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PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE Pride Guide 2010 •

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Full weekend of events set for Black Pride in August

by Lena Roberts

Cleveland-Cleveland Black Pride will be celebrating lucky number 13 with a full weekend of activities on August 6 to 8.

The theme for this 13th annual Black Pride celebration is Unity. Various events hosted by other organizations in the African-American community will be promoted throughout the weekend, beginning with the highly suc-

cessful "Jazz & Poetry" on Friday night, sponsored by PuNané and People of All Colors Together-Cleveland with an after-party hosted by Ladies 1st.

On Saturday, Cleveland Black Pride will have two dances. Get On Your Feet will host a high energy dance for the 18 and over set, while Club Ambiance will host the White Fantasia for the more mature crowd, which will include various styles of music.

Sunday concludes the party with a

church service, the annual Picnic at Edgewater and a closing party at the Togo with Red Lady & Co.

Cleveland Pride and the Cleveland LGBT Center are also contributing to the success of this event.

Cleveland Black Pride will keep the prices affordable. The price range of these events will be $5 to $20. Cleveland Black Pride events are open to all of the LGBTA community,

regardless of race or gender. We hope everyone will come out and support us by attending at least one of our events, if not all, and show our unity.

For locations and times and more information, go to www.bgpcleveland .com or call 216-233-1411.

Lena Roberts is a board member of Cleveland Black Pride.

Akron Pride festival to be at Lock 3 Park downtown

by Dawn R. Jones

Akron-The Akron Pride Center will hold its Pride Festival on Sunday, June 27 at Lock 3 Park, 200 South Main Street in downtown Akron. The event

will begin at 12 noon and ends at 8 pm. The Pride Festival will include a children's scavenger hunt, musical entertainment on the Lock 3 stage, sand volleyball, as well as food and spirits. Tickets may be purchased at the gate.

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Admission is $5 per person.

June is Pride month and area Pride celebrations traditionally commemorate the Stonewall riots of 1969. Stonewall marked the awakening of gay rights organizations throughout the United States. As Akron embraces the diversity of the community, all members of

the community are encouraged to attend.

After 8 pm the festivities will move to Greystone Hall and will include musical entertainment and a drag show. For more information, go to www.akronpridecenter.org.

Dawn R. Jones is the director of operations for the Akron Pride Center.

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Alan Turing was a brilliant and eccentric mathematician who helped to decipher coded Nazi messages during World War II. He was also a gay man who struggled

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