PRIDE GUIDE 1997 GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE
Pride in Pittsburgh promises to be festive
by Lee W. Kikuchi
Pittsburgh-In the next few days and weeks, cities around the world will commemorate the Stonewall riots of June, 1969 with Pride parades and festivals, and Three Rivers Pride has selected Saturday, June 21 for Pittsburgh PrideFest '97: For the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Communities.
Pride marches, festivals and commemorative events have taken place in Pittsburgh since 1973. Every year for the past 24 years, Pittsburgh has joined hundreds of cities across the globe to commemorate the Stonewall Riots, which marked the beginning of the modern gay rights movement.
In keeping with the success of the past two, the 1997 Pride Parade will again kick off at 12:00 noon at Westminster Place and march through Shadyside into Mellon Park for an afternoon-long festival of food, music, speakers, dance, comedy and networking. The rally will take place between 1:30 and 5:30 pm. From the dozens of groups marching in the parade, and the breadth of talent gracing our stage, to the veritable bazaar of vendors and participants mingling at the festival, PrideFest '97 is going to dazzle you with a kaleidoscope of activity. After all, "Defending Diversity," is the 1997 theme, and diversity is what pride is all about. We have pride in ourselves for being different from everyone else—which means we have pride in our
diversity. What could be a better theme for such a spectacular event! We can hardly wait for June 21.
This year we have begun a PrideFest '97 Pledge Program, in which donors receive various premiums based on their sponsorship level. The cost to the Three Rivers Pride Committee for each PrideFest participant is approximately $10. This covers such things as permits and fees, publicity, equipment rentals, and construction materials and supplies. To encourage your support and to obtain critical working capital, several participation packages have been put together, each having attractive incentives. It is also not too late to register for parade contingents vendor tables/booths at the festival.
The entertainment line-up for the Festival is still open for suggestions and Three Rivers Pride is eager to find new talent for our stage. Call Ted Hoover at 412-734-8303 for information.
We are very excited about this year's events, and by the outstanding success we experienced in 1995 and 1996, we are very confident that PrideFest '97 will have more participants, more entertainers, more vendors and more fun for everyone. Come join us in marching, eating, partying, and defending diversity!
For more information about Pittsburgh PrideFest '97, write to Three Rivers Pride Committee, P.O. Box 81207, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15217 or call 412-422-3060
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Rainbow flag mural is looking for a large wall
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Chris Compton's mural design
Cleveland-A local art student has designed a mural intended to expand the public's narrow perception of gays and lesbians. The project has been on the drawing board for months, and is now ready to be produced in living color as soon as an appropriate site can be found.
The groups involved in this project, Cleveland Lesbian Gay and Bisexual Pride and the Cleveland Institute of Art student group Queer Alliance, are searching for a building owner to donate space for the mural so that it can be produced this summer. Highly visible, welltraveled areas are preferred, but all sites will be considered. An outdoor venue would be ideal, since that would enable a wide range of people to view it.
The design was created by Chris Compton,
a student at the Cleveland Institute of Art and president of Queer Alliance.
The image features many negative terms commonly associated with gay and lesbian people. It is in a graffiti style, as though the words were spray-painted on the side of a building. The rainbow flag, a well-known symbol of gay pride, is shown breaking through the wall of negativity intó a brighter, more inclusive future. The hope is that the mural will promote understanding of the gay and lesbian community, thereby creating a more tolerant atmosphere.
For more information about the mural project, contact Debra Bryan of the Cleveland Pride Education Committee at 216774-1683 or 216-574-7100.
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