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Pride 2019: Five decades of queer rebellion

Pride 2019: Five decades of queer rebellion

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  • by BAR staff
  • Jun 27, 2019

Welcome to the Bay Area Reporter's special Pride section. Stories are headlined with "Pride 2019."

Boston is rich in LGBT history

Boston is rich in LGBT history

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  • by Ed Walsh
  • Jun 26, 2019

While San Francisco celebrates Pride this weekend, Boston's celebration was Saturday, June 8, with a parade starting in Copley Square, through the gay-popular South End, before ending up at Boston City Hall.

Rome's dazzling architecture shouldn't be missed

Rome's dazzling architecture shouldn't be missed

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  • by Charlie Wagner
  • May 29, 2019

Rome is famous for its grand public architecture, like the greatest amphitheater ever built, the largest church in the world, and a Baroque fountain big enough to jump in.

Vienna is ready to shine for EuroPride

Vienna is ready to shine for EuroPride

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  • by Heather Cassell
  • Apr 24, 2019

Rainbow flags and banners will fill Vienna's Ringstrasse as more than 200,000 people are expected to parade through the Imperial City's main boulevard to its Town Hall for EuroPride in June.

Soak up the sun and have fun in LA

Soak up the sun and have fun in LA

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  • by Ed Walsh
  • Apr 3, 2019

Hollywood's best-known landmark wouldn't have happened if it weren't for a closeted gay man from San Francisco.

History and activities await LGBTs in Philly

History and activities await LGBTs in Philly

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  • by Ed Walsh
  • Mar 27, 2019

As I walked by the lesbian-focused Toasted Walnut Bar and Kitchen in Philadelphia earlier this month, the first panhandler who approached me in the three days I had spent walking around the city solicited me.

NYC to have Pride of a lifetime for Stonewall 50

NYC to have Pride of a lifetime for Stonewall 50

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  • by Heather Cassell
  • Feb 27, 2019

There's no question: New York City Pride, combined with WorldPride for the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, is going to be historic.

Palm Springs gearing up for busy spring

Palm Springs gearing up for busy spring

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  • by Ed Walsh
  • Jan 30, 2019

Earlier this month the most memorable part of my trip to Palm Springs was a night I spent in a hotel room in the gay resort InnDulge.

Chicago offers museums, biking, and gay scene

Chicago offers museums, biking, and gay scene

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  • by Ed Walsh
  • Dec 26, 2018

It was a pivotal moment in Victor Salvo's life that would eventually give birth to a Chicago landmark.

Hawaii is bursting with adventure

Hawaii is bursting with adventure

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  • by Heather Cassell
  • Nov 28, 2018

When the Kilauea volcano erupted in May, I was back stateside but immediately took in the news.

Forget Trump, DC has plenty to offer visitors

Forget Trump, DC has plenty to offer visitors

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  • by Ed Walsh
  • Oct 24, 2018

As I rode a bicycle by the front entrance to the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue, I felt a little shocked. I was taken aback about how much smaller the White House looks in person and how small the White House lawn was.

Our Sacramento

Our Sacramento

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  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Oct 17, 2018

When Saoirse Ronan as Lady Bird in Greta Gerwig's film of that name calls her hometown Sacramento "the Midwest of California," it's a good line but maybe a little bit unfair to our state capital.

Country, urban mix found in Sonoma

Country, urban mix found in Sonoma

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  • by Heather Cassell
  • Sep 26, 2018

Sipping wine, enjoying good food, and tasting olive oil is the epitome of California's wine country, but Sonoma County also offers something else for visitors: an urban experience.

Choose your own adventure in hip Portland

Choose your own adventure in hip Portland

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  • by Heather Cassell
  • Aug 29, 2018

Portland is booming and the Pacific Northwest city is attempting to hold onto its unique, quirky vibe that makes it such an original and cool place to visit.