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GAY DAY EVENT AT CALGARY STAMPE A PARTY-WH-A-PARTY

Alberta's gay roo stars are dtg off their wboy boots and gettg ready to party. The roo's g back after a three-year hiat. * gay stampede *

Organized by Charl MacMichael, a board Director and Prairi Regnal Lead for Pri at Work Canada, the party was known as Gay Day prev years, but rebrand wh the more clive tle, Pri Day Stampe, for 2018. Pri Day Stampe was started six years ago as Gay Day when a iend of MacMichael, Mchell Matthews, suggt to him that they extend the tradn to the wir LGBTQ+ muny. The first Wtern Trailblazer Award was prented to Michael Bell, founr of Calgary’s gay men’s hockey team, the Calgary Pneers.

Michael Bell prented wh the first Wtern Trailblazer Award at Gay Day 2017. Charl Macmichael will spend Saturday this notor space, celebratg one of Stampe's unofficial parti: Gay Macmichael aniz this annual LGBTQ event, a gatherg that expand by a factor of six three years. Gay Day has polil unrton but that is not what driv the clive event.

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A thick dt settl over the arena as partners Keh Huber and Rob Sterner tie a magenta bow on the tail of an credibly animated steer. The steer twch severely, jumpg up on s hd legs to avoid beg pegged wh the vibrant strip of cloth. After several noble attempts, the arena clown, whose uniform dons the moniker "Arena Bch," announc, "That steer do not like that lor, and I don't blame him!" * gay stampede *

"It is a grassroots way for the gay muny to embrace the Stampe spir, " Mr.

Gay Day anizers ploy two Stampe veteran mov: First, they suggt people show up between 12:30 p. He is unaware of any hostily agast Gay Day participants si the party tent.

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That is part of the reason Gay Day anizers choose to gather there. This vlence will be on many people's mds at this year's Gay Day, the anizer said.

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"The gay muny is a ltle on edge right now. Now, at 32, he feels a duty to be part of events like Gay Day.

"He has attend Gay Day sce s ceptn. "Nashville North do not charge ver and Gay Day atten do not have to buy tickets. Macmichael said, has approached the anizers about hostg the event at s venue and Gay Day lears have had nversatns wh the Calgary Stampe self about formalizg the gatherg.

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But for now, Gay Day remas the Stampe is a welg host.

Alberta's gay roo stars are dtg off their wboy boots and gettg ready to Canadian Rocki Gay Roo Associatn is brgg back the roo for LGBTQ athlet this summer, om Aug. "I was so bummed out that the roo was takg hiat bee was a safe place where you uld jt dance and be visible and be yourself, " Buckley the roo was ncelled 2016, ternatnal gay roo anizers said a fic and the enomic downturn sealed the cisn to take a break.

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