On hotels, shopping, restaurants, nightlife for gay visitors. Year-round in Chueca, and the site of the city’s principal LGTB association. Other helpful Web sites include for activities Tickets can be bought through Ticketmaster.įor a listing of Orgullo events (in Spanish) over the whole two weeks visit. Which has an outer space theme this year. Local bars and danceĬlubs have organized their own events, and a listing of many can be found on Once upon a time, things did quiet down a bit on Friday in advance of the parade but the club parties on Friday and Sunday night now nearly eclipse the late night Saturday party, Infinita, on Saturday, July 4, and will roll from the Puerta de Alcalá to the Plaza de España, where a major party will rock well into the night. Madrid’s parade will take place at 6 p.m. Not to be missed is the famous “high heel race,” which will take place on Thursday, July 2, at 7:30 p.m. Car traffic is diverted (or just paralyzed) and dozens of local watering holes set up outdoor bars so you rarely have to take more than a step forĪ refill.
For information check As in years past, Chueca, located just north of Grand Via, between Calle Hortaleza and Paseo de Recoletos, will be the vortex of activity as the neighborhood’s streets and plazas will be commandeered virtuallyĪll week long by an overlapping series of concerts and revelry. The noticeable rise in the numbers of carefully depilated, muscle-shirted men strolling the streets of Chueca, Madrid’s raucous gay neighborhood, in recent days trailing trolley bags would suggest that the city’sīars and discos will not see any fall-off in business.īut before jumping into the party circuit a word about culture and the nearly 25 events ranging from dance performance, concerts, and exhibitions that are part of the concurrent Festival Visible 2009 running through Which is not to say that this weekend, as the parades and parties are getting under way in other cities and towns across the country from Barcelona to Tenerife, that gay Madrid will staying in and resting up.
June 27, to Spain’s provincial capitals for their local pride celebrations, Madrid now guarantees that all of Spain will be free to attend its parade and parties on the following Saturday, this year on JulyĪnd indeed, attendance in recent years has reportedly topped 2 million, making Madrid’s Orgullo festivities likely the largest party in Europe of any stripe for four years running. When I arrived here from New York City nearly seven years ago, Orgullo, as the festival is known, was already a five-dayĮxtravaganza bursting at the seams with events and activities and non-stop socializing from which the city’s citizenry - gay, straight and undecided - often needed about five days to recover.īut Madrid has recently begun pushing the envelope even further by scheduling its pride parade a week after the typical last-weekend-in-June date respected almost everywhere else around the globe. Tucson Pride was founded in 1977 making it Arizona’s first and. MADRID | As happens with many Spanish celebrations, Gay Pride “Day” has rather miraculously been stretched out into nearly two weeks of parties, performances, parades, rallies, exhibitions,Ĭonferences, and lots and lots of late-night festivities. Tucson Lesbian and Gay Alliance, commonly known as Tucson Pride is an all-volunteer administered and operated nonprofit that produces and promotes cultural, educational, and recreational events for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community in Tucson, Arizona and beyond.
Their efforts led to some of the first LGBT anti-discrimination legislation in the country.A scene from last year’s Gay Pride Parade in Madrid. When his attackers were given a slap on the wrist, our community rose UNITED to rally for change, officially forming the organization now known as Tucson Pride. The Tucson Pride history began with a different tragedy the brutal murder of Richard Heakin, a young gay man leaving the Stonewall Tavern here in Tucson one evening in 1976. While most Pride events in the US commemorate the Stonewall Riots in New York, Tucson has its own reasons beyond that of other cities. Each year, Tucson Pride hosts the Annual Pride in the Desert festivities, including a well attended Pride Parade and the Pride in the Park Festival. Tucson Pride was founded in 1977 making it Arizona’s first and longest established LGBTQ Organization.
Tucson Lesbian and Gay Alliance, commonly known as Tucson Pride is an all-volunteer administered and operated nonprofit that produces and promotes cultural, educational, and recreational events for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community in Tucson, Arizona and beyond.