride This Weekend

BUFFALO— Each year Gay Pride in Buffalo sneaks up on us each year. This year we get hit over the head as we put away our folding chairs from our Memorial day cookout Pride comes bursting out and takes over Allen Street and everywhere else gay people live in Western New York.

Last year over 9,000 people turned out and followed the festival downtown to the canalside boardwalk under the skyway. The Allen Street Party and the Sunday post parade festival will see a few small changes but all hope that the weather keeps all of our lgbt celebrants sunny and warm.

http://www.outcomebuffalo.com/pride-...0050312-3.html

[samanthajane13]

Putting pride, acceptance on parade

The sun came out over a sea of rainbows -- in the form of flags, banners and colored socks -- at the annual Pride Parade on Sunday along Elmwood Avenue.

Members of Buffalo and Western New York's Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender community, as well as their allies, marched down the street singing, dancing and tossing out beads. Onlookers lined the streets, cheering and clapping as the parade went by, capturing the tone of acceptance and pride that the event promoted.

http://www.buffalonews.com/city/comm...icle886415.ece

[samanthajane13]

Pride Festival Wraps Up With Annual Parade

BUFFALO, NY - Tons of Western New Yorkers were out Sunday afternoon to show their pride in the LGBT community.

Over 50 organizations took part in the parade put on by the Pride Center of Western New York.

http://www.wgrz.com/news/article/170...-Annual-Parade

[samanthajane13]

My FB albums are set to public, so you can check out the pictures we took a the 2 parades and gathered from news sources-


https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...0294659&type=1


https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...0294659&type=3

[lorettalockhorn]

FFB won't let me see.

[Marian Paroo]

Tel Aviv getting all decked out, too! Big poster and flags at city hall, as usual.

[samanthajane13]

FFB won't let me see.

I'm fixing it now...somehow, FB set it to "friends" and "friends of friends"...I had it set to "public"!

[samanthajane13]

Fixed it!!

[lorettalockhorn]

Thanks Sammy, it let me see the pix in the first link - looks like a great time.

[samanthajane13]

Both links should work now...if not, let me know!!

[samanthajane13]

Just RE-FIXED!! Damned FB!!

At least it's not the PITA that photophuckit is....

[lorettalockhorn]

Got to see them this time! Love the bull and that guy in #35, #36 is totally ripped.

[samanthajane13]

LMAO!!

Sorry , Lo...I don't think they'd be interested!! Well, maybe the bison would...heee heee.

I love the dude dressed as Howard Stern in drag!! He was such a hoot!!

[lorettalockhorn]

I'm not interested either, but that doesn't discount that six pack!

[samanthajane13]

Yeah-and you could bounce quarters off his ass, too!!

[lorettalockhorn]

Nuff said, Sammy!

[Marian Paroo]

American Ambassador led the gay foreign embassies employees and supporters group, and spoke!!!!!