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WELE TO THE GAY IENDLY PHOENIX METROPOLAN AREA
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Highlights clu mic, entertament and more than 300 lol vendors, bs and anizatns each ftival and para promote “uny, visibily and self-teem among gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr and queer persons, ” acrdg to Phoenix Pri’s webse. M., Gayle at 8 p. Now a Phoenix drag queen is sharg re ksPhoenix Pri historyPhoenix Pri trac s roots back to a monstratn June 1981 durg which more than 600 activists walked to the state Capol to march for lbian and gay rights.
A later, a mtee of volunteers lled the Phoenix Lbian and Gay Pri Commtee anized the first Phoenix Pri Ftival and helped tablish the nonprof anizatn now known as Phoenix ci across the untry celebrate LGBTQ+ Pri Month June to memorate the 1969 Stonewall Rts New York Cy. PERFORMERSThe event will feature sger-songwrer and “The Four” falist Vct, pop-sgg sensatn Gayle, and R&B legend group En Vogue! Gayle, Vcent and En Vogue will headle the ma stage, while drag queens Sherry Ve and Kimora Black will jo Sir Elton, the ultimate Elton John tribute, the VIP Experience.
Today, the natn’s fifth-largt cy is home to a vibrant arts scene, award-wng dg experienc and an eclectic gayborhood – better known as the Melrose District, which serv as an epicenter for LGBTQ+ ftivi year-round.
PHOENIX GAY BARS
Acrdg to Arizona’s Hip Historian Marshall Shore, who has lived Phoenix sce before the cy had a "gayborhood, ” the regn's LGBTQ+ history dat back to First Natn's people and the ia of two spirs.
The days, everyone knows what a gayborhood is and where to fd one — even Phoenix. What distguish this gayborhood is the inic Melrose Arch, one of Phoenix's two rabow crosswalks, a larger-than-life rabow mural on the si of Stacy's @ Melrose (don't miss this photo op), s annual street fair and, of urse, the welg atmosphere. Corona Ranch and Roo Grounds was home to Arizona's first gay roo 1984, and at the time, Arizona was only the fifth state to host an event of this kd.