ADVISORY, May 21, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) --
WHEN: Sunday June 8
12:00 Noon-6:00 p.m.
WHERE: The Parade begins at 13th & Locust Streets and proceeds east
on Market Street, past a Judges Reviewing Stand at
Independence Hall. The parade continues East over Market
Street up the ramp until it reaches the Chestnut Street
entrance for Great Plaza at Penn's Landing.
Great Plaza at Penn's Landing
Columbus Boulevard, from Market to Walnut Street.
WHAT: Event includes main stage entertainment, Dance Area, Family
Zone, Pet Zone, Health Area, and a variety of food and
beverages. Presented by Philly Pride Presents, there is a
$10 admission. Over 90 different organizations networking
and doing outreach and over 40 different merchants selling
their craft or product
BACKGROUND: PHILLY PRIDE PRESENTS, Inc. (PPP) is a group of volunteer
coordinators under the leadership of an Executive Director
and Senior Advisor which organizes "PrideDay" in June, and
"OutFest" in October. These are the only two events during
which the Philadelphia Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and
Transgender (LGBT) community joins together and celebrates
as a whole.
The first official Pride Parade was organized in an
impromptu fashion at the end of the 1980s and was intended
to coincide with rally planned by the Lesbian and Gay Task
Force at Love Park. It was so successful that community
members met and started an organization (Lesbian & Gay Pride
of the Delaware Valley, Inc.) whose goal was to produce a
parade and festival at Penn's Landing each year to continue
the community outreach and visibility that was achieved with
that one rally. That organization evolved into what we know
today as Philly Pride Presents and that first rally grew
into the largest celebration of LGBT pride in the region,
now attracting over 25,000 people each year.
For more information about Philly Pride Presents or Pride
Day, please visit www.phillypride.org