ʻO ka mahaloʻana i ka Gay Pride ma Western Michigan
Me ka heluna kānaka kokoke i 200,000,ʻo ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Grand Rapids ka mea nui loa ma ke komohana o Michigan aʻo ka mea nui loa i ka moku'āina (ʻo Detroit wale nō ka nui o nā poʻe noho). No laila,ʻo ia kekahi o nā moku nui nui loa o ka moku'āinaʻo GLBT, aʻo ia ka kūlanakauhale nui loa e pili ana i ka hapalua o nā kauhale wahine nui loa ma Midwest, nā māhoe lua o Saugatuck a me Douglas , kahi e nānā aku ana i kahi one maikaʻi ma ke kahawaiʻo Michigan .
Ma Mid-Iune, hoʻokani pū ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Grand Rapids i ka Hoʻohanohano nui loa o ka Hōʻeuʻeu Gay Pride Festival, ka mea e hoʻoulu ai i ka poʻe GLBT ma ka'āina a me nā kaiāulu kokoke e like me Holland, Muskegon, a me keʻano o Saugatuck . E hoʻomaopopo ma mua o ka makahiki i hala aku, ua kapaʻia kēlā hāʻinaʻo Western Michigan Pride. ʻO ka lā o kēia makahiki i waenakonu o June (ʻo ia ka mahinaʻo Iune 16-18, akāʻaʻole i hoʻoponopono nā mea hoʻonohonoho i kēia mau lā). I kēia makahiki 29, mālamaʻia kaʻahaʻaina ma Calder Plaza.
ʻO nā'ōlelo pili i ka Pride in Grand Rapids i kēia makahikiʻaʻole i hoʻokūpaʻaʻia a e kauʻia maʻaneʻi e hoʻolakoʻia nāʻike. I kēia manawa, eia ke nānāʻana i ka hopena o ka makahiki.
Hoʻohuiʻia i ka makahiki i hala aku neiʻo ka Pride Concert Grand Rapids i ka Calder, i mālamaʻia i ka Pōʻono a me ka Sābati o ka hopena pule. Ua alakaʻiʻo R & B i ke mele mele a Deborah Cox i ke kaʻina. ʻO Alex Newell o Glee ke mele a me ka piʻi kiʻekiʻeʻo Steve Grand i hana.
Manaʻoʻia ka mea eʻikeʻia kekahi mea nui ma ka hoʻokūkū Pride i kēia makahiki - e noho mālie no nāʻike hou aku.
Kāpena Hua'ōlelo Loa Loa
ʻO nā pahuʻai pāʻani a me nā haleʻainaʻoliʻoli , nā hokele, a me nā hale kūʻai ma Grand Rapids a me waho i Saugatuck kahiʻoi aku ka heleʻana ma ia hopena pule.
E nānā i nā pepa pilina o ke kula, e like me ka Metra Magazine a me ka waena o ka Lines / Pride Source no nā mea kiko'ī. E nānā pū i ka huakaʻi huakaʻi nui i hanaʻia e ka hui kaiaulu o kaʻahahui'āina,ʻo ka Grandward Rapids Convention & Bureau Bureau, a he papa kahi hoʻi e pili ana i ka huakaʻi LGBT. Inā e hele anaʻoe i ka'āina Saugatuck / Douglas, e nānā i ka Saugatuck kōkua nui a me ka Doubtlas Gay Travel Site, a no kaʻike hou aku i kaʻike hele, e kipa i ka pūnaewele Saugatuck / Douglas Visitors Bureau.