The official unofficial kick-off celebration for PrideFest 2008 will be a mixture of traditional art forms along with installations, dance and spoken word.
Selected artists will be donating up to 20% of all sales.
What: the second annual Gay on Santa Fay!
Where: the corner of 8th and Santa Fe Drive in Denver
When: June 19, 2008; 5-9 p.m.
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Held in downtown Denver's Civic Center Park, admission is free!
PrideFest 2008 will again be a two day event, featuring family field day on Saturday. In addition to the festival, there will be activities for kids, main stage entertainment, and a dance stage. The Sunday PrideFest parade (beginning at9.30am) proceeds down Colfax Avenue and is a favorite event every year with floats from sponsors, non profits, local businesses, organizations, and politicians.
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by: GLINN Gay News Distribution, OIA Newswire
Denver, CO April 15, 2008: When Colorado voters enacted Amendment 2 in 1992, which prohibited legislation protecting LGBT persons from discrimination, their actions earned Colorado a national reputation for being unfriendly toward the LGBT community. Amendment 2 was overturned in 1997 and now, just over a decade later, Denver has earned bragging rights as the site of the nation's largest monthly women's party.
Metro Denver's LGBT community, estimated to be as large as 250,000, had previously offered few events for women outside of the annual Pride Fest festivities. However, on March 4th of this year, a mostly lesbian crowd of 2,000 (ranging in age from 21-75) attended First Friday, a monthly women's event that began 5 years ago. Dede Frain, the founder of Babes Around Denver (BAD), organized the original First Friday as a casual happy hour for friends. The event has grown into a much-anticipated monthly party that consistently fills Tracks, Denver's largest gay nightclub. Just last week, BAD received a coveted "Best of Denver 2008" award from Westword, a popular local weekly newspaper that highlights activities in the metro area.
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