Philalphia's Pri March and Ftival returns to Inpennce Hall and the Gayborhood on Sunday, June 4, om 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. The Love, Light and Liberatn March begs at Sixth and Walnut streets at 11 a.m. and nclus at 1100 Loct St. at noon, when the Pri 365 Ftival begs. Here are tails on the road closur, parkg rtrictns, SEPTA tours, march route and ftival programs.
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- AT PHILALPHIA'S FIRST GAY PRI MARCH, PEOPLE WERE 'JEERG AT AND BOOG'
- GAY PRI PHILALPHIA, 1972-2018
- PHILLY GAY PRI MONTH
- SCENE AT PHILLY GAY PRI SUNDAY JUNE 10, 2018
AT PHILALPHIA'S FIRST GAY PRI MARCH, PEOPLE WERE 'JEERG AT AND BOOG'
Held every year the month of June, the LGBT Pri Para and Ftival begs the heart of the Gayborhood at 13th and Loct startg at 11 am and proceeds through Center Cy and Philalphia’s historic district. The para ends at The Great Plaza at Penn's Landg where the ftival begs. * philly gay pride parade 2018 *
Philalphia's Pri para will celebrate s 30th anniversary this weekend, honorg the spontaneo march that unfold 1988 Center Cy and eventually grew to the annual para that celebrat the cy's LGBT well before 1988, there was another — and perhaps, lser-known — Pri march was 1972, three years after police had raid the Stonewall Inn New York Cy, sparkg rts, days of protts and ultimately the gay-rights movement. A group of gay and lbian Philalphians applied for a para perm.
The cy wasn't too happy, as The Inquirer wrote at the time:Homosexuals have applied for a para perm to stage a 'Gay Pri March' through Center Cy June 11, severely aggravatg several ulcers Cy Hall. He had e out as a gay man the year prr, when he was 19 and a sophomore at Temple 66 and livg San Francis, Avilli Mec relled that first Philalphia march, his anxiety at the time and whether he feels his generatn's work has been was the climate like for Philalphia’s LGBT muny 1972?
GAY PRI PHILALPHIA, 1972-2018
The [Philalphia Gay Pri] mtee got smaller, but 's really, really, really hard to remember why. I know some of lost the energy to keep dog , and no one else stepped you fear Philalphians have fotten the work you and other gay activists did? In 1972, however, several Philalphia polil-activist anizatns cludg the Gay Activists Alliance, the Homophile Actn League, Radilbians and groups om Penn State and Temple Universy me together to produce their own event.
Philalphia’s first Gay Pri Para assembled at Rtenhoe Square on June 11, 1972, wh rog speech by muny lears Barbara Gtgs and Jerry Curtis. The Philalphia Lbian and Gay Pri para was revived June 18 1989 to honor the twentieth anniversary of Stonewall.
Organized by the Lbian and Gay Task Force, the crowd of about 1, 000 began at 10th and Spce Streets and proceed wt to end a rally at JFK Plaza. Later that year, enuraged by the succs of the event, muny members formed Lbian and Gay Pri of the Delaware Valley. In 1990, they’d produce the first Outft the Gayborhood to celebrate Natnal Comg Out Day.
PHILLY GAY PRI MONTH
By 1999, the para route was shortened, begng at 13th and Loct the heart of the Gayborhood and endg at Penn’s Landg, the route still tak. Lbian and Gay Pri of the Delaware Valley ntu today as Philly Pri Prents, led by amazg executive director Franny Price. Philalphia Pri Kickoff Party – Held the Friday before Pri’s daytime ftivi mence, the annual block party shuts down and lifts up a portn of the Gayborhood for outdoor dance parti, mi golf, mechanil shark-ridg and other outdoor activi.
PriDay LGBTQ Para and Ftival – Philly Gay Pri Prents puts on one of the untry’s largt paras, startg the heart of the Gayborhood and marchg to Penn’s Landg’s Great Plaza, along the Delaware River. Big Gay Boat Inpennce Party – Every summer, durg jt a handful of ocsns, The Deck at the Moshulu is flood wh the sounds of Brney, Rihanna, Beyoncé and such for a rollickg good time. Thgs get pecially rollickg durg the Inpennce Day celebratn party—the Big Gay Boat Party—a mastay of LGBTQ culture and unique to Philalphia.
SCENE AT PHILLY GAY PRI SUNDAY JUNE 10, 2018
Boys of Summer – The “Lifeguards”— sum, a diverse lp of chiseled men donng popular gay liftyle brands like Andrew Christian—gyrate and flex their stuff for another year of all-night shenanigans.
Shania Twa – As much a female empowerment in as a gay one, this sassy untry-pop songstrs serv the hs—“Honey, ” “You’re Still the One, ” “From This Moment, ” “Man! Kgdom Hearts Orchtra – This Disney meets Fal Fantasy mashup anchise is a staple among “gaymers.
Aladd – Starrg every gay man’s childhood csh, this Broadway Philalphia show, spired by the Disney movie, betifully—and hilarly—blends edy, spectacle and folktale, wh stumg that transports dienc straight to Agrabah.