ʻO kekahi o nā mea mua loa i ka hoʻokano i nā hana nui ma ka'āina,ʻo Phoenix Pride kahi i hoʻomaka i ka hoʻomakaʻana oʻApelila. Ua kūpono ka manawa, no ke kū malie, i ka wā o ke kai waenaʻo Arizona i kēia manawa o ka makahiki.
E hāʻawi iāʻoe i ka manaʻo no nā mea āu e manaʻo ai ma ka hoʻokipa hanohano o ke kūlanakauhale, eia ke nānā hou i ka hopena o ka makahiki i hala:
Ua lilo ka hāpai Hoʻohanohano o ke kūlanakauhale i mea nui i nā makahiki i hala iho nei,ʻoiai ka mea e hoʻokomo ana i nā poʻe a me nā mea nānā mai loko mai o ka'āpana o ka metro e ulu wikiwiki ana, e like me Scottsdale, Mesa, a me Glendale,ʻaʻole e haʻi aku i kahi mau LGBT poʻe mai Tucson mai. ʻo ia hoʻi kona Pride Pride i ka Desert parade a me ka hoʻolauleʻa i waena oʻOkakopa).
Aia 35,000 mau kānaka i hele aku i Pride i ka makahiki i hala. Hoʻopuka pūʻiaʻo Phoenix i kēia mau lā me ka hoʻouka houʻia i loko o ke kūlanakauhale e komo ana i kahiʻoihana kūleʻa mālamalama maikaʻi loa (holo pololei ia mai ke kūkulu'ākau o Phoenix ma waena o ke kūlanakauhale a hiki i Tempe a me Mesa) a me nā haleʻai hou a hale hou paha. nā poʻemaka a me nāʻainaʻaina.
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ʻO ka mea mua,ʻoiai nā hanana nui e hanaʻia ana i ka hopena o Pride weekend, hoʻolaha nā mea hoʻolaha i nā 10 mau lā o ka Hoʻohanohano, kahi hui a me nāʻaoʻao e alakaʻi i ka hopena o Pride, e hoʻomaka ana i hoʻokahi hebedoma. Loaʻa kēia mau lā me ka lāʻohana, ka pipi no ka haʻaheo, ka hōʻikeʻo Echo Magazine Reader's Choice Awards, kahi hōʻike kiʻi kiʻi Homestretch ma ka Hale Waihona Puke o Mesa, a me nā hanana koʻikoʻi'ē aʻe.
Kū ka lāʻo Phoenix Pride i ka Pride Parade, i ka lā Sabati, a hoʻopauʻia ma ka papa Pride ma ke kulaʻo Indian Steele i ka hola 10 ma ke alanui (3 alanui mai Thomas Road ma kaʻaoʻao hema a ke alanuiʻo Indian School).
Ināʻoe e hōʻea ana ma ke kaʻaula mālamalama,ʻoiʻoi aku kou maikaʻi ma keʻanoʻo Thomas Road a me ke alanui Indian School e kū nei ma ke alanui Central Avenue.
Aia ma mua o 150 hanana hōʻikeʻike ma nā haʻawinaʻelima pae ma Phoenix Pride e hana ana ma nāʻano likeʻole: Bug Light Main Stage (me nā hana nui), Tish Tanner Community Stage (nā mea'ōlelo kūloko, nā'ōpio a me nā poʻe o ke kaiāulu), Pride Ka Hula Pavilion (e noʻonoʻo i ke kaniʻana), Bistro Stage (kahi mellower ma ke mele - jazz a me keʻoki), a me ka Pride Metro Stage (kahi mele o nā mele i hāʻawiʻia e nā DJs).
Hiki iāʻoe ke kūʻai aku i nā tiketi ma ka pūnaewele aiʻole, no ka meaʻoi aʻe, ma ka'īpuka.
Ma kahi kiʻi pili, i ka hopena o ka hebedoma ma mua o ka Pride,ʻo ka porn a me ka ikaika o ka ponoʻo Castle Megastore e mālama i kaʻaha'Erotic World -ʻo ka papahana e pili ana i nā hana hoʻokani, "Romantasy Cabaret", nā hula hula, a me nā mea'ē aʻe. He hana kūikawā kēia, weheʻia i nā makahiki 18 aʻoi.
ʻO nā pahu kapu nui ma Phoenix a me Scottsdale , a me nā haleʻaina pāʻani nui, nā hokele, a me nā hale kūʻai, loaʻa nā hanana kūikawā a me nā hui ma ka Pride Week. E nānā i nā pepa walale o ka moku, e like me Echo Magazine no nā kiko kiko'ī, a me ka papa kuhikuhi AZ Gay Pride Guide. E nānā pū i ka pūnaewele GLBT maikaʻi loa i hanaʻia e ka hui kaiaulu o kaʻahahui'āina,ʻo ka Hui Nui Phoenix Convention & Office Bureau.
Eia hoʻi, e hoʻomaopopo iā Phoenix i kahi hui nui LGBT ma waena oʻOkakopa,ʻo ka Fairbrough Festival Fair, kahi e kū nei ma ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Phoenix Historical Heritage Park.