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Proud to be Gay – Pride Parade

Fashion Show of pride for the LGBT community (also known as pride parades gay events and festivals pride pride) are events celebrating lesbians, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) culture. The events also sometimes used for events such as legal rights on same-sex marriage. Most events occur each year and many take pride in place around June to commemorate the Stonewall riots, a defining moment in the modern movement for LGBT rights.

Many parades still have at least a portion of the original character or political activist, especially in less-accepting. However, more accepting of cities, the parades to take a holiday or even Mardi Gras-like character. Large parades often involve floats, dancers, drag queens, and amplified music, but even these festive parades usually include quotas, political and educational, such as local politicians and groups of works from various institutions LGBT types. Other types include members of the LGBT local churches such as friendly Metropolitan Community Churches and Unitarian Universalist churches, parents and friends of lesbians and gays (PFLAG), and associations of LGBT employees of large companies.

Even the most festive parades usually offer a look dedicated to the memory of victims of AIDS and anti-LGBT violence. Some pride parades particularly important are funded by governments and corporate sponsors, and promoted as the main attractions for the cities that host them. In some countries, some pride parades are now also called Pride Festivals. Some of these festivals provide a carnival atmosphere in a nearby park or city-provided closed-off street, with information booths, music concerts, barbecues, beer stands, contests, sports and games.

Although the reality was that the Stonewall riots themselves, and the immediate and ongoing political organization that took place after them, have fully participated in events for women lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people and male gays of all races and origins, historically these events were first named Gay the word then being used in a generic sense to cover the entire spectrum of what is now variously called the gay ‘or the LGBT community.

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, as many staff members had grown older, moved on to other issues or died, which led to misunderstandings about who had actually participated in the Stonewall riots, which had actually organized the demonstrations that followed, marches and memorials, and who were members of militant organizations early as Gay Liberation Front and Gay Activists Alliance. The language became more precise and inclusive, although these changes have met with initial resistance from some in their own communities who were unaware of historical events. Changing first to Lesbian and Gay, today most are called lesbians, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) or simply “Pride”.

Notable events pride

Amsterdam
The Amsterdam in the Netherlands, the Gay Pride takes place since 1996 and can be considered one of the most successful in obtaining social acceptance. The weekend-long event includes concerts, sports tournaments, street festivals and, especially, the Pride Canal, a parade of boats on the canals of Amsterdam. In 2008, three government ministers joined on their own boat, representing the whole cabinet. Amsterdam mayor Job Cohen has also joined. About 500,000 visitors were reported. 2008 was also the first year of major international Dutch ING Group NV and TNT sponsored event.

Australia

The Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras is the biggest pride event in Australia and one of the largest in the world. [12] The celebrations occurred during the 1980s after the arrests were made during demonstrations pro-gay rights that began in 1978. The parade takes place at night, with nearly 10,000 participants and around the development floats representing topical issues and political messages.
Belgrade
On June 30, 2001, several Serbian LGBTQ groups tried to organize in March of the country’s first Pride in Belgrade. When the participants began to gather in one of the main squares of the city, a huge crowd of opponents attacked the demonstration, injuring several participants and the decision of March. The police were not equipped to suppress riots or protect demonstrators Pride. Some victims of the attack took refuge in a cultural student center, where a debate has been to follow the Pride March. Opponents have surrounded the building and arrested the forum password. There were further clashes between police and opponents of the Pride March, and several policemen were wounded.

Nongovernmental organizations and a number of public figures criticized the attackers, the government and security officials. Government officials did not comment on the particular event, and there were no consequences for some 30 young men arrested in the riots. Serbia remains a hostile environment for the LGBT population, and all subsequent attempts to organize Pride failed.

On 20 September 2009, although he is expected to take to hold a Pride march in Belgrade. However, because of the threat of action by far-right demonstrators, the city government in Belgrade has issued a ban on public demonstrations, weekend, effectively banning the 2009 Pride in Belgrade [14].

The Serbian Minister of Human and Minority provide, in the new year, his comment that Belgrade Pride will be held this year in 2010, and without violence.

Eastern Pride
The first Pride of Eastern Europe, called The Internationale Pride, was assumed to be a promotion of the fundamental right to freedom of assembly in Croatia and other states of Eastern Europe, where such rights of LGBT people are not respected, and support for the organization of Prides first time in the communities. Of all the states of former Yugoslavia, only Slovenia and Croatia have a tradition of organizing Pride events, whereas the attempt to organize such an event in Belgrade, Serbia in 2001, ended a bloody clash between police and demonstrators-cons, with the participants heavily beaten. The event was held in Zagreb, Croatia, 22-25 June 2006 and brought together representatives of those Eastern European and South European countries where the socio-political climate is not ripe for the organization of Prides, or if such an event is expressly prohibited by the authorities. Of 13 countries that participated, only Poland, Slovenia, Croatia, Romania and Latvia were organized Prides, and Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, Albania, Slovakia and Lithuania have never Prides had before. There were also representatives from Kosovo, who attended part of Serbia. She was the proud first organized jointly with other states and nations, there are only ten years have been at war with each other. Low cultural cooperation, political and social relationship between these states, with an obvious lack of public encouragement for solidarity, which organizers hoped to run through this regional event Pride.

India
On June 29, 2008, four Indian cities (Delhi, Bangalore, Pondicherry and Kolkata) was coordinated pride events. A parade was held at Rainbow Chennai the next day. Approximately 2,200 people came together. They are also the first pride events all those cities except Kolkata, which saw its first such event in 1999. The pride parades have succeeded, since no group of extreme right have attacked or protesting against the parade of pride, although the conservative opposition party BJP has expressed its disagreement with the concept of the parade Pride. The next day, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called for greater social tolerance towards homosexuals during a manifestation of AIDS. On August 16, 2008 (one day after the Independence Day of India), the gay community in Mumbai has held its first pride parade ever formal (even if pride parades informal had occurred several times before ), to require that Indian laws on anti Gay be amended. [15] A high court in the Indian capital, Delhi held July 2, 2009, that homosexual relations between consenting adults is not a crime.

Jerusalem
On June 30, 2005, the fourth annual Pride March in Jerusalem took place. It was initially banned by a municipal ban was quashed by the court. Many religious leaders of Jerusalem, Muslim, Jewish and Christian communities had reached a consensus rarely asking the municipal government to cancel the permit of the paraders. During the procession, a Haredi Jewish man attacked three people with a kitchen knife.

Another parade, this time, announced as an international event to be held in the summer of 2005 but was postponed to 2006 because of the emphasis on the police force during the summer plan Israel’s unilateral disengagement. In 2006 he was again postponed because of the Israel-Hezbollah war. It was to take place in Jerusalem November 10, 2006, and caused a wave of protests by Haredi Jews around the center of Israel. [17] The Israel National Police has filed a motion to cancel the parade due to strong opposition expected. Later, an agreement was reached to convert the parade in an assembly inside the stadium at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. June 21, 2007, the Jerusalem Open House organization has successfully staged a parade in central Jerusalem after police allowed thousands of people to secure the area in general. The planned rally was subsequently canceled due to national strike unrelated to the fire department prevented the appropriate permits being issued.

Latvia
On July 22, 2005, the first Latvian Gay Pride March took place in Riga, surrounded by protesters. He had previously been banned by the city council, and Prime Minister of Latvia Aigars Kalvītis, opposed the event, indicating Riga should “not promote things like that, but a court has in March to go ahead. [18] In 2006, LGBT people in Latvia has attempted a parade, but were attacked by “No” demonstrators Pride, an incident that sparked a storm of pressure from international media and protests of the European Parliament at the Latvian authorities’ inability to adequately protect the parade so that it can proceed.

In 2007, following international pressure, a pride parade was held again in Riga with 4,500 people marching around Vermanes Park, physically protected “No” demonstrators Pride in 1500 the Latvian police, the ring inside and outside the park gates. Two firecrackers exploded with being thrown from outside at the end of the festival as participants retreated to the bus. This has caused some concern but no injuries, but participants must run the gauntlet of “no” abuse Pride running toward the bus. They were taken to a station on the outskirts of Riga, where they went to a post Pride “relax” in the seaside resort of Jurmala. Participants included members, observers from Amnesty International and people at random who has traveled abroad to support the Latvian LGBT and their friends and families. In 2008, Riga Pride was held in the historically powerful Krestmalu November 11 (Square) at the foot of the presidential palace. Participants heard speeches from MEPs and a message of support to the Latvian president. The place was not open and was isolated by the public with some participants of the difficulty in obtaining cordons of police. About 300 demonstrators gathered on Pride n bridges behind barricades erected by police guarding the pride of the participants and the “No” demonstrators separated Pride. Participants were once again “bus” this time out but a trip to 5 minutes from the center of Riga.

Philippines
On June 26, 1994, on the 25th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, Progressive Organization of Gays in the Philippines (Philippines ProGay) and the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) Manila hosted the first LGBT Pride March in Asia in walking EDSA Avenue Quezon (Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines) and highlighting the major social issues. At the Quezon City Memorial Circle, a program was held with a Mass Pride Queer Solidarity and comments from various organizations and individuals.

In 1995, MCC, Philippines ProGay and other organizations held celebrations internally. In 1996, 1997 and 1998 important and significant steps have been organized and produced by Reachout AIDS Foundation, which all took place in Malate, Manila, Philippines. In 1998, the year of the commemoration of the centenary of the Philippines, a gay and lesbian Pride March has been incorporated in the parade of “mammoth citizens” who was part of the official centennial celebration. The parade led to “walk through” the President of the Philippines, His Excellency Joseph Estrada, the Tribune Quirino in Luneta Park in Manila.

In 1999, the Philippine Task Force Pride (TFP), a network of LGBT and LGBT-friendly groups and individuals seeking to promote the positive image of the LGBT community is born. Since then, TFP has been organizing the annual Metro Manila Pride March. In 2003, decided to move the Pride March June to December the Human Rights Week to coincide with activities related to human rights as World AIDS Day (December 1), Philippine National Lesbian Day (December and International Human Rights Day (December 10).

On December 10, 2005, the first LGBT Freedom March on the theme “CPR: Celebration of pride and rights” was held along the streets of Spain and Quiapo in Manila, Philippines. Fearing that the economic crisis and political dominance in the country at the time presented a threat to the freedoms and liberties of all Filipinos, including sexual minorities and gender, LGBT people and groups, NGOs and members of commmunities various sectors and Organized LGBT Freedom March demanding systemic and structural change. A historic Plaza Miranda in front of Quiapo Church, despite the rain, a program with entertainment and speeches describing the LGBT Pride took place shortly after the March .]

Poland
In 2005, a celebration of gay pride in Warsaw was banned by local authorities (including then-mayor Lech Kaczyński), but nevertheless occurred. The ban was subsequently declared a violation of the European Convention on Human Rights (Baczkowski and Others v. Poland). In 2008, over 1,800 people joined the month of March.

Russia
Prides in Russia are generally prohibited by municipal authorities in Saint Petersburg and Moscow, due to opposition from politicians, religious leaders and right-wing organizations. Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov described the Pride of Moscow has proposed that the work of Satan. ” Attempted parades have led to clashes between demonstrators and cons-demonstrators, with police acting to keep the two apart and the participants dispersed. In 2007, British activist Peter Tatchell was punched. [19] This was not the case in the high-profile attempted March to May 2009, at the Eurovision song contest. In this example, the police played an active role in the arrest of demonstrators pride. The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Russia has until January 20, 2010 to meet the case pride parades to be banned in 2006, 2007 and 2008.

Spain
Madrid Pride Parade, known as “Orgullo Gay”, is held the first Saturday after June 28 since 1979. The event is organized by COGAM (Madrid GLTB collective) and FELGTB (Spanish Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transsexuals) and supported by other LGBT groups nationally and internationally. The first Gay Parade in Madrid took place after the death of Francisco Franco, with the advent of democracy in 1979. Since then, dozens of companies like Microsoft, Google and Schweppes and several political parties and unions, including the PSOE, IU, UPyD, CCOO and UGT have supported the parade. Madrid Pride Parade is actually the largest gay event in Europe, with more than 1.5 million participants in 2009 by the Spanish government.

In 2007, the Europride parade of European pride, held in Madrid. Nearly 2.5 million people attended over 300 events during a week in the Spanish capital to celebrate Spain as countries with LGBT rights more developed world. Independent media have estimated that over 200 000 visitors from foreign countries to join the festivities. Madrid gay neighborhood of Chueca, the largest gay neighborhood in Europe, was the center of the celebrations. The event was supported by the city, regional and national government and the private sector has also ensured that the event was successful financially. Barcelona, Valencia and Sevilla also hold local authorities Pride Parades. In 2008, Barcelona hosted the Eurogames.

Taiwan
On 1 November 2003, the first pride parade LGBT Taiwan, Taiwan Pride was held in Taipei with over 1,000 people attending, and the mayor of Taipei, later President, Ma Ying-jeou. Homosexuality remains a taboo in Taiwan, and many participants wore masks to hide their identity. The parade’s most recent, held in September 2008, attracted between about 18,000 participants, making it one of the most important gay pride Asia [21], the second gay pride parade in Tel Aviv.

Toronto
In the last decades of Toronto has established itself as a leader on progressive policy of gays and lesbians in North America. Its activists have won a major victory in 2003 when the Court of Appeal for Ontario upheld a lower court decision that made same-sex marriage legal in Ontario the first jurisdiction in North America to do so. [23] By this time, the Pride Week Festival in Toronto ran for twenty-three years, making it one of the longest in the world organized running of the Pride celebrations. It is also one of the largest, attracting about 1.3 million people in 2009 [24]. Worldpride Toronto will host in 2014.

Turkey
From 2009, Turkey is still the only Muslim majority country where there are stairs to the gay pride. [Edit] In Istanbul (since 2003) and Ankara (since 2008) gay marches are organized each year with a small increase in participation. Gay Pride March in Istanbul began with 30 people in 2003 and 2009, participation has become 3000. In 2009, Hande Yener, a pop singer most famous in Turkey, attended the Gay Pride Parade in Istanbul, and has shown his support for the movement of gay rights.

South Africa
South Africa is home to the Gay Pride March only in Africa, the Pride took place in Johannesburg Johannesburg.The inaugural parade was held in 1990 with less than a thousand participants and has grown considerably over the years with over 20 000 participants in 2009.

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