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Out at the Park Pride has partnered with America's Finest Softball League to present the annual Out at the Park event at PETCO Park. The event gives recognition to the LGBT community as well as a combined group of choruses scheduled to sing the national anthem at the summer game.    [View]    Wine Steals Grotto Pride has teamed with Wine Steals to present a wine only area called the Wine Steals Grotto. 50 wineries from the West Coast, France and Italy will pour during the two-day festival, scheduled for July 19 and 20.    [View]    Boy George Concert is Official Pre-Pride Event Pop icon Boy George will appear in concert as an official pre-Pride event at 8 p.m., July 12, at Viejas Concerts in the Park series. The outdoor show is being presented by Viejas Entertainment and Production.    [View]    2008 Champion of Pride San Diego LGBT Pride honors San Diego AIDS Project co-founder Dr. Keith D. Vrhel as this year's Spirit of Stonewall "Champion of Pride" for his longtime activism in LGBT healthcare.    [View]    GLAAD Pulls Out of "Pride Rocks" Event at Manchester Hyatt San Diego Pride today issued a firm statement disassociating itself from a weekend hotel package that included GLAAD membership and an invitation to a "pride party" planned July 18, at the Manchester Hyatt in downtown San Diego. The announcement immediately followed a statement by GLAAD that it would not support the event as previously intended, after learning that the hotel's owner, Doug Manchester, has contributed $125,000 to a California anti-gay marriage initiative.    [View]    2008 Community Service Award San Diego LGBT Pride honors Home Start CEO Laura Mustari with a 2008 Spirit of Stonewall Community Service Award, bestowed each year to an individual or couple recognized as an up-and-coming leader within the community or whose contribution to the community in the past year was of particular significance.    [View]    San Diego Pride to Produce Multiple Publications Promoting 2008 Celebration San Diego LGBT Pride will produce two official Pride publications this year outlining the many events planned by the organization for 2008.    [View]    Viejas To Support San Diego Pride From Margaret Cho Concerts in May Viejas Entertainment & Production will support San Diego Pride as a non-profit beneficiary through two evening appearances by comedienne Margaret Cho, scheduled for May 16 and 17 at Viejas' Concerts in the Park series.    [View]    San Diego Pride Parade Applications Available Online Applications for this summer's 34th annual San Diego Pride parade are now available online. The mile-long parade is scheduled for 11:00 a.m., July 19, starting from University at Normal Street. It continues west to Sixth Avenue, then south to Ivy Lane. The 2008 theme is: "Live.Love.Be."    [View]    Lavender Lens Magazine and Flawles.com partner, co-produce Pride Festival Stage San Diego's news and lifestyle magazine, Lavender Lens, has partnered with the online lesbian resource, Flawles.com, to produce a high-end Pride festival stage geared towards women while promoting the principals and volunteer spirit of Pride weekend. The festival is scheduled for July 19 and 20 at Marston Point in Balboa Park.    [View]    San Diego Pride Seeks Web Marketing Volunteers San Diego LGBT Pride is adding to its volunteer base individuals who are savvy in web marketing in an effort to reach out to more community groups about the organization's annual events, philanthropy and history, as well as the many sponsorship and volunteer opportunities available each year.    [View]    San Diego Pride Accepting Performer Applications for 2008 Festival    [View]    Pride Festival Exhibitor Applications Available Festival exhibitor applications are now available for the San Diego Pride festival, scheduled for July 19 and 20, at Marston Point in Balboa Park.    [View]    Pride Hits the Half Million Dollar Mark at the Center With a $40,000 donation presented at the 2007 Center Gala, San Diego Pride reached the $500,000 mark in their total donations to the Center over the last 12 years    [View]    Community Grant Partnerships Available San Diego Pride has made available grant partnerships for this year's 34th annual Pride celebration. The beneficiary program gives non-profit organizations opportunities to fundraise during the Pride season.    [View]    San Diego LGBT Pride Fund $27,000 available from San Diego LGBT Pride Fund at the Foundation for Change.    [View]    New Production Assistant Joins San Diego Pride Staff Events specialist Jeff Redondo of North Park has been appointed production assistant for San Diego LGBT Pride, a position that will involve daily administration and the ongoing development of firm relationships with San Diego's diverse LGBT communities.    [View]    San Diego LGBT Pride Accepting 2008 Pride Award Nominations San Diego Pride is accepting nominations from the community for its annual Spirit of Stonewall awards, which honors individuals and organizations that have made significant, positive impacts on San Diego's LGBT community. The awards will be presented at a reception at the W Hotel downtown on July 14 as part of this year's Pride celebration, scheduled for July 18-20.    [View]    "Investing in our community year-round" published in The Rage Monthly January 2008    [View]    Pride Launches T-shirt Design Contest Graphic artists and those with creative imaginations are invited to submit designs for a T-shirt contest being held by San Diego Pride. Designs must incorporate the 2008 logo, as well as the theme and dates of Pride weekend: ("Live, Love, Be" -- July 19-20, 2008.)    [View]    `Volunteers of the Year' for 2007 San Diego Pride has recognized eight individuals as "volunteers of the year" for 2007, while bestowing honors to another volunteer who has worked with the organization for 19 years.    [View]    San Diego Pride Adopts 2008 The "Live..Love.Be" has been chosen as the theme for San Diego LGBT Pride's 34th annual celebration in 2008. It is the sixth time in 26 years that San Diego Pride has adopted a global slogan presented each year by InterPride.    [View]    Pride Announces Board Appointments Dr. January Riddle was elected as co-chair elect after recently serving on the board as secretary. She will serve as the co-chair of San Diego LGBT Pride for two years, taking the place of Anne Hewitt whose term expires in August 2008.    [View]    San Diego Pride Launches Multi-Media Web Project Capturing Local Pride History San Diego Pride has begun work on the first phase of "Stonewall 40 - Generations of Pride in San Diego," a comprehensive, multi-media timeline highlighting key individuals and events that helped shape this city's Pride movement since the Stonewall riots of 1969.    [View]    "$150,000 Given to 80 Organizations" published in The Rage Monthly November 2007    [View]    Erasure to Headline San Diego Pride Festival This summer's San Diego LGBT Pride festival will feature an unprecedented number of performers and attractions from throughout its 33-year history, with more than 100 artists, 300 businesses and an expected audience of 40,000 gathered to celebrate equality, freedom and diversity in the LGBT community.    [View]    33rd Annual Pride Parade and Festival Scheduled for July 21-22 San Diego LGBT Pride will hold its 33rd annual parade and festival on July 21-22. This year's theme is "United for Equality. The weekend festivities will kick off with a Spirit of Stonewall Community Celebration a week earlier, at 3:30 p.m., July 15, at the Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park, to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in New York's Greenwich Village, which is considered to be the commencement of the contemporary Lesbian and Gay liberation movement. Community members will also be publicly recognized for their contributions to the community.    [View]    2007 Award Recipients San Diego Pride has announced this year's award recipients based on their activism and support given to the GLBT community. The honorees will be publicly recognized at the Sprit of Stonewall Community Celebration, scheduled for 3:30 p.m., July 15, at the Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park, as well as at the Pride parade, which starts at 11:00 a.m., on July 21.    [View]    2007 Parade Grand Marshal Bruce Michael Abrams, well-known San Diego attorney and a commissioner of the Mayor's San Diego Human Relations Commission, will serve as grand marshal in this year's 33rd annual San Diego LGBT Pride parade, scheduled for 11:00 a.m., July 21.    [View]    More Volunteer Signups Scheduled for San Diego Pride Celebration A number of volunteer positions are available for July's Pride weekend, scheduled for July 21-22. The celebration attracts each year more than 700 volunteers for areas such as ticket sales, parade support, beer garden, setup, medical, safety and more. Volunteer crewmembers who work a five-hour shift at either the parade or festival will receive two-day festival admission, a meal ticket per shift, a souvenir T-shirt, and an appreciation BBQ scheduled for Aug. 12.    [View]    San Diego Pride Presents "Out at the Park" With the Padres San Diego Pride has teamed up with the San Diego Padres to present a game event that gives recognition to participants and volunteers of Pride, as well as the Gay Men's Chorus of San Diego, which will sing the national anthem at the summer game.    [View]    Inspiration Couples Named San Diego Pride will honor two longtime "Inspiration Couples" at this year's Pride celebration, scheduled for July 21-22. Their recognition extends to the scores of other lifetime partnerships formed within the LGBT community.    [View]    Volunteer Signups Scheduled for 2007 San Diego Pride Celebration Volunteer positions are available for July's San Diego Pride weekend, scheduled for July 21-22. The celebration attracts volunteers for areas such as ticket sales, parade support, beer garden, setup, medical, safety and more. Volunteers who work a five-hour shift receive two-day festival admission, a meal ticket per shift, a souvenir T-shirt, and an appreciation BBQ scheduled for Aug. 12.    [View]    San Diego LGBT Adds Fifth Fortune 500 Company as Sponsor of Pride 2007 Sempra Energy becomes fifth Fortune 500 company to sponsor this year's San Diego LGBT Pride celebration, scheduled for July 21-22. The San Diego-based company is a Fortune 500 energy services holding company with 2006 revenues of nearly $12 billion. The Sempra Energy companies' 14,000 employees serve more than 29 million consumers worldwide. It joins four other Fortune 500 companies as top sponsors of Pride's 2007 celebration: AT&T, Cox Communications, Wells Fargo and Hewlett Packard, all of which offer diversity programs and domestic partnership benefits that extend into the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community.    [View]    Call for Artists in Effect for 2007 'Art of Pride' Exhibition San Diego LGBT Pride welcomes local artists to take part in its popular Art of Pride exhibition, held annually at the two-day Pride festival in Balboa Park. The space serves as a showcase for the works of local artists in various mediums, such as painting, sculpture and jewelry.    [View]    Ron deHarte Elected Regional Director of InterPride San Diego Pride Executive Director Ron deHarte was elected to the InterPride board of directors as a regional director to represent a number of Pride organizations that include those in Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii, Utah, Mexico and the Baja Peninsula. InterPride elects two representatives from each of 20 geographical regions that are spread throughout the world in an effort to increase networking and camaraderie among the various organizations.    [View]    AT&T to Become a Primary Sponsor for San Diego LGBT Pride San Diego Pride announced that AT&T will be among its primary sponsors for this summer's annual Pride celebration, scheduled for July 21-22. With more than 5,000 local employees, AT&T continues to play an important role in encouraging diversity and inclusion within its Company and throughout the San Diego area.    [View]    SAN DIEGO PRIDE TO PRODUCE 2007 PRIDE GUIDE San Diego Pride has assembled a team of agencies to produce the official souvenir informational booklet, the 2007 PRIDE Guide. The 64-page magazine will be available starting the last week of June, with 40,000 copies distributed free at locations in Los Angeles, Long Beach, Palm Springs and San Diego, Las Vegas and Phoenix.    [View]    Parade Applications Available Online Applications for this summer's 33rd annual San Diego Pride parade are now available online. The parade is scheduled for 11:00 a.m., on July 21, starting from University at Normal Street. It continues west to Sixth Avenue, then south to Ivy Lane. The 2007 theme is: "United for Equality."    [View]    T-shirt Design Contest Graphic artists and those with creative imaginations are invited to submit designs for a T-shirt contest being held by San Diego Pride. Designs must incorporate the 2007 logo as well as the theme and dates of Pride weekend: "July 21-22, 2007." This year's 2007 theme is "United for Equality." The winning designer will receive $250, a T-shirt and two tickets to the Balboa Park festival.    [View]    San Diego Pride Partners with Club Papi and Granda Entertainment to Produce Festival Latin Stage San Diego Pride has partnered with leading producers Club Papi and Granda Entertainment to present a full-fledged Latin concert stage at this year's Pride festival in Balboa Park on July 21 and 22. The stage will give way to a two-day program of rousing Latin entertainment that includes live performances, popular DJs and a large dance area.    [View]    Cox Communications a Top Sponsor for 2007 Pride Celebration San Diego Pride has announced that Cox Communications will be among its top sponsors for this year's Pride celebration, scheduled July 20-22. The company received a top score on the Human Rights Campaign's (HRC) 2006 Corporate Equality index and was named recently by Diversity Inc., as one of the nation's "Top 50 Companies for Diversity."    [View]    Pride Board Treasurer Receives CAPI `Person of the Year' Award Mike Karim, a board member and longtime volunteer for San Diego Pride, was voted "Person of the Year" by the Consolidated Association of Pride, Inc. (CAPI) at its recent annual conference in Las Vegas. The honor is bestowed to individuals who have worked "above and beyond" for not only their own local Pride organizations, but for others in the region while contributing their efforts to the greater Pride movement.    [View]    SD Pride Launches Monthly E-Newsletter and Online Survey Open House Scheduled for Feb. 28 Pride has launched a monthly e-newsletter to provide Pridegoers with updated information on events and developments for the 2007 Pride celebration. The free newsletter, sent to subscribers via e-mail, can be obtained by signing up for it on the Pride web site. The web site is the top source of information for pride related events.    [View]    Accepting Award Nominations San Diego Pride is accepting nominations from the community for its annual Spirit of Stonewall awards, to honor individuals and organizations that have made significant, positive impacts on San Diego's LGBT community.    [View]    Community Partnership Grants Available For San Diego Pride's 2007 Celebration Applications available for community partnership grants for this year's 33rd annual Pride celebration, scheduled for July 20-22. The beneficiary program gives non-profit organizations valuable opportunities to fundraise during Pride weekend.    [View]    San Diego Pride Announces Internship Opportunity Pride has established a first-ever, paid internship position for a high school senior as part of its resolution to further involve LGBT youth into the long-term planning of Pride's annual celebrations. The position, which partly involves direct outreach into the youth community, sponsorship involvement and volunteer training, begins in January and runs until the end of August with the possibility of an extension.    [View]    San Diego LGBT Pride Announces Theme and Dates for 2007 Celebration San Diego LGBT Pride selects theme for 2007 celebration: "United for Equality." It is the fifth time since 1984 that San Diego Pride has adopted a slogan from InterPride, which presents a different theme to the global Pride community each year.    [View]    San Diego Pride Gives Over $100,000 From 2006 Festival Proceeds San Diego LGBT Pride has gifted to the community more than $100,000 from this year's festival proceeds, surpassing all donations made in individual past years, with the exception of $100,000 granted through the San Diego LGBT Pride Fund at the San Diego Human Dignity Foundation in the years 2003 and 2005.    [View]    San Diego Pride Names Volunteers of the Year for 2006 10 individuals have been named as "volunteers of the year" for the 2006 Pride season, and bestowed special recognition to another volunteer who has worked with the organization for 14 years.    [View]    SAN DIEGO LGBT PRIDE CONTRIBUTES A RECORD $66,625 TO THE CENTER San Diego Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride celebrated its giving to The Center which totals $66,625 for 2006. The contribution from 2006 Pride festival proceeds represents the largest annual gift Pride has ever made to The Center.    [View]    Pride Receives Official Recognition from State Assemblymember State Assemblymember Lori Saldana issued a certificate of recognition to San Diego LGBT Pride, which was presented to staff at the Pride office on Monday. The certificate cites Pride's history of giving back to the community, which to date has exceeded $1 million bestowed to various health and social organizations that advance LGBT equality.    [View]    Singer-Songwriter Camille Bloom to Perform at San Diego Pride Rally High-energy musician Camille Bloom will charge up the audience an hour prior to San Diego LGBT Pride's Spirit of Stonewall rally, scheduled for 7:00 p.m., July 28, at Marston Point in Balboa Park.    [View]    San Diego LGBT Pride Announces Parade Grand Marshals San Diego Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride welcomes four grand marshals into its 32nd annual Pride parade, scheduled for 11:00 a.m., July 29, along University Avenue through the heart of Hillcrest.    [View]    Two Longtime Couples to be Honored in San Diego Pride Parade San Diego Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride will honor two longtime "inspiration" couples from the area in this month's mile-long Pride parade, scheduled for 11:00 a.m., July 29. The parade begins at University Avenue at Normal Street, continues west to Sixth Avenue, and then south to Ivy Lane.    [View]    'Art of Pride' Pieces Go On Early Display and E-Bay Auction Works from the popular juried exhibit, ART OF PRIDE, scheduled for display at the two-day San Diego LGBT Pride festival at the end of the month, will be pre-exhibited starting in mid July at Out Mall in Hillcrest, 3828 Fifth Ave.    [View]    San Diego LGBT Pride Announces 10 Festival Stages Ten performance stages will blanket the festival grounds at July's San Diego LGBT Pride celebration, which kicks off with a Spirit of Stonewall rally at 7:00 p.m., July 28 in Balboa Park.    [View]    San Diego Pride Organizers Stress Health & Safety The National Youth Advocacy Coalition release    [View]    Advance Tickets Now on Sale - San Diego Pride Festival to Include Multiple Stages, More Than 70 Bands Tickets are on sale now for next month's San Diego LGBT Pride festival, which will feature an unprecedented number of bands, dance troupes and comedians on 10 different performance stages set up throughout the festival grounds.    [View]    San Diego LGBT Pride Announces New Board Member San Diego LGBT Pride has elected Connor Maddocks to its board of directors.    [View]    San Diego LGBT Pride Announces New Board Member San Diego Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride has appointed Dr. January Riddle onto its board of directors.    [View]    San Diego LGBT Pride Rally to Feature Art, Entertainment and Dynamic Speakers An energetic program of inspirational speeches, art and entertainment is planned for this year's Spirit of Stonewall Rally, to be presented by San Diego LGBT Pride on Friday, July 28    [View]    SAN DIEGO LGBT PRIDE ANNOUNCES AWARD WINNERS Annual Spirit of Stonewall Awards    [View]    San Diego LGBT Pride Forms Partnerships to Present Series of Summer Arts and Cultural Events Arts & Culture Programs of San Diego Pride 2006    [View]    Ron deHarte Elected Regional Director of InterPride San Diego Pride Executive Director Ron deHarte was elected to the InterPride board of directors as a regional director to represent a number of Pride organizations that include those in Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii, Utah, Mexico and the Baja Peninsula.    [View]    San Diego LGBT Pride Announces 2006 Logo Winner    [View]    San Diego LGBT Pride Presents $15,000 to San Diego Foundation for Change Total Donations to the Community at Large Now Exceed $1 Million    [View]    Giant Balloons to be Part of San Diego LGBT Pride Parade Parade and Festival Applications Available Online    [View]    SAN DIEGO LGBT PRIDE SEEKING AWARD NOMINATIONS    [View]    San Diego LGBT Pride Appoints Two New Board Members    [View]    San Diego LGBT Pride Accepting Performer Requests for 2006 Pride Festival    [View]    NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR APPOINTED TO SAN DIEGO LGBT PRIDE    [View]