Celebrating our Pride
Posted June 26th, 2008 at 3:09 pm by Drew Geishecker, Network Services
4 Comments / Filed in: Trends & News
Last week, when Yahoo!’s home state of California joined the state of Massachusetts, as well as Canada, the Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, and Spain in extending legal recognition of marriage to gay and lesbian couples, the annual June Pride events immediately took on a special meaning to many, including Yahoo!’s LGBT employees, friends, families, and supporters. The civil rights changes we’ve all been witness to recently inspired us to learn more about how people celebrate Pride, not just in our own backyard, but throughout the diverse world in which Yahoo! users live.
The results surprised even us, as we discovered official Pride celebrations in all 50 U.S. states and in 64 other countries. From the world’s largest LGBT Pride Parade – that would be in Sao Paulo, Brazil, with an estimated five million attendees in 2008 – to the more understated Rainbow Kite Flying day in cities throughout China, celebrations of our community’s diversity occur in many different flavors.
With Pride events scattered around the globe and throughout the year, we thought our local festivities would be the perfect opportunity to re-launch Yahoo!’s annual Pride site with some fun new additions at its first permanent destination: pride.yahoo.com.
Features of this new site include:
- The World Map of Pride – A resource for locating and browsing the breadth of LGBT Pride celebrations around the globe. Search the world map for festivals, parades, film fests, and other major events near you … and invite your friends to join in.
- The Past Century in LGBT History and Civil Rights – An interactive timeline exploring many of the key milestones for the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community over the last 100 years.
- Visions of Pride on Flickr – Photos from Yahoo! users of the various Pride celebrations around the world.
- And easy access to the latest LGBT-related news, sports, entertainment, and community resources.
If you’re in the area, please also plan to join the 500,000+ people at San Francisco’s 38th annual LGBT Pride Celebration and Parade this Sunday, June 29. We’ll be demo’ing our shiny new Pride site and handing out some fabulous gifts at Yahoo!’s booth on Grove Street between Larkin and Polk. We’re also a sponsor of the 32nd annual San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival which runs from June 19-29. We’d be thrilled to see you there.
Happy Pride!
Drew Geishecker
Yahoo! Network Services
Co-chair, Yahoo! Pride
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Sabrina | June 26th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Congrats! This is awesome…
gag | June 26th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
exotic logo
history to now, people request your site, create history
everybody can use the net this age and display pride, no excuses
Stupeur | June 27th, 2008 at 2:32 am
I think that pride is part of humilty! communitarism is main way to division!
Why do gays need to exhibit their sexual orientation? why do religious have to show their religious convictions?
i’m totally against the fact that such a company defends division and splitting inside the society by promoting such things.
convictions are personal
Spread Betting Broker | June 28th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
That really Good Hooray for our pride
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