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GALA Choruses 25th Anniversary Festival 2008
July 12 - 19: Miami, FL
More than 5,000 delegates and 120 choirs from 40 states and six countries will gather in Miami, Florida, from July 12 through 19, 2008, to help GALA Choruses celebrate its 25th anniversary at Festival 2008. GALA Choruses Festival 2008 is the largest GLBT performing arts event in the world.
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SoberPride 2008 - This Summer's International Sober Event in Stockholm, Sweden
July 21 - August 3: Stockholm, Sweden
SoberPride is the AA convention, July 31 - August 3, 2008 in Stockholm, Sweden, scheduled to coincide with the EuroPride festivities. The SoberPride convention includes several speaker meetings—an alcoholic sharing their experience, strength and hope in recovery through the 12-step program of Alcoholics Anonymous—and a variety of theme workshops.
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Pride Guide: San Diego Pride
July 19-20: San Diego, CA
By GayWired Staff
The most underrated Pride in the United States has had to overcome its share of bad press—the executive director was let go after it was found convicted child molesters had been assigned volunteer duty in the festival’s Kid Zone—to regain its perch atop the throne. Though LA, NYC and SF boast the clout, it’s San Diego that regularly gets the best reviews.
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Pride Guide: San Francisco Pride
June 28-29: San Francisco, CA
By GayWired Staff
Come on, folks... this is San Francisco. Home of the gay rights movement. And with the city literally turned upside down earlier this year to recreate the Castro in its hey day for the forthcoming biopic Milk (based on 'mayor of Castro Street' Harvey Milk) plus the recent Supreme Court descicion legalizing gay marriage in California, expect the typically political pride to be teeming with gay spirit.
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Pride Guide 2008: Atlanta Pride
July 4-6: Atlanta, GA
By GayWired Staff
For such a large city, and such a major LGBT population, the gays in Atlanta seem to have a knack for hiding in the shadows most of the time. The weekend of Atlanta Pride, however, is an entirely different story... when 300,000 gays descend on Piedmont Park to declare their love for one another.
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GLBT Organizations Build Bridges Between Generations of GLBT Storytellers
March - December: San Francisco, CA
The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Transgender (GLBT) Historical Society and the Lambda Literary Foundation have joined forces to celebrate the contributions of three generations of GLBT Storytellers. The two organizations will host a series of conversations, entitled 'Passing On The Pen,' designed to pair some of the pioneers of GLBT literature with today's emerging GLBT storytellers.
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Manchester Gay Pride Prepares to ‘Come of Age’
August 25: Manchester
Manchester’s Gay Pride ‘comes of age’ this year. And organizers hope that the 18th festival will be part of the biggest celebration so far in the city. The 2008 Manchester Pride Parade will take place on the afternoon of Saturday August 25, creating a carnival of color as it weaves through the streets of Manchester city center.
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True Colors Tour Partners with GLBT Community Centers
2008 Concert Dates
By David Mariner
The True Colors Tour will hit the road again this summer with an exciting new line-up of legendary and up and coming artists, including headliners Cyndi Lauper, The B-52s, Rosie O’Donnell, Carson Kressley and many more. This year the tour is partnering with Center Link, the National Association of GLBT Community Centers, to highlight the important work of GLBT Community Centers across the country.
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Philadelphia Announces Gay Summer Event Line-up
By Duane Wells
Increasingly gay-friendly Philadelphia recently announced a veritable stampede of events aimed at attracting LGBT visitors to the City of Brotherly this coming spring and summer. The upcoming Philly series of new and annual LGBT events includes the Liberty Stampede Rodeo and the Liberty Bell Classic, two major sporting event, along with five Pride events and other annual favorites.
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