A joint statement from the co-presidents of InterPride, Brett Hayhoe (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) and Sue Doster (New York City, NY, USA):

Editor:

If you couldn’t make it to Gay Games 9 in Cleveland/Akron OH earlier this month, you sure missed out on a lot. Here are a few highlights that I’ll take away.

Editor:

Let’s set the major confusion straight for Mr. Hamell. Obviously Mr. Hamell, who claims to be part of the LGBT community, is distorted.

Editor:

Hamas is no friend of LGBT people. The group’s co-founder called us “perverts,” etc. (For that matter, the Saudi and Egyptian dictatorships, both U.S. allies, are also LGBT-unfriendly.) But the fact remains that Hamas is part of the picture. So they have to be part of finding a solution to ending for Gazans the Israeli occupation, blockade, illegal settlements, drone flights and constant military presence.

A big thank you to the William Way LGBT Community Center for its bold step in assuming the responsibility to take the next steps in bringing together the sports organizations — which over the past four years have begun to recognize the “value added” in working together to make sports and recreation the social opportunity for the community to realize its potential in countless ways.

A big thank you to the William Way LGBT Community Center for its bold step in assuming the responsibility to take the next steps in bringing together the sports organizations — which over the past four years have begun to recognize the “value added” in working together to make sports and recreation the social opportunity for the community to realize its potential in countless ways.

Philadelphia reflected its Pride on June 8, 2014.

Philly Pride Presents would like to thank the record number of LGBT citizens (and, of course, our straight friends) for making Pride Day 2014 an overwhelming success and certainly the best Pride we have organized in our 26-year history.

An open letter from Philly Pride Presents:

Philadelphia reflected its Pride on June 8, 2014.

I am writing to offer an additional perspective to those mentioned in the PGN’s article concerning the Philadelphia Archdiocese’s sponsorship of the March for Marriage. The perspective that I share is based on my role as the 2014-15 president of Dignity Philadelphia, the religious organization for LGBT Roman Catholics and our allies.

June is AIDS Education, LGBT Pride and Men’s Health Month.

The Centers for Disease Control announced the so-called Gay-related Immune Deficiency June 5, 1981, during the Reagan administration. Reagan remained silent about HIV/AIDS. He died June 5, 2004. Ironically, the next day is the anniversary of D-Day.