PRIDE Flag Ceremony at Burlington City Hall

Please join the PRIDE Committee, RU12?, the Vermont Freedom to Marry Taskforce, the Samara Foundation, Outright Vermont and Burlington Mayor Bob Kiss, at the 2nd Annual Pride Flag Ceremony at Burlington City Hall TOMORROW (Wednesday), July 9th at 5pm on the Church Street side.

Mayor Bob Kiss will join leaders of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community to unfurl the Rainbow Flag, a symbol of gay pride, to kick off Burlington's 26th Annniversary Pride Celebration, which features events all week long, culminating this Saturday, July 12th in the Pride Parade on Church Street (11am), and the Festival (12-3pm) at the Waterfront.

Pride is an annual celebration of the LGBT community and a commemoration of the birth of the LGBT movement for equal rights. In 1969 in New York City police raided a gay bar (Stonewall) and the LGBT people there fought back. Stonewall, as this event is referred to as, is widely recognized across the country and world as the beginning of the on-going struggele for LGBT civil rights.

This flag ceremony and the Pride event on Saturday honor this history and call for full equality and safety for all members of our community, including the right for gay and lesbian couples to legally marry.

This event and all Pride events are open to the public. Visit www.pridevt.com for more information.

We hope to see you OUT and PROUD!

Comments

[ivan]

hi!

my name is ivan, i come from Chile... i dont speak english... i speak spanish

i am a middlebury college student in the summer program. i am interested in your activities.

How can I participate?

I would like to participate in any event. I would be in the U.S. until August 15.

greetings