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May 25, 2007 Quickie Link: A Month of Coming-Out Parties
By vanrozenheim

(USA) - Part of the gay rights movement has been a proliferation of pride events, including commemorative marches, parades and festivals, across the country and around the world. “The original idea,” said Russell Murphy, co-president of InterPride, the International Association of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Coordinators, “was to commemorate the Stonewall riots — to remind people that this is a struggle for queer rights and that this is our day. But now, a lot of them have expanded to become tourist attractions.” That’s because it’s both fun to experience an explosion of gay culture in various cities and, as Mr. Murphy explained, “some people cannot be out in their own community, so they will travel.”



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