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Contents:
- AN ANNUAL GAY PIIC AT STEWART PARK
- FORT WORTH GROUP HOSTS 'BIGGER, BETTER AND GAYER' PIIC FOR LGBTQ YOUTH S SEND YEAR
- WATERMELON FT, GUNS N' HOS, BIG GAY PIIC, TESCHI TCKS: TOP 5 THGS TO DO THIS WEEKEND JACKSONVILLE
- 10 BT GAY BEACH THE WORLD
- INSI THE FIRST PRI PARA—A R PROTT FOR GAY LIBERATN
- (AS) GAY AS A PIIC BASKET
- REMEMBERING TORONTO’S FIRST GAY PRIDE PICNIC, 1971, & PRIDE MARCH & PICNIC, 1972
- BIG GAY PIIC
- GAY AS A PIIC BASKET
- “WE’RE BRGG PIIC BASKETS, NOT WATER BEDS”: THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GAY PIIC MONCTON, NEW BNSWICK
- SPOOKY & GAY: PIIC CABARET
AN ANNUAL GAY PIIC AT STEWART PARK
There is an timated 886,000 Floridians who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ+). * gay picnic *
Check out this list of piics most of which are fay iendly and ee, but ask you to brg a Gay Piic hosted by OUTIndiana Saturday, July 22, 6-8:30 PM Mack Park 750 South 6th StreetBrg your own piic style dnerKickball game after dnerPtsburgh Black Pri 22nd Annual BBQSunday, July 30, 12-8 Schenley Park Live entertamentKid iendly activiPart of Ptsburgh Black Pri ftiviTransFay of Erie 5th Anniversary Celebratn PiicSaturday, July 29, 12-6 PM Erie ZooTransFay will supply burgers, hot dogs, and a dish to share and BYOB! When Bob Crystal was a Cornell Universy pre-med stunt, he traveled wh other members of the Cornell Gay Liberatn Front to participate the first Pri event New York Cy 1970, a year after the Stonewall Rts.
FORT WORTH GROUP HOSTS 'BIGGER, BETTER AND GAYER' PIIC FOR LGBTQ YOUTH S SEND YEAR
Summer piics are a staple. We are not lackg for opportuni to get out and mgle wh our LGBTQ iends. Check out this list of piics most of which are fay iendly and ee, but ask you to brg a dish. Big Gay Piic hosted by OUTIndiana Saturday, July 22, 6-8:30 PM Mack Park 750 South * gay picnic *
"The mp beme a huge social hub, and gay people om the town felt safe gog on mp to the parti, but when beme more and more town oriented, the mp kicked them out, " said Tischer, who alongsi her wife, Bs Watts, has participated LGBTQ+ activism for the piic, folks started backyard gathergs, wh popular gay bars like Jim's donatg kegs of beer. In the followg , the piic beme a fundraiser for the Gay Alliance, received sponsorships om lol bars and would be hosted by different muny anizatns and started cludg entertament. The Out Alliance, an umbrella anizatn that formed om the Gay Liberatn Front, Gay Alliance of Genee Valley and several lbian anizatns like Gay Radil Organizatn for Women, went unr, said of s rourc, cludg The Empty Closet — a newsletter, later turned to a newspaper, that vered lol, natnal and ternatnal rmatn for the LGBTQ muny — are still available through an onle archive.
We had the olst gay bars, more women bars than anywhere else the state, and the cy was strangely enough very liberal and tolerant, ” said Crystal, who believ Rochter is a bean for LGBTQ+. Crystal said that although Rochter is more tolerant than other plac, don't mean queer folks never faced discrimatn the a young adult, he lost his job bee he was terviewed as an openly gay man by a newspaper, Crystal said, and as a retired hospal chapla for Strong Memorial Hospal and Rochter General Hospal, he faced a lot of discrimatn wh the Christian fah muny for beg openly gay.
He is Epispalian by fah, but he served at the hospals whout any relig he spent years anizg, marchg and advotg for gay liberatn Rochter, Crystal said he knew that the victori they had uld be at stake.
WATERMELON FT, GUNS N' HOS, BIG GAY PIIC, TESCHI TCKS: TOP 5 THGS TO DO THIS WEEKEND JACKSONVILLE
San Diego offers outdoor recreatn galore, om swimmg at one of the world's most betiful gay beach to kayakg through v to LGBTQ+ anized sports. * gay picnic *
GAYPAC and s precsors played a leadg role nearly all gay polics on mp, cludg bg people to the Natnal March on Washgton for Lbian and Gay Rights 1979, appealg to Cornell librari for more gay materials, and wrg articl for the Cornell Daily Sun. The origal May Gay ftival tradnally clud a dner on Friday eveng, workshops on Saturday and a piic on Sunday afternoon, and sometim clud performanc, danc and lectur by visg activists and scholars. FR&WSD provis nng and walkg activi for lbians, gay men and non-gay fay members and iends, and the club wel nners and walkers of all abili, om begners to experienced athlet.
The SDAFFL is one of the largt flag football leagu of s kd the natn wh over 200 players; is also home to the five-time Natnal Gay Flag Football League natnal champn San Diego Bolts. Ptsburgh Drag Kg Pageant, a Pri Run/Walk, and a performance by the gay/lbian sketch edy/baret tr 2005, the para snaked through downtown, across the Allegheny River to Riveront Park on the North Shore. While the PriFt weekend officially kicks off on Saturday, June 8, the precedg week is full of activi and chanc to participate everythg om a 5k Fun Run and outdoor ncerts, to the much-anticipated Big Gay Piic on Memorial Weekend.
10 BT GAY BEACH THE WORLD
Jo for our open hoe, where you n meet other people, re-nnect wh iends, and see what's store for the Genr and Sexualy Center this upg year after your first day of class! And be sure to jo later that day for Big Gay Piic!, powered by Lolist * gay picnic *
Even when 's not Carnaval, "Farme Gay, " to the east of Rua Farme Amoedo, is the loc of gay life R—and a great place to ogle the mcular "Barbi" who sashay between Posto (guard tower) 8 and 9, next to the gay-iendly Ipanema Plaza 9pm, the actn mov to the half-dozen gay bars and clubs the area. “Comg out” me wh threats of vlence and social that changed the aftermath of the 1969 Stonewall uprisg—when a group of LGBTQ people rted rponse to a police raid of the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar New York Cy. “The homosexual who wants to live a life of self-fulfillment our current society has all the rds stacked agast them, ” read one 1970 article about the upg march the Gay Liberatn Front News.
” The same day, a small group of San Francisns marched down Polk Street, then had a “gay-” piic that was broken up by equtrian and other New York groups had spent months planng the Manhattan event wh the help of anizers like Brenda Howard, a bisexual activist who had cut her anizg teeth durg the anti-Vietnam movement of the late 1960s.
INSI THE FIRST PRI PARA—A R PROTT FOR GAY LIBERATN
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When Bob Crystal was a Cornell Universy pre-med stunt, he traveled wh other members of the Cornell Gay Liberatn Front to participate the first Pri event New York Cy 1970, a year after the Stonewall Stonewall Rts were six days of protts and clash wh law enforcement after the New York Cy Police unexpectedly raid the popular LGBT bar, the Stonewall Inn, on June 28, 1969. Stonewall was the talyst event that many nsir the jumpstart of the gay liberatn movement, which is why Pri is monly celebrated June every year across the Uned Rochter, Pri events don't start happeng until July. "The mp beme a huge social hub, and gay people om the town felt safe gog on mp to the parti, but when beme more and more town oriented, the mp kicked them out, " said Tischer, who alongsi her wife, Bs Watts, has participated LGBTQ+ activism for the piic, folks started backyard gathergs, wh popular gay bars like Jim's donatg kegs of Sunday, May 16, 1971, the first public lol event happened, and, acrdg to Tischer, was the first time gay men and lbian women were visible to the muny.
(AS) GAY AS A PIIC BASKET
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300 people attend, brgg their own food, ” Tischer wrote a five-page explaer of Rochter's Pri, a lol LGBTQ+ and labor activist, said that many of the participants were still the WattsOn July 16, 1972, the first yearly Gay Communy Piic took place, anized by Patty Evans, Karen Hagberg and Bob the followg , the piic beme a fundraiser for the Gay Alliance, received sponsorships om lol bars and would be hosted by different muny anizatns and started cludg entertament. Eventually, a Pri Ftival was add after the Pri Para, and Tischer said some years got bed wh the was normal until 2020 when the COVID-19 panmic forced anizers to ncel all Pri Out Alliance, an umbrella anizatn that formed om the Gay Liberatn Front, Gay Alliance of Genee Valley and several lbian anizatns like Gay Radil Organizatn for Women, went unr, said of s rourc, cludg The Empty Closet — a newsletter, later turned to a newspaper, that vered lol, natnal and ternatnal rmatn for the LGBTQ muny — are still available through an onle, a bean of tolerance RochterFor over 50 years, the cy of Rochter has had a cent track rerd wh members of the LGTQ muny, said Crystal. Crystal, who moved to Rochter 1971, was a paper boy for The Empty Empty Closet was found that same year by Bob Osborn and Larry Fe, stunts at the Universy of Rochter and -founrs of the Rochter Gay Liberatn Front.
REMEMBERING TORONTO’S FIRST GAY PRIDE PICNIC, 1971, & PRIDE MARCH & PICNIC, 1972
* gay picnic *
The publitn was one of the longt-nng LGBTQ newspapers the untry, until s last issue 2020, one year shy of s 50th Empty Closet was first published by the Rochter Gay Liberatn Front that later evolved to the now funct, Out Alliance. Jtice Clarence Thomas wrote his opn that the urt should rensir other rights, cludg accs to ntraceptn and gay and Tischer spent years workg activism together and separately on issu like marriage equaly, domtic benefs and Don't Ask Don't Tell— a 1994 feral policy that prevented LGBTQ+ dividuals om openly servg the ary.
BIG GAY PIIC
Get tails and orr tickets for LGBTQ+ drag shows, burlque, parti, events and happengs produced by Big Gay Hudson Valley. * gay picnic *
Orchard Diss, Co Pe Tak Us to Church & HUNG’s 10th Anniversary: A Look Back at BGHV’s 2022Big Gay Hudson Valley celebrated a year full of shows, lghs & late nights outdoors. (RECAP) See Pics + Vio om Paige Turner’s DRAG Me to ChristmasDrag showbiz spfire, Paige Turner, kept the holiday season merry + gay as she entertaed hundreds wh her hilar, all new yuleti baret, DRAG Me to Christmas. (RECAP) See Pics om the Meet Market: Thanksgivg Eve @ Hutton BrickyardsBGHV kicked off the holiday weekend wh a pop-up happy hour at Kgston's posh Hutton Brickyards featurg snacks om their kchen pl beats om Superr Sounds & DJ Wh Care: Now Streamg on SpotifyBrg the magic home & stream a ltle yuleti cheer this holiday season wh Big Gay Hudson Valley’s HUNG Wh Care spired Wh Care Celebrat 10th Season of Queer Holiday Burlque Startg Black FridayHop for a sctillatg sleigh ri of sgg, dancg, burlque & more as the annual yuleti tradn hosts performanc Montgomery, Rosendale & Albany over Thanksgivg Weekend.
GAY AS A PIIC BASKET
(RECAP) See Pics & Vio om Paige Turner’s “Tuckg Myself In”Drag darlg, Paige Turner, took dienc on a hilar live-sung romp through her boudoir as her show toured Marlboro, Kgston & the Capal the Premiere of “Bros” wh BGHV at Story Screen Bean Theater on Friday Sept 30thBig Gay Hudson Valley is partnerg wh Story Screen Bean Theater to celebrate the release of Universal's all new, all Queer rom-: a Queer Autumnal Day “Out on the Farm” on Saturday October 1stBGHV's annual all-ag queer fall ftival is servg tumnal bliss the form of cir donuts, haaayris, apple pickg, an outdoor dis and Turner Tucks Herself Into the Hudson Valley wh 3 Shows this SeptemberFollowg a seri of sold out shows across the Hudson Valley last Fall and Holiday, NYC’s tawdry blon bombshell is back wh an all-new show - TUCKING MYSELF IN - featurg performanc Marlboro, Kgston and ’s Queer Summer Nights Returns wh Four Orchard Dis Events the First Saturday of Each MonthBig Gay Hudson Valley's Queer Summer Nights events seri is returng for Summer 2022 wh an Orchard Dis at Wilklow Orchards Highland on the first Saturday of each month om June - Along the Hudson 2022: Lol LGBTQ+ PRIDE Events Upstate New York’s Hudson ValleyCelebrate PRIDE month and the full spectm of our muny wh BGHV's annual round-up of ftivals and events happeng each weekend up & down the Hudson River Valley Poughkeepsie, Newburgh, Bean, and more.
Catch three performanc Newburgh, Rosendale and Albany this December 10th, 11th + Wh Care Brgs Queer Holiday Burlque to 3 Ci Startg Black Friday 2021Make your yuleti jt a b gayer wh the beloved holiday tradn!
Big Gay Hudson Valley Brgs Paige Turner’s “JOYRIDE” to the Hudson Valley & Capal District This Fall This is the first of many regnal tours planned by Big Gay Hudson Valley, who is expandg their missn to nnect and enterta the LGBTQ+ muny by producg events new markets across the Empire State. (RECAP) See Pics om Meet Market @ Kgston ConsignmentsBig Gay Hudson Valley’s Meet Market: A Pop-Up Night Out set up shop at the fabulo Kgston Consignments wh a socially distant eveng of sippg + shoppg on Saturday, March 13, 2021. (Rep) See Pics & Vio om HUNG Wh Care 2019BGHV's 7th annual queer holiday burlque spectacular lighted dienc at five performanc Albany, Rosendale & Wh Care 2019: Make the Yuleti Gay wh 5 Shows 3 CiBGHV's annual holiday burlque spectacular kicks off Thanksgivg weekend and featur performanc Albany, Rosendale and Along the Hudson 2019: Lol Pri Ftivals the Hudson ValleyCelebrate LGBTQ+ Pri throughout the month of June wh events along the Hudson om Albany down to New York Co Pe is Comg to SUNY New Paltz for Hudson Valley PRIDE 2019Celebrate Hudson Valley Pri 2019 at a night wh Miss Co Pe for some of her favore stori, songs, and a good dose of bullsh$ttg wh the hope that together the tensn will melt away!
“WE’RE BRGG PIIC BASKETS, NOT WATER BEDS”: THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GAY PIIC MONCTON, NEW BNSWICK
(RECAP) See Pics + Vio om Baby Goat Weekend 2018 @ Sprout Creek FarmThis Upstate Gay Adventure gave our sold out crew of 40 guts an immersive and timate look at life on a workg Upstate dairy farm. (RECAP) See Pics om The Meet Market: Bromance at BSP KgstonBoys, Beats + Brotherly Love were the air at the Valente's Day edn of The Meet Market, BGHV's monthly pop-up night Happy Holidays om Big Gay Hudson Valley! #TBT: Lookg Back on 7 Years of Pri PoughkeepsieWh 7 fantastic years of Queen Cy Pri events behd , check out some of our favore moments and then jo the muny for Queen Cy Pri 2016 this June 10, 11 & Photos of the Febary Meet Market Pop-Up Night OutIt was all about quick ws and clever double entendr as hosts Trixie Starr p the answers of a uple eager nttants agast the Meet Market dience to see how they stacked Check Out Photos om The Meet Market JAN 2016While areas south of fely got some snow, the sky was clear and the hoe was packed Downtown Poughkeepsie on Saturday Jan 23rd for the first Meet Market: Pop-Up Night Out of the HUNG Wh Care is a H wh Boys & Girls Both Nghty & NiceSome of NYC’s hottt burlque and boylque performers took the stage at Downtown Poughkeepsie’s Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center for the third annual stallment of Big Gay Hudson Valley and Superr Sounds’ holiday burlque baret, HUNG Wh Hedda Lettuce Mak the Yuleti Gay wh H Holiday Show PoughkeepsieCrisp edic w, twisted holiday tun and an outf nstcted om the his of sla muppets were jt a few highlights om this year’s productn of Lettuce Rejoice!
SPOOKY & GAY: PIIC CABARET
)The Meet Market gave sprg a big gay warm wele wh headle performer, Tom Goss, and a b of sctillatg burlque om HUNG Wh Care stars Go-Go Gadget and Poppy Hedda Lettuce Pats Poughkeepsie GreenThe self-proclaimed "Queen of Green", Hedda Lettuce, brought her lightng sharp w and signature verdant wigs to the March edn of The Meet Market for a special dose of St. Patrick's Day The Meet Market Says “Sayonara” to FebaryBelow zero wd chills are stupid, so we said sayonara to a ozen Febary wh a smok' hot new edn of The Meet Market, BGHV's monthly pop-up gay bar The First-Ever Meet Market is a Succs! ARCHIVAL IMAGES – CLGA, the Canadian Lbian and Gay Archiv, 2nd largt the world, 34 Isabella Street, 416-777-2755, STAR – June 23/2019 – big crowds, clear ski, and a day beamg wh joy.
Tickets are $40 per 15-16: Berl Lbian and Gay Cy Ftival - Tradnally held on the weekend before Berl's Christopher Street Day, this two-day event attracts a large ternatnal crowd to officially kick off the gay scene's party season Berl. Centred around the heart of The Gay Village, Manchter’s LGBTQ+ neighbourhood, the ftival is ma up of a Para that brgs lor and celebratn to Manchter’s streets, The Gay Village party which centr around Canal Street, as ma famo the UK versn of Queer As Folk, alongsi the Superbia arts ftival, Youth Pri MCR, Fay Pri, and the Candlel Vigil which brgs everyone together at the end of the ftival for a betiful moment of reflectn for those we lost om the LGBTQ+ muny. September 22-24: Unleashed LGBTQ, herald the "Gay SXSW, " is addg even more A-list talent to the already stacked star lp for s FIRST live event at Gilley’s Dallas, Texas this September 22 - 24.