Officials in Egypt and Iran are protesting the scheduling of a FIFA World Cup match between the two teams next June in Seattle, where local organizers had planned Pride festivities around the match.

A new wellspring of support will be on display when the annual Pride Parade gets underway Sunday in downtown Seattle. People of faith are coming out for same-sex marriage, speaking with voices and ...

Seattle’s local organizing committee for the 2026 FIFA World Cup is moving ahead with a first-of-its-kind “Pride Match” at Lumen Field on June 26, coinciding with the city’s Pride Weekend, even though ...

Seattle’s plans to mark LGBTQ Pride Month during a World Cup match next summer will go forward despite teams from two countries that have outlawed homosexuality being on the pitch for the matchup. The ...

Iranians are acutely aware of what happens to the country’s dissidents. The state may well publicly hang them from a crane.

The organization behind D.C. Pride in Washington, D.C., has announced a change of date for next year’s signature events. Capital Pride Alliance issued a statement late last week saying, “For over a ...

Both Middle Eastern countries are culturally conservative. In Iran, same-sex sexual activity can be punishable by death, and other expressions of gender and sexuality may be punished by imprisonment ...

Local organizers had planned to include the June 26 game with Seattle's Pride celebrations. Then, FIFA announced the match would include Egypt and... Officials in Egypt and Iran are protesting the ...