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PRIDE CELEBRATIONS
Parades, Marches, Festivals, Demonstrations
Gay pride parades and similar
festivals and events are intended as celebrations of the LGBT
culture and community. Oftentimes such public events are also demonstrations for human rights.
Most pride
events occur annually and many take place around June to commemorate
the
Stonewall
riots, a pivotal moment in
the modern
LGBT
rights
movement.
Parades and marches
serve to render a community visible. Marches typically have the goal
of effecting political or social change, whereas parades are
celebratory. Some contingents in a parade may bear messages of
political protest, and marches may have festive elements or be part
of a larger program that includes concerts or picnics and similar
events.
LGBT pride celebrations can take many
forms, including film festivals, dances and proms, poetry readings,
speaker panels, art festivals, fashion shows, drag performances,
comedy shows, sporting events and various recreational activities.
LINKS:
Wikipedia: Pride Parades
Wikipedia: Stonewall Riots
Wikipedia: Gay
Pride
Gay Parades of the Seventies
GLBTQ Encyclopedia: Parades &
Marches
Gay Pride New Orleans
Central Alabama Pride
Inter Pride
RAISE YOUR VOICE
Pride Marches and Demonstrations
Images from gay pride parades and gay rights demonstrations.
PRIDE PARADE
ALGBTICAL Was Represented
June 2011
Central Alabama Pride presented its annual Pride Parade on Saturday, June 11, 2011 in Birmingham. ALGBTICAL was an official part of the event and several of its officers and members marched in the parade.
A successful effort by ALGBTICAL provided support and awareness at this year’s Central Pride Event held in downtown Birmingham. Collaboration of members and officers attending, included Glenda Elliott, Jeanell Norvell, Jessica Merchant, Melissa Scott, and two enduring supporters, provided representation in this festive event. Everyone enjoyed seeing the hundreds of supporters lining in the streets and the warm, welcoming chants and atmosphere provided by Central Pride fans. ALGBTICAL will continue to promote better understanding of sexual minority issues and engaging community awareness efforts through its amazing members’ support and enthusiasm.
BIRMINGHAM PRIDE
Gay Pride Week Every June
Birmingham, Alabama hosts an annual Gay Pride Week. Below are photos taken in Birmingham, Alabama during the 2006 Pride Week, sponsored by Central Alabama Pride.
Birmingham is the location for the Central Alabama Pride Week celebration every June. The 10-day event features a wide variety of informative and entertaining programs and activities. These photos were taken at the famous Five Points location in the Southside area of Birmingham during Gay Pride week 2006. Rainbow flags are displayed every year at the Five points intersection in Birmingham as part of Gay Pride week.
MARCHING FOR
PRIDE
Gay Pride Parade
June 2006
The city of Birmingham plays
host to the annual Gay Pride Parade every June. Various groups and organizations
are represented
in the annual march
through
the streets of Birmingham.
Pictured here are attendees at
the Pride Parade, including AGLBICAL President, Donna Melder and
AGLBICAL officers, Lyndsey Robinson and Michael Lebeau.
LGBT EVENTS
Activities in
Birmingham
Birmingham is home to a number of noteworthy LGBT events. Each
year, during Pride Week, Equality Alabama sponsors day-long free
workshops, an awards banquet, and silent auction. Past events have
featured these speakers:
Rev J.R. Finney / Gay-Affirming Look at the Bible
Gunner Scott / Transgender Issues
Patrick Guerriero / Log Cabin Republican President
Jonathan Awtrey / Equality Rider
Jeff Key / Experiences as a Gay Marine in Iraq
Grethe Cammermeyer / Challenging Don't ask Don't Tell (Her Life Portrayed by Glenn Close in "Serving in Silence")
Birmingham has hosted the Twin Cities Gay
Men's Chorus in a concert presented at the Alys Stephens Center.
Proceeds benefited Birmingham AIDS Outreach and Equality Alabama.
Birmingham hosted the Pride Town Hall Meeting, held at Birmingham Museum of Art in Birmingham.
It featured
stellar guest speakers, including
Joe Solmonese, HRC President;
Chuck Wolfe, Victory Fund President;
Evan Wolfson, Freedom to Marry Founder.
Pride Week, sponsored by Central Alabama Pride, takes
place every June in Birmingham. Ten days of events and activities are
presented, including a Mardi Gras style Pride Parade.
Other Pride Week activities have included concerts, pageants, cookouts, dances, roller disco, prayer services, bingo, poetry readings, and educational seminars.
Gay softball is played in Birmingham under the banner of the New South Softball League.
In the tradition of "Pearl Day" at Six Flags and "Gay Days" at Disney, Alabama's premiere amusement Park "Alabama Adventure" sponsors Pride Day. Attendees are encouraged to wear their "Pride Colors," including Pride bracelets and Pride t-shirts.
Gay clubs and bars are located in Birmingham: The Quest Club, Aqua, The Phoenix, Joe's on Seventh, Our Place, Club Pulse Elevation, and The Lakeview Yacht Club.
You can find a gay gift, card and novelty
store: McNolia's at Five Points.
The annual celebration of gay and lesbian films in
the Magic City is presented annually with the very successful
Birmingham
Shout Film Festival.
It showcases the
best features, documentaries and short films exploring gay, lesbian,
bisexual and transgender themes.
Local colleges regularly sponsor LGBT events and activities. The University of Alabama at Birmingham brings a variety of guest speakers, discussion groups, and films to their campus. Birmingham-Southern College presents a month-long series of events for LGBT Pride Month. Both UAB And BSC have LGBT student organizations and support groups.
LINKS:
Gaybham
Rainbow Law:
Alabama Directory of LGBT Businesses & Organizations
Gay Cities: Gay Birmingham
New South Gay Softball League
Gay Bar Maps
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Pride Marches and Demonstrations
SAME
SEX WEDDING CEREMONY
Sponsored by AGLBIC at ACA Conference
in Montreal
One of the highlights of 2006 was the AGLBIC-sponsored same-sex wedding ceremony held at the 2006 American Counseling Association Convention in Montreal, Canada.
The wedding event took place on April 1st, 2006 at the Le Centre Sheraton Hotel and
was
immediately followed by a huge wedding reception.
Attendance at and participation in this event was open to all members and guests of AGLBIC and ACA.
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