Gay Pride

My coming-out mix tape My coming-out mix tape

I was an alienated kid roiling with sexual anxiety. But then New Wave gave me the soundtrack -- and the courage -- to embrace my homosexuality.
By Kera Bolonik Jun 28, 2008

  • Remembering the Stonewall riots

    This weekend marks the 40th anniversary of the riots. We spoke to some of the people who were there
    By Jacqueline Linge June 27, 2009

  • I came out as a lesbian and my parents freaked

    I want to work politically out in the open, but my sexuality embarrasses the folks.
    By Cary Tennis December 23, 2008

  • "Show me your hose"

    Four San Diego firefighters sue for being forced to participate in the city's gay pride parade.
    By Catherine Price August 7, 2007

  • Same-sex marriage around the world

    Israel will recognize the marriages of same-sex couples wedded in Massachusetts -- but will Massachusetts?
    By Sarah Goldstein November 22, 2006

  • A spiritual three-ring circus

    Billy Graham's last crusade, at Shea Stadium, was a lot tamer than the fire-breathing revivals of my youth -- but the crowd was a lot more interesting.
    By Elizabeth Spiers June 27, 2005

  • Thriving on the edge of tolerance

    Events surrounding Yale's National Coming Out Day show that even in an enclave of gay acceptance, bigotry can survive quietly.
    By Simon Rodberg October 20, 1999

  • Letters to the Editor

    Don't give up gay pride to get gay equality; why is Cintra bitter about Clapton auction?
    Letters to the Editor July 8, 1999

  • We're here, we're queer, I'm sick of it

    The gay pride agenda is about partying, not politics. It's time to talk about "gay equality."
    By Christopher Ott June 30, 1999

  • Whither fair lesbians?

    Gay Pride marches on, leaving its lesbian sisters to cough up the dust. Plus: The Boston Phoenix reports on Starbucks' latest conquest and why pheromone perfumes only make you stink.
    By Jenn Shreve June 25, 1999

  • I know what girls want

    Four feminist zines give their anti-Cosmo versions of the modern woman. Plus: The Stranger celebrates the Seven Deadly Sins, and the Willamette Week makes one writer cry on her keyboard.
    By Jenn Shreve June 18, 1999

  • Toward a post-gay world

    Gay Pride Month passed quietly this year -- maybe that means we no longer really need to make so much noise.
    By Daniel Reitz July 10, 1998

  • SALON Daily Clicks: Newsreal

    Now that Andrew Cunanan is out of the way, gays can go back to their old narcissistic, self-absorbed ways, all in the name of "pride."
    By Daniel Reitz July 28, 1997
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