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Readers Respond: Where is Your Favorite Pride Event?

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I told you my favorite gay pride events in the world. What do you think? Do you agree with my picks? Where is the best gay pride you have ever been (or want to go) to? Share with the World!

Gay and lesbian pride

I would love it if there could be a gay and lesbian pride in my city at (PRETORIA IN SOUTH AFRICA)
—Guest Hope

Don't have a favorite.

I don't have a favorite Gay Pride because I am single,no friends, and very little support from the gay community because anyone who is single & no friends are treated like losers. E.G. no one will give you the time of day. I'm out of the closet a few years and gay women are real unfriendly. So I hardly have any desire to go to Pride especially ALONE! I have no idea who may be alone & who isn't and women get REAL JEALOUS. I tell it like it is anywhere on the Net because no one will listen to me or even cares how I feel or what I even think. I feel its kind of oppressive. Can't say I care much for the ATTITUDE. Its much worse than High School ever was. I just wanted to be treated with dignity & respect by my peers. But it hasn't happened. I could use some love & support from other gay women please. I'm dying here.
—Guest Val

London mate

London everytime, sometimes Brighton. You can really make some noise.
—Guest Annie

Palm Springs Pride

Palm Springs Pride is awesome. The parade is getting bigger every year. With many straight tourists planning their day around our Pride parade. The festival is a couple of miles away and completely enclosed, in the old Angel stadium. I like THAT part a lot because it feels safe. Also because you can carry your drinks throughout the grounds. I am a little partial because I have been to 30 Palm Springs Prides. I remember when our parades and festivals were hidden in some nondescript neighborhood. NOW we are downtown Palm Springs, closing the main artery, all for US. Happy Pride!!
—Guest Bonnie

San Antonio, Texas

It's a small knit community deep in the heart of Texas but in Texas EVERYTHING is BIGGER and so is their gay pride!
—Guest Proud Dyke

New Orleans!

New Orleans has a fantastic Pride event every year around June 28 and not its not Decandence its Pride. Southern Decadence is another week in August.
—Guest Joshua504

Orlando PRIDE

Come out with Pride week in Orlando tops it off. Disney, Pool parties, Huge Parade, ect.
—CarinaRachele

Gran Canaria Gay Pride Maspalomas

I thought I liked Manchester Pride best til I came to live in GRAN CANARIA! Gay Pride here is usually a wole week long but, for 2011, it's 10 whole days of fun in the sun to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Gay Pride in Maspalomas, the south if the island. Stacks of things for lesbians and gay men to do throughout the 10 days and virtually guaranteed sunshine! Fab!!!!
—jaxkim

Brighton all the way!!

After 4 years detoxing from Pride, I have attended three this year and without a doubt and most obviously.. Brighton was the best.
—Guest http://existential-p4444.blogspot.com/

Colorado Springs and Denver!

Denver Pride is our get crazy, party pride weekend in June! In July, we take our kids to Colorado Springs pridefest...it is very family friendly!
—Guest Lodo

Key West Pridefest

Key West has a great pride week and celebrates diversity all year long with the official city motto of "One Human Family." The best Pridefest ever was in 2003, 2hen we unfurled a 1.25 mile long pride flag across the island from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic ocean. Pridefest Key West 2010 starts June 9th!
—Guest Key Wester

pride

My fAvorite prde celebration is in Tampa, FlOrida anD more speciFically Ybor City, Ybo
—Guest jennyboom

Baguio City, Philippines

In the summer capital of the Philippines, every June of the year the LGBT communities in the Phiippines celebrate pride with lots of fun. this year's theme is Educate, Liberate and celebrate! come and join us in Baguio City, Philippines.
—Guest clickencrash

Pensacola, FL PRIDE UNLEASHED

This is by far the best gay pride event EVER! People from all over the US come and party Memorial weekend on the beach! Check out the website. www.pensacolaunleashed.com :D
—Guest KC B.

Dublin (Ireland) Pride

I have been taking part in Dublin Pride for about 4/5 years but last year was the best Pride ever! Huge turn-out, sunny, great fun and everyone was all talk about why we deserve marriage equality. Roll on this years - end of June. The theme is We are Family too.
—Guest Moninne

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