|
DETROIT BLACK GAY PRIDE FESTIVAL CELEBRATES ITS 15TH ANNIVERSARY
This weekend, Detroit will play host to one of the gay community's largest Black Pride events in the country.
Hotter Than July organizers are celebrating the event's 15th anniversary, which in past years has grown to about 20,000 people flocking to Palmer Park.
The event is a celebration within the gay community, organizers and activists say, of the positive impact lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people have had on Detroit and the nation.
"Detroit really is one of the jewels in the crown" of Black Pride events, said Earl Fowlkes, president of the Washington, D.C.-based International Federation of Black Prides.
more at http://www.freep.com/article/20100723/NEWS01/7230329/1320/Festival-Black-gay-proud Full Story. [7/23/10]
FERNDALE PREPARING FOR ANNUAL GAY PRIDE FESTIVAL
A Detroit suburb is gearing up for its annual gay pride festival. > Full Story. [6/3/10]
AWARD-WINNING COUNTRY ARTIST, CHELY WRIGHT, TO PERFORM AT THE 2010 MICHIGAN PRIDE DIVERSITY FESTIVAL
The 2010 Michigan Pride Diversity Festival will welcome country artist Chely Wright to the Mainstage on June 12 at Burchard Park, Monique Goch, Outreach Director of Michigan Pride, announced that Wright will also be featured as the Grand Marshal of the Michigan Pride March and is to perform at the Capitol earlier in the day in downtown Lansing.
Wright, whose hits include chart-toppers "Single White Female" and "Shut Up and Drive," has recently launched her seventh album, "Lifted Off the Ground," which coincided with the release of her autobiography, "Like Me: Confessions of a Heartland Country Singer." Wright appeared on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" to discuss her recent public "coming out" as a lesbian. She will also appear on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Thursday, May 27, 2010.
The performance is made possible by Michigan Pride, Equality Michigan, and Lansing Association for Human Rights (LAHR), along with other private donors.
About Michigan Pride:
Established in 1988, Michigan Pride aims to reunite the Michigan LGBT Community through outreach, education, and networking. It is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization that serves the community by celebrating and nurturing the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender organizations, institutions, and culture. For more information, visit www.michiganpride.org .
To make a donation to Equality Michigan, click this link: http://bit.ly/b7plsJ
> Full Story. [6/1/10]
|
