NWA Pride 2009

NWA Pride Parade marchers show support for gays
BY BRETT BENNETT Northwest Arkansas Times
Posted on Sunday, June 28, 2009

ANTHONY REYES Northwest Arkansas Times Participants in the 2009 NWA Pride Parade carry a section of a 30-foot-by-60-foot flag onto West Avenue from Dickson Street on Saturday in Fayetteville. Money thrown into the flag will benefit the AIDS Foundation.

Participants in the Northwest Arkansas Pride Parade came out to express themselves Saturday morning as they marched through downtown Fayetteville to the main Walton Arts Center parking lot along Dickson Street.

"There's a theme to this rally cry," Dirk Charlson said. "It's OK to be me." [READ FULL ARTICLE]

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And Gay Pride 2009 Around the world:

Brazil Gay Pride Parade Bombing Injures 21

China Gay Pride Week Squelched By State


No go for gay parade - Moscow

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YOU SHOULD KNOW "a New York-based coalition of anti-violence programs reports that bias crimes against LGBT people rose 28% from 2007 to 2008. The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) confirms the grim trend Unfinished Lives has been reporting for months: hate crimes against members of the sexual minority are not only higher than at any time in a decade, but the degree of brutality in the execution of these crimes has also intensified."

Learn More at Unfinished Lives: Remembering LGBT Hate Crime Victims

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HIDDEN HISTORIES:

My suggestion on this one: turn the music off. The lyrics are pertinent, but the music annoys me (sorry).

Looked for a lesbian retrospective, but didn't find one.