Palm Springs gay pride 2012, parade, festival, dates and details
The Greater Palm Springs Pride board announced details yesterday of the city's 2012 gay pride celebration.
Palm Springs has long been San Francisco's favorite gay getaway and the city's pride parade and celebration is a great excuse to make the easly one-hour flight south. As previously reported, Virgin America now flies nonstop to Palm Springs from SFO. The airline is offering some great fares.
The theme for the annual Palm Springs Pride Celebration scheduled for November 3 and 4 is "Long May It Wave". The theme sets the tone for the 26th annual celebration and will be visible on parade floats and in marketing materials promoting Palm Springs as a welcoming and inclusive LGBT destination.
The 2012 Palm Springs Pride theme is a salute to the worldwide symbol of equality whose rainbow stripes have led a fight for equality while embracing our diversity and celebrating the unity of our community. Intended to celebrate the past and future progress toward equality, the theme also celebrates the profound sense of pride that the rainbow flag brings to individuals around the world. The rainbow flag, by the way, was created in San Francisco by Gilbert Baker.
Organizers say "Pride 2012 raises awareness for equal rights and full equality for individuals locally and globally. In our own backyard, we are one step closer to the day when every American will be able to marry the person they love, regardless of gender, and to have that important commitment recognized by the law of the land. However, gay and lesbian individuals in California and forty-three other states still don’t have the right to marry the person they love and in seventy-six countries around the world it is still illegal to be gay.
"The theme reminds us that in the land of the free and the home of the brave that we continue to live without full equality for all,” said Ron deHarte, President of Greater Palm Springs Pride. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals are denied basic equal rights. The work to achieve equality continues. deHarte added, “Beyond encouraging conversation and helping to raise awareness for equal rights for all, we hope the theme sets the stage for a broad range of creative expression in this year’s pride parade.”
The two-day pride festival will be held November 3 and 4 and the parade will step off at 10 a.m. on November 4. Both events are featured highlights of the Palm Springs Pride celebration of equality, diversity and unity. For more information about the pride celebration visit Palm Springs Pride online at www.pspride.org.
About Greater Palm Springs Pride:
The Greater Palm Springs Pride organization ( www.pspride.org ) is a non-profit organization founded to promote the public education and public awareness of individual rights and civil liberties of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and to promote the history, diversity and future prosperity of the Greater Palm Springs LGBT community.
About the 2012 Palm Springs Pride Festival & Parade:
Known for its crystal blue skies, year-round sunshine, stunning landscape, palm tree lined streets and starry nights the City of Palm Springs comes alive during the annual pride celebration. The 26th anniversary of pride celebrations in Palm Springs will be held over the weekend of November 3 and 4, 2012.
On Sunday, November 4 rainbow flags and glitter will fill the streets as the ever present Mount San Jacinto Mountains star in the most scenic pride parade in the world. The downtown parade steps off at 10 a.m. and travels along historic Palm Canyon Drive .
On pride weekend, thousands attend the pride festival which serves as the gathering spot for friends and a celebration of diversity and unity. Complete with gay-owned and LGBT friendly companies, the festival includes music, dancing, food vendors, and booths staffed by local organizations.
With over 125 parade contingents, 100 exhibitors, and several entertainment venues, the Palm Springs Pride Celebration is the largest annual gathering of LGBT people and allies in the Greater Palm Springs area. For more information please visit our website at PSPride.org.
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