The travel editorial staff takes your travel needs very seriously. We continually scour the globe on the lookout for gay, gay-friendly or queer (in both senses of the word!) events to put on your gay agenda.

This month, rev it up in Brighton, England; cruise the Northeast from New York to Nova Scotia; show your pride in Anchorage, Alaska; and look for the best in LGBT cinema in Philadelphia, while things get hairy in Provincetown and same-sex-lovin' cowboys and girls from around the world rustle up to Calgary for some goat dressing, barrel jumping and other such antics.

Pick of the month:

R Summer Adventure Cruise aboard Norwegian Dawn
July 13-20, 2008
New York City, Halifax, Nova Scotia; St. John, Bar Harbor, Newport, R.I., and Provincetown
Rosie and company (www.rfamilyvacations.com) set sail for the near north once again on their Summer Adventure Cruise. With room for 2,200 passengers and an incredible choice of eating, drinking, dancing, and playing options, the ship is set to be one floating fun palace for all the family. Ports of call include gay-friendly Halifax, atmospheric St. John, charming Bar Harbor, historic Newport, R.I., and the gayest spot on the East Coast, Provincetown. Meet travel editor Ed Salvato on this trip!
LGBT and friends

Start planning for June:

15th Annual Extreme Rodeo
June 26-30, 2008
Calgary, Alberta
The rodeo that showed Jake and Heath how it's done, Calgary is one of the big ones on the gay rodeo circuit (www.argra.org). On-site competitions for the most lavishly decorated campsites add new meaning to the term "camp."
LGBT

Rainbow Rampage
June 28-July 4, 2008
Brighton, England to Budapest, Hungary
Gear up for the world's first gay-centric motor sports events as seven-day motor rally Rainbow Rampage revs its engines in sunny Brighton in the south of England. The Brighton leg of the event kicks off with parties and a grand official send off before participants are across the channel and heading to Paris. Drivers follow a course designed to highlight spectacular non-highway roads and participate in fun challenges as they cruise between Paris, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Germany, Berlin, Prague, Vienna and Budapest, Hungary. The Rainbow Rampage is essentially a large group road trip that precedes the gay Pride parade in Budapest, where the tour ends. Participants are given free entry to participate in the parade as a grand finale that also includes luxury accommodations.

On Sept. 27, 2008, the U.S. rally kicks off in Seattle and heads for Crater Lake, Ore., and Lake Tahoe, Nev., before hurtling off to Las Vegas, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Coming up in July:

13th Annual Artown Festival
July 1-31, 2008
Reno, Nev.
One of the most comprehensive art festivals in the country, Artown (www.RenoIsArtown.com) is a 31-day celebration of the arts held in Reno each July, touting "31 Days, One Spectacular Event." The diverse artistic and cultural offerings attract more than 350,000 people to downtown Reno and more than 100 other venues throughout the area. Theater, dance, film, history, musical and visual and performing arts activities and events as well as dozens of educational children's activities are on the schedule.
Straight/LGBT

12th Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
July 10-21, 2008
Philadelphia
Philly's festival is a hectic run of 13 days crammed with 200 films from more than two dozen countries (www.phillyfests.com/home.cfm). Films for and about all ages, families, sports, history, love and sex are all within walking distance. 25,000 people stock up on popcorn for these two terrific weeks -- making this the largest gay and lesbian film festival on the East Coast.
LGBT

Bear Week 2008
July 12-19, 2008
Provincetown, Mass.
Things get a little hairy as bears from all over the country perambulate to P'town (www.ptownbears.org). A packed schedule makes this event an absolute must for the furry ones and their admirers. Social events include dance parties, pool parties, and 'bear tag.' Other options on the slate are beach time, a sunset dune tour and poolside BBQ, a harbor cruise, and, of course, all Provincetown's usual array of captivating summer activities.
Gay men

Anchorage PrideFest 2008
June 20-29, 2008
Anchorage, Alaska
Join in a slew of festive, fun activities scheduled to fill those deliciously long, long Alaska summer days, from the parade through downtown Anchorage to the Delaney Park Strip festival (www.anchoragepride.com). Previous Prides have featured highlights such as daily film screenings, gay memorial and religious services, Drag Bingo, games night, a Mr./Miss/Ms. Gay Anchorage pageant, 5K fun run, kickoff cookout, a barbeque, and an all-ages dance party. Check their site for this year's details.
LGBT