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GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE Pride Guide 2001

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Hundreds of Pride events happen around the world

From Akron to Yellowknife, from Columbus to Copenhagen, the world is ringed with Pride parades, festivals, gay days and picnics.

Interpride, the International Association of Lesbian, Gay Bisexual, Transgendered Pride Coordinators, listed 200 Pride events worldwide as of May 8. About half of these104 are in the United States. Last year, there were 95 events in the U.S. and 187 worldwide.

Not all are in June. Some are in the fall, to avoid conflict with June Pride events in other cities.

Akron, Ohio, USA

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA

October 12-14 June 9 June 16

August 2-5

May 19 June 10

Amsterdam, The Netherlands Angers, France Arcata, California, USA Atlanta, Georgia USA Auckland, New Zealand Bakersfield, California, USA Baltimore, Maryland, USA Baltimore, Md. Outoberfest Belfast, Northern Ireland Bergen, Norway Berlin, Germany Bielefeld, Germany. Birmingham, England. Birmingham, Alabama, USA Blackpool, England. Boston, Massachusetts, USA Bordeaux, France Bournemouth, England Brighton & Hove, England. Brisbane, Australia Brno, Czech Republic Brooklyn, New York, USA

June 22-24 February 9-25 June 30-July 1 June 16-17 October 14 July 24-Aug. 4

May 1-5

June 16-23 June 9-30

The international Pride theme for 2001 is "Embrace Diversity," set by the association's members, who are Pride organizers in individual cities. Interpride holds their annual world conference in Auckland, New Zealand this year, October 4 to 7. Their office is in San Francisco.

Below is a list of Pride events throughout the year. All dates are in 2001, including "winter" dates, which are summer in the Southern Hemisphere. Interpride updates this list regularly, and puts it on their web site at http://www.worldpride.org.

Brussels, Belgium. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Burlington, Vermont, USA Cancun, Mexico Cape Town, South Africa Catania, Italy

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA Charlotte, North Carolina, USA Charlotte, North Carolina, USA Chicago, Illinois, USA Chicago Black LGBT Pride Chico, California, USA. Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Claremont, California, USA Cleveland, Ohio, USA

May 5 November 3

June 16 May 3-7

December 17

June 28

June 9

May 5 October 4-7 June 24

June 29-July 4 September 22

June 10

October 13

June 16

May 26-28

Cologne, Germany

July 6-8

June 1-10 September 1-30

June 2-10 June 16 August 3-5 August 11 June 30 June 11-17

June 9

Cologne, Germany Europride 2002. Columbus Georgia, USA Columbus, Ohio, USA Copenhagen, Denmark. Dallas, Texas, USA Davis, California, USA Dayton, Ohio, USA Denver, Colorado, USA Des Moines, Iowa, USA

July 5-7

June 3

June 22-24

August 18

June 9 June 10

June 16-17

June 17-25

June 4-10

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