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MEDIA RELEASE - March 8, 2010 - Winnipeg, MB - The Winnipeg Pridecommittee is pleased to announce that R&B singing sensation Deborah Coxwill headline this year's Pride Festival, taking place June 6, 2010 at TheForks in downtown Winnipeg. "We are thrilled to bring Deborah Cox to Winnipeg this summer in supportof Pride activities," said Barb Burkowski, Chair of the Winnipeg Pridecommittee. "This is a big year for us - the Pride Festival is moving to TheForks and we are putting together a line-up of top-notch entertainment to markthe occasion."
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Pride Week in 2010 will be virtually unrecognizable as many major changes are afoot. This year marks the move of Pride festivities to The Forks, the much-beloved meeting place for Winnipeggers and tourists alike.
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For some people, celebrating Pride culminates in Pride Day activities – the rally at the legislature, the parade through downtown Winnipeg, and the Pride Festival that follows. But there’s a whole week of activities that lead up to the big day, and we want you to be involved!
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Why not offer time to help share Pride?
The Winnipeg Free Press ran this great article on January 21, 2010. Check it out!
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The Winnipeg Pride committee is pleased to announce the theme for Winnipeg’s Pride celebrations in 2010: “Proud to be…” “The theme is a reflection of the diversity in our city and within the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and two-spirit (GLBTT) community,” says Pride committee chair Barb Burkowski. "We have always asked people who participate.... Download Media Release - 2010 Launch
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THE WINNIPEG PRIDE FESTIVAL is made possible by the volunteers and organizations who lend their skills, time, energy, and money in support of our community.
Special Thanks to Lambda and Pink Money Events: Rainbow Community Development, The Rainbow Resource Centre, WhatWomynWant, CKUW/Queer In Your Ear, Jennifer Davis, the trans.zine!, Southside Golf Course, OutThere Sports and Rec, Augustine United Church, and Drew Bickford & Elayna Bilous for creating and managing such fantastic Community Events.
There were many people and organizations who helped and we wanted to highlight a few who made us proud.
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Pride Day Festivities Kick Off
More than 5,000 people from the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Two-Spirit (GLBTT) community and their supporters, friends, and family members will descend upon downtown Winnipeg today to celebrate
Winnipeg Pride!
Download Pride Media Release - June 14, 2009
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Once again, civic leaders, members of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered and Two-Spirit (GLBTT) community, and their supporters will raise the rainbow flag at City Hall in recognition of Winnipeg Pride.
“The flag raising is an important symbolic event representing the city’s support for the GLBTT community,” says Pride committee chair Barb Burkowski...
Download Pride Media Release - June 12, 2009
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