PRIDE 09
A June full of Pride
From east to west and on down
south, Prides across the Carolinas
compiled by Q*Notes staff
From the eastern tip of the Tar Heel State
to its western mountainy edge, and from the
Upstate of South Carolina to its capital city,
Columbia, the Carolinas saw plenty of Pride
activity in mid-June.
Wilmington
In Wilmington, about a dozen
vendors set up shop during the
OutWilmihgton Pride street festi
val on Water St., near the historic
Cape Fear River, on June 13. That
evening, approximately 900 com
munity members filled the Hilton
Wilmington Riverfront’s grand
ballroom to hear Someone’s Sister
and drag legend RuPaul perform.
OutWilmington Pride Festival
sponsors included the Hilton
Wilmington Riverside, encore
magazine, TransCon Travel
International, WHQR 91.3 and Q-
Notes.
Boone
LGBT mountaineers joined together in a
Pridewalk down Boone’s Main St. on June 13
and a popular dance on that night.
High Country Pride spokesman Gordon
Hensley told Q-Notes that the group had yet
to have their “post mortem” meeting; num
bers on attendance weren’t available. Hensley
said the group’s Saturday night dance at the
Broyhill Conference Center, usuajly their
most popular event, again attracted large
numbers of people.
Hensley said the group was happy with its
name change this year. The June 13-14 festivi
ties marked the first time Boone Pride was
known as High Country Pride.
High Country Pride worked with several
local businesses, Appalachian State University,
the school’s two LGBT student groups and
others to make the event a success.
Upstate Pride
Spartanburg’s LGBT community held its
first-ever Pride parade and festival on June 20.
Area news-stations reported attendance at
300-400, although pastor Randy Besta of The
Upstate Church told Q-Notes that the atten
dance could have been as high as 700. Despite
the presence of about 100 anti-gay protesters,
the events went off without incident.
Columbia
South Carolina Black Pride was held June
18-21, featuring several events including
Equality NC and PFLAG were two of a dozen vendors at the
OutWilmington Pride street festival on June 13.
receptions and parties, a community expo, a
day-long seminar of HIV/AIDS among MSM
of color and more.
On June 18, Columbia Mayor Bob Coble
appeared at the group’s opening reception
and addressed the crowd. It was the mayor’s ■
second annual visit to the city’s Black Gay
Pride festivities. I
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Christmas in July
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