Peoria gay pri ftival returns as weekend event

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• PEORIA GAY PRI FTIVAL RETURNS AS WEEKEND EVENT
• GC MAGAZE — PEORIA, IL’S 1ST GAY PRI WEEKEND, SEPTEMBER...
•  ILLOIS LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS
• PEORIA GAY PRI FTIVAL RETURNS AS WEEKEND EVENT
• THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985

PEORIA GAY PRI FTIVAL RETURNS AS WEEKEND EVENT

PEORIA — When Car Vargas moved back to his native Peoria 2010 after livg New York Cy, he was pleasantly surprised wh the gay pri event held on the Peoria Riveront that summer. “There was really nothg gog on for the gay muny, ” Vargas uldn’t gamble on an outdoor venue like the Riveront yet se weather tampered wh the event, and he joked that a para would be only a block long.

The Peoria Gay Pri weekend will be next weekend, begng wh a bar crawl Friday night, followed by an expo and dance party Saturday night and a keynote speaker Sunday ’s not Peoria’s first gay pri ftival — that tle would be given to the 2009 event on the Riveront — but Vargas is posng as the first Gay Pri Weekend, lendg to a richer variety of activi and securg as a potential statn for visors om out of he spearhead the anizatn of the weekend on his own, Vargas found help numero plac along the way. He enuntered some ial skepticism om Arn bee of his lack of visibily the central Illois gay muny at that pot.

” At the expo, booths rangg om spirual lears to surance pani, fancial servic and suici preventn will be on hand to aid the gay muny other areas of life. ”Thomas Bch n be reached at 686-3262 or Follow him on Twter Gay Pri Weekend eventsFriday, Sept. Peoria, IL’s 1st Gay Pri Weekend, September 11-13, 2015Peoria, IL, July 27, 2015 — Intend to gather, spire, and energize the LGBT muny of Peoria and Central Illois, Peoria Gay Pri Weekend will be filled wh lghs, entertament, and addrs dimensns beyond orientatn.

GC MAGAZE — PEORIA, IL’S 1ST GAY PRI WEEKEND, SEPTEMBER...

The fun begs:Friday, September 11, 2015 – Gay Pri Bar Crawl (Cost: $10)Wristband clus shuttle service to the five gay-iendly tablishments: Sparky’s…View On WordPrs.

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 ILLOIS LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS

Gay Man Pulled From Home, Allegedly Beaten By NYPD Officers Yellg “Faggot” In Horrifyg VioA gay Staten Island man is sug the NYPD after four officers dragged him om his home last month before vlently beatg him the ont yard while repeatedly yellg homophobic Falne, 31, told the New York Daily Newsthat officers arrived at the home he shar wh his 66-year-old mother on June 19 to vtigate a noise plat. Unlike some other ci, Peoria don’t have one specific “gayborhood, ” or area where most of the LGBTQ populatn liv.

PEORIA GAY PRI FTIVAL RETURNS AS WEEKEND EVENT

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THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985

CHICAGO (AP) - People fillg streets and siwalks for Chigo's gay pri para yterday say the event is extra special this year bee of the U. " The CEO of the gay-rights advocy group Equaly Illois says felt like people were holdg their breath wag for the urt to le and 's almost like people were llectively exhalg. CORAL is a non-prof, volunteer group that facilat workg and muny for the Central Illois lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr muny, all other sexual and genr mori, their fai, iends, and the anizatns that support them.

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