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Nicholas Innis, left, and
Anthony Fink, both of Farmington Hills, attend the Motor
City Pride parade Sunday in Detroit.
(Photo by HB Meeks/Tell Us
Detroit) |
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Gays,
Lesbians,
and Transgenders
strut at
Motor
City
Pride
Festival
in
Detroit
DETROIT
(Tell Us
Det) -
Nearly
50,000
people
attended
the gay
pride
celebration
this
year. Motor
City
Pride,
Michigan’s
Gay,
Lesbian,
Bisexual
and
Transgender
citizens
took to
the
streets
of
downtown
Detroit
Sunday
for a
weekend
packed
with
multiple
events
including
a family
picnic,
golf
outing,
with a
parade
spanning
nearly
a
quarter
mile
long,
and a
summer
riverfront
festival
at Hart
Plaza.
Event
officials
stated
that
holding
a
festival
in the
historic
Hart
Plaza
solidifies
the
notion
of LGBT
people
as
active
parts of
the
larger
community.
Additionally,
it shows
the
strength,
vitality
and
unity of
our
community
within
the
collective
fabric
of
Southeastern
Michigan.
The gay
pride
festival
was
expected
to draw
about
35,000
people,
but an
event
organizer
said
today
that
number
may grow
to
50,000
because
of high
turnout
Saturday,
the
first
day.
Lesbians
of Color
Support
Network
is
organized
for the
charitable
and
educational
purposes.
The
Lesbians
of Color
Support
Network
Mentorship
Program
is open
to any
lesbian,
bi-attractional,
and
transgender
woman of
color.
(Photo
by HB
Meeks/Tell
Us
Detroit)
Motor
City
Pride
began as
a civil
rights
march
down
Woodward
Avenue
25 years
ago and
grew
into a
weekend-long,
multi-event
festival
of gay
pride.
The
event,
formerly
known as
the
Michigan
Organization
for
Human
Rights
March
and
later
PrideFest,
has
taken
place in
Detroit,
Lansing,
Royal
Oak and
even a
local
college
gymnasium.
Acts
appearing
over the
weekend
included
rapper Cazwell,
pop
singer
Kimberly
Cole,
"America's
Got
Talent"
contestant
Alexis
Jordan
and Dave
Aude.
Well-known
local
acts
such as
cover
band
Killer
Flamingos
and
rapper
Invincible
also
played.
This is
the 40th
year for
gay
pride
celebrations
in
southeast
Michigan,
according
to
Equality
Michigan,
the
organizer
of the
fest.
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