GLBT Pride 2003 and now 2004

[pagnmickie]

Just got back from Twin Cities Pride Block Party.



Cyndi Lauper was AWESOME!!!! OMG(ess) She has the most incredible voice... and it's amazing that it comes from such a tiny person. When her track ran out and she had no more songs, she came out to sing a cappella. Even requests from the crowd. Including one of my favs, "I Drove All Night". TRULY amazing.





-Mickie

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
-Sophocles

[3peanuts]

It's 28th today! Let's celebrate!



Hugs and kisses and a lot of gay love for everyone!

"Cunning linguist" GG

Keynes was right

[urnofosiris]

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Even requests from the crowd. Including one of my favs, "I Drove All Night". TRULY amazing.

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OH I love that song, I love it, a cappella no less, lucky you. Why oh why did Celine Dion have to ruin it, you cannot improve on something that is already perfect.

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Coffee, Food, Kisses and Gay Love........Get it while you are hot

[pagnmickie]

Oh I SO agree. Cyndi Rules! And when she got out the rainbow flag and sang True Colors I almost cried. It was SO beautiful! She sings with SO much emotion.



-Mickie

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
-Sophocles

[fairydust]

heh, all i have to say is I am not red...I am burgendy from that sun at pride today hehe. Alsooooo I got to hang out with the mickster and her cutie gf *giggles* who rubbed me down in sunblock it was pretty darn fun, heh, not just the sunblock part...just gotta have karen with us for the next one and it will be perfect

I LOVE MY KARE-BEAR

[Gatito Grande]

. . . they'll love us in Berlin." Liquid Sky



Because this picture is so cute:



channels.gay.com/pride/sl...7&order=10



GG And now, some Pride-inpired gossip! "THE BUZZ in L.A. over the weekend was that former "Ally McBeal" star Portia de Rossi, who played Nelle Porter, "married" her longtime girlfriend, Francesca Gregorini. (The latter is the daughter of actress Barbara Bach.) All this happened during L.A.'s Gay Pride festivities, where there was probably a bit of wishful thinking in the air. As of the moment, de Rossi and Francesca are still legally single." Out



channels.gay.com/entertai...sernum=490

[urnofosiris]

Portia married her? I thought they married last year or were they just getting engaged back then and am I confusing my gossip again, or are the mags full of it? Anyway eh, seeing as they can't get legally married, I suppose they are doomed to stay legally single, unless Canada invades the US.

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Coffee, Food, Kisses and Gay Love........Get it while you are hot

Edited by: DrG at: 7/3/03 1:13 pm

[sprhrgrl]

Tomorrow is San Diego Pride. . . I'm excited because in making posters for the youth contingent, I made one that goes like this:



Willow

        +

    Tara

<3<3<3



Except that the hearts are standing upright.



It's danciful.

sprhrgrl.com

she's my everything

Sweetie, I'm a fag. I been there. - Tara

The truth shall set you free, but first it will piss you off. - Gloria Steinem

Edited by: sprhrgrl  at: 7/25/03 11:49 pm

[Gatito Grande]

[Yo mods: it's June---LGBT Pride Month---again, so maybe you could dust off this thread and change the title to reflect another year?]



Pride: permanent or passe', the perennial question?



To me, Pride is too positive to pass up, so I preach it proudly!



Pride-practicing Kittens: Roll Call!



Lansing (Michigan) Pride, June 12



michiganpride.org/501c/mi.../index.htm



GG See ya there! Out

[skittles]

there be skittles in lansing!!! or there WILL be skittles in lansing!!



**getting out her walking/hiking shoes**

skittles



In vino veritas

[Rosenberg]

Lansing on June 12, eh? I think I have an open weekend then, so I just might see you guys there. I'll make sure my walking shoes are broken in by then.

[Tiggrscorpio]

San Francisco Pride is June 27! Any Bay Area kittens are welcome to join Puff, Spuckie and myself in celebrating.

*****



"The history of our nation has demonstrated that separate is seldom, if ever, equal." The Massachusetts Supreme Court upholding its ruling in favor of gay marriage

[skittles]

YAY, Rosenberg!!! I was going to email you about this... but this will be great!!!

skittles



In vino veritas

[tkheaven]

Anyone for NYC??!! WOOOWOOOO!!!!



June 27th...

Tk's new and improved "GrrArgg"...Crazy? Crazy?? I do not talk to myself...it's called thinking aloud...

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Tara ate her, devoured her from beneath. -The Edge of Silence giving new meaning to season seven's catch phrase.

bulldog: (gesturing to tk)"Can she get a Sloe Comfortable Screw Against the Wall?" female bartender: (laughing)"Honey, you're living in a fantasy world."

[veiled isis moon]

I went to Pride in England last Sunday, first time ever and it was wicked..........i think.......way too much alcohol!! We got there early, about two-ish in the afternoon and stayed there until some ridiculous time in the morning, i had work as well later that night, so not a good idea. If anyone is thinking about going, i strongly suggest you do. If it's anything like the one i went to there's plenty of alcohol, and other things-legal and ilegal if your into that stuff, games, fair rides, food, music, performances, lots and lots of women! What more do u want, just make sure you bring your wages for the whole year cos it aint cheap. VERY, VERY, VERY, good day and night out.

[Gatito Grande]

And speaking of pride: it just occurred to me that Pride 2004 is the 35th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising. So even if the parties and picnics and marches and rallies and dances aren't your scene, I think it might be worthwhile to show up, just out of simple gratitude to our "forequeers", for taking a stand on a hot Greenwich Village night in June '69 . . .



GG . . . and making our lives so much more bearable---celebrateable! ---35 years later Out

[Rosenberg]

June 12 is also the same day that Melissa Etheridge is going to be at Meadowbrook. I’ll probably have to leave Pridesfest early to make it to the concert in time. It looks like a very full day, but it should also be a lot of fun.



By the way, Sunday, June 6 is the Southeast Michigan Pride Celebration. It runs from noon till 7 pm on Nine Mile Road in Fabulous Ferndale.        

Edited by: Rosenberg at: 6/7/04 6:42 pm

[Imperfectly Me]

Wish I could make it to lansing pride, but unfortunately wal mart expects me to be there that day. I will be hitting up Chicago Pride 2004, june 27th at twelve noon illinois time.

Edited by: Warduke at: 6/7/04 8:02 pm

[Gatito Grande]

I'll be off to Lansing tomorrow, but I just wanted to give those in SoCal this heads-up---



I think many of you here on the K know how completely dysfunctionally wacky I am about Xena: Warrior Princess. I won't be in Southern California next weekend, but if I were, I'd be here!

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From The Official Xena Fan Club



Lucy [GG: as in Lucy Lawless ] will be hosting -- and firing the starting gun!, she says -- for the Los Angeles Frontrunners Pride Run 2004 on Sunday, June 20, starting at 8 AM. The awards, which Lucy will be handing out, will be presented about 9:30 - 10 AM.



The start/finish location is Santa Monica Blvd. at Robertson in West Hollywood. It's a loop! There will be three races at the same time. 5 and 10K runs and a 5K walk.



Go to lafrontrunners.com for info and entry forms. The run benefits Project Angel Food and GLASS (Gay and Lesbian Adolescent Social Services).



If you can't join the run itself, you can send a donation to them at:



LA Frontrunners

P.O. Box 691772

West Hollywood, CA 90069



Please make a note on the check that it's for the Pride Run 2004 and that you're donating in Lucy's name so they can let her know about your support.

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GG From Meow Mix to Sydney Gay Mardi Gras to here, Our Luce knows where the core of her fan-base lies. Out

[wolfwynd]

I went to Birmingham Pride - I had major fun although I was only there for an hour and a half Sunday coz my mate had work and I'm not from Birmingham so don't know my way back to the train station! I really wanted to stop!



I'm hoping to go to Nottingham Pride and London Pride - I'll have to see how it goes!



Wolfy

[sam darls]

Hey Laura..when is Nottingham pride? Thanks, Love sam xx

"Sometimes things happen between people that you don't really expect. And sometimes the things that are important are the ones that seem the weirdest or the most wrong. And those are the ones that change your life." - Jessie Sammler (Evan Rachel Wood)

[wolfwynd]

Saturday 24th July 2004 - Arboretum Park. I hopefully shall be there, got to get time off work and all that jazz! Maybe I'll see you there and we could have a Pride/Kitten get-together, it'll be fun! I wasn't aware you lived in Nottingham, I'm in Derby! Wow, all this time and there was a Kitten in my home town!



Laura

[sam darls]

Thank you hun. Yeah, we should definitely meet up..that would be fun . Yup, I'm in Nottingham . Love sam x

"Sometimes things happen between people that you don't really expect. And sometimes the things that are important are the ones that seem the weirdest or the most wrong. And those are the ones that change your life." - Jessie Sammler (Evan Rachel Wood)

[Rosenberg]

Well, Michigan Pride went off without a hitch yesterday. The weather, which had been threatening early on, cleared up just in time for the parade and the festival and a good time was had by all (except for possibly the Jesus people who were pontificating all along the route). It wasn’t as well attended as some marches I’ve attended previously, but the participants were enthusiastic and the politicians and media were aware of us. I even ran into a couple of kittens there, which made the day even more pleasant. Next - on to Chicago Pride on the 27th which, conveniently, also happens to coincide with the Taste of Chicago Festival. Chicago’s going to be a very busy town that weekend.

[sheila wt]

Wooo-hooo!!! As of today, my hometown has the record of the largest pride parade in the world! Shame that they just started with the parades after I moved to the US...



1.8 million people in the streets of Sao Paulo. Way to go!



Funny to think that's more than half of the population in the entire state of Oklahoma (where I now live)...

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"She had tasted Willow on her tongue, and she had worn Willow on her skin. There wasn't a shower in the world that could have washed that away." (Terra Firma, by Tulipp)

[justin]

I've got a friend who went to the Chicago parade (she was on the HRC float) and who's looking for articles or pictures from the parade.



Google didn't turn up much so I was wondering if anyone here knew anywhere that we could look.



AdvThanksance

What other people think of me is none of my business - Ellen Degeneres

[BytrSuite]

Hey Justin, they have some pictures here, but I don't think it's the float you're looking for. It seems like maybe they'll put more up, eventually.



A local channel , ABC 7, was covering the parade, and it says they'll show an encore on July 11th.

www.chicagopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/2033236



Since it just happened over the weekend, more pictures might turn up as the days go by.

________
Fry: Aw c'mon, you guys have forever to look for God. All I'm asking is one measly lifetime to find my friend.
Monk #2: He speaks out of love for his friend. Perhaps that love in his heart is God!
Monk #1: Oh how convenient. A theory about God that doesn't require looking through a telescope. Get back to work!

[dekalog]

Toronto Pride was awesome - as usual, but I think a little tamer or maybe that was just me Most estimates say over a million. www.pridetoronto.com/ should have pics and vid up soon if anyone wants to check it out.



For Kitten interest a small contingent of 'Nerds are Sexy' was in the parade and one lovely woman had a Willow and Tara forever sign - my friends all looked at me and asked if I was reproducing

[mollyig]

The Dublin Pride Parade is on this Saturday, but unfortunately my girl has to work Ah well, we'll have to wait until next year I suppose.

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Sheacht mh'anam déag do bhéal, do mhalaí's do ghrua

[justin]

Thanks BytrSuite

What other people think of me is none of my business - Ellen Degeneres