Top 10 Photos Of NYC Pride

Check out the OutTraveler's favorite photos from coverage of the New York City Gay Pride parade -- the gayest event in all five boroughs (and that’s saying a lot!).

1. Sexy Oscar Winner

Causing hearts to flutter was Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, one of the parade’s three Grand Marshalls (along with activist legends Cleve Jones and Anne Kronenberg). Black is not only a talented writer but cute, with a winning smile, crafted exclusively for our camera!

New York's International Cringefest

Because there's enough terribly earnest terrible theater in the world (which gays knowingly conceive, create, produce, and consume), it's a bit refreshing to know that fresh satire about this issue planned well in advance thanks to the International CringeFest '09. If Woody Allen and Larry David can enjoy wild success with that awkward and discomforting comedy, so can we!

Eurovision: Top 5 European Prides

Wave a rainbow flag alongside a British, German, Swiss, or Spanish one at this constellation of hot Euro prides.

Click here for the hottest Pride celebrations that Europe has to offer! 
 

PrideWatch: Montreal

There's no denying it: the Out Traveler.com loves Montréal. Quebec's premier gay destinations is holding two super LGBT events in the upcoming months: Diver/Cité in July 26 to August 1, and the main Pride, also known as Celebrations de la Fierté, from August 13 to 16. Originally one big Pride festival, the arts and music festival was so popular that it was split became its own unique event.

Pride Hits Sin City

The community was out and wild as ever as Las Vegas celebrated its annual Pride Festival. The festivities kicked off on Friday night with the annual Parade, which in the city that never sleeps took place in the evening and traveled down Las Vegas Blvd. 

PrideWatch: Denver

If there was ever a sleeping gay giant in the United States, you would find him (or her...or hir!) at the Denver PrideFest, which takes place on the weekend of June 27-28. The 34th annual celebration will see an attendence of over 250,000 people, which includes the estimated 100,000 parade attendees - now that's nothing to turn your nose up at.

Vancouver Pride 2009

Outstandingly attractive, impressively athletic and gastronomically blessed, Vancouver is a truly enticing destination. It's such an appealingly integrated city that it was chosen to host the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.

The proliferation of gay life and gay businesses along rainbow flag-bedecked Davie Street underscores the fact that 35 percent of the West End's towers are gay-occupied. Lesbian enclave Commercial Drive is also home to ever-more LGBT inhabitants. In reality, though, Vancouver's gay community is well integrated citywide, woven through the city's fabric at every level.

PrideWatch: Barcelona

It may come as a surprise to some that Barcelona, capital of Catalonia and a world-recognized gay destination, has never had an official Gay Pride celebration! Pride Barcelona will be an eight-day event starting June 20 full of cultural activities, sports, politics, a gorgeous parade and - you guessed it - one hell of an afterparty.

Insider Guide: NYC and Toronto Pride Festivals

Two hot celebrations make the East Coast proud this June. Reputed to be North America's top two Prides, New York's and Toronto's celebratory LGBT festivals have to be experienced to be believed. Pride Toronto runs June 19-28, while New York Pride, June 20-28, takes to the streets where it all began.

Milwaukee PrideFest Gets Diva'd Up

It's the little Pride event that could. The first official festival was hosted in 1988, and ever since, PrideFest (June 12 - 14) keeps getting bigger and better - despite last year's stormy weather and a group of protesters that tried to draw attention away from the event. But hey, that's so 2008.

Organizers for '09 have whipped up a diva-tastic line up that rivals other cities twice as big as Milwaukee. Cyndi Lauper, Brandy, Etta James and Deborah Cox are all scheduled to perform.