The festival, concert, parade and other events are funded each year by your generous, tax-deductible donations. We are the largest and oldest LGBTQ organization in Oklahoma and are staffed entirely by volunteers.
HOUSTON GAY PRIDE PARADE 2016 FREE
The OKC Pride Concert and Block Party is presented for our community free of charge by OKC Pride, Inc. She joins the First Ladies of Disco to debut this world tour at OKC Pride. Smith’s Inspiring Donations® makes fund-raising easy.all you have to do is shop at Smiths Food and Drug and swipe your enrolled Rewards. Las Vegas PRIDE is proud to be one of the nonprofit organizations benefiting from the Smith’s Inspiring Donations®program. Anita Ward reached #1 on the Pop, R&B and Dance charts with Ring My Bell. Smiths Food and Drug is committed to helping our communities grow and prosper. Pride San Antonio is operated under the direction of an all-volunteer community Board of Directors that has committed itself to working for the betterment of the San Antonio community. Pride San Antonio incorporated on January 26, 2011. Her Billboard R&B and Dance hits continued through the 80s and this Grammy-Award-winning Diva is sure to keep 39th Street moving. is a registered nonprofit corporation founded and organized in San Antonio, Texas. Probably the sweetest woman we have had perform at OKC Pride, Martha Wash has a voice that will keep the crowd dancing.Įvelyn “Champagne” King is an icon of the disco era with dance hits like Shame, Love Come Down and I’m In Love. Wash, known as “The Original Weather Girl” is best known for the gay anthem It’s Raining Men, as well as a myriad of hits throughout the 70s, 80s and 90s with groups Two Tons of Fun, The Weather Girls, Black Box and C&C Music Factory. Readers of the Houston Chronicle may have noticed an unusual advertisement in the Celebrations section of. Many may recall Martha Wash’s outstanding performance a few years ago at OKC Pride.
Each of these women have championed the causes of equal rights and diversity throughout their careers and that is one of the primary reasons they have selected OKC Pride to debut this new world tour. The trio has released a new single and video entitled Show Some Love. The Chamber achieves economic parity resulting in unprecedented economic opportunities for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer + and allied business community. Each is well known for their chart-topping hits. About Us Vision The Greater Houston LGBT Chamber of Commerce is a leading economic voice in the greater Houston region. Begins at Milam and Walker streets, continues to Smith and Jefferson.
The First Ladies of Disco is an all-new show featuring some the vocal powerhouses of the disco era: Evelyn “Champagne” King, Martha Wash and Anita Ward as a Special Guest Performer. Houston LGBT Pride Parade: The 37th annual parade is 100 feet longer this year. The weekend kicks off on Friday, June 24 with a free Block Party and Concert on 39th Street featuring the world premiere of the “First Ladies of Disco” show. It was founded in 1975, and is the largest LGBTQ political organization in the city of Houston and Harris County. Chad Mandala, program coordinator for Texas A&Ms Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender. This year’s celebration is shaping up to be one of the biggest Pride events ever in the state of Oklahoma. The Houston LGBTQ+ Political Caucus (also officially known as the HLGBTQPC) is the South's oldest civil rights organization dedicated solely to the advancement of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights. Texas A&M students march during Houston Pride. See more news-related photo galleries and follow us on Yahoo News Photo Twitter and Tumblr.While OKC Pride is active year-round providing leadership for the LGBTQ community through education, advocacy and outreach, we are still best known for the annual OKC Pride Celebration in June. Under a brilliant sun, hundreds of police officers and some of New York’s most prominent politicians - Mayor Bill de Blasio, Governor Andrew Cuomo and Senator Chuck Schumer, all Democrats - marched cheerfully alongside participants, some of the latter in the scantiest of outfits. On foot, astride motorcycles or riding on flatbed trucks, participants slowly covered the 2-mile route from Midtown Manhattan to Greenwich Village, where the movement for homosexual rights was born after the so-called Stonewall riots of 1969. Tens of thousands of marchers paraded through New York streets Sunday in a huge Gay Pride parade, with many proudly carrying rainbow flags or waving virulently anti-Trump signs. Pride Parade in New York on June 25, 2017. A marcher carrying an umbrella and dressed as a rainbow gestures for the camera during the N.Y.C.