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PHILLY GAY PRI MONTH
From dancg to drag queens, om chary events to workg mixers, om -person to virtual happengs, om events for teens to adults, Philly Gay Pri Month has somethg for everyone 2023. Come hungry and thirsty for Gay Pri Month.
Support Philly’s LGBTQ chari, queer artists and gay-owned bs. Pri Month featur 300+ ways and 30 days to celebrate beg gay Philalphia.
A muny member wh knowledge of the suatn told the Philalphia Gay News that planng and outreach on the event had been ongog, but the turnaround was ultimately too quick for anizers to produce a ftival on the level of this year’s Pri celebratn. The gayborhood event last took place person October 2019.
OUTFT STREET FTIVAL NCELED, BUT OTHER PHILLY GAYBORHOOD EVENTS REMA
Indoor events at Tavern on Camac clu piano bar appearanc by members of the Philalphia Gay Men’s Chos and a cupke bake sale by Mazzoni Center on Friday, October 7. ) will feature “Gay History for Straight People, ” on October 8 at 8:00 p. The Philalphia Gay News also featured ways to celebrate OutFt on your own, cludg shoppg at lol LGBTQ bs, seeg a show at the Philalphia Frge Ftival, or takg an LGBTQ history walkg tour.
Jason Villemez is the edor of the Philalphia Gay News, where this story first appeared. Philalphia is home to some of the olst events associated wh gay pri the US. " On April 25, 1965, the protts started after over 150 people were nied service at Dewey's, a lol ffee shop, for beg "homosexuals, " "mascule women, " "feme men, " and "persons wearg non-nformist clothg.
Philalphia's first Gay Pri Para was held Rtenhoe Square on June 11, 1972, down Chtnut Street, endg at Inpennce Park wh over 10, 000 people marchg. From 1977 to 1988, there were no official gay pri paras Philalphia. The cy rumed s gay pri para on June 18, 1989, when 1, 000 people marched om 10th and Spce to JFK Plaza.