Heritage of Pride
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Non-profit organization | |
Legal status | 501(c)(3) organization |
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Purpose | LGBTQIA+ Pride events |
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Website | nycpride.org |
Heritage of Pride (HOP), doing business as NYC Pride, is a
After events in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago in June 1970, Pride chapters formed in cities across the US.
Organization
HOP is a volunteer-spearheaded organization working by Robert's Rules 50 weeks a year to execute the activities of NYC Pride Week. The voting membership elects two volunteer co-chairs onto an executive board composed of committee directors (also volunteers) and their executive director (the most senior of staff). Until 2002 all NYC Pride Week activities were organized solely by volunteers. That January, Anthony D. Dean began work as the first full-time paid Business Development Director of NYC Pride events. By late 2016 HOP had five employees working year-round from a rented basement office on Christopher Street. They assist in coordinating the desires of members who work on behalf of the larger community. Membership is open to all individuals.
Events
What began as a march has grown to more than a dozen events which compose NYC PRIDE week including The March, The Rally, PrideFest, and Pride Island, a multi-day cultural experience that is an evolution from HOP's Dance on the Pier (1987–2017). Pride Island is the final event held each year. Beginning with June 24, 1990, the closing event has culminated with the second largest annual fireworks display in Manhattan, bested only by Macy's 4 July Fireworks. HOP's Stonewall50 Planning Committee began work in July 2009. Additional programming was envisioned for the coming years and by 2011 new events had become a reality. This would eventually lead to a successful bid for the first UUS-hosted WorldPride, Stonewall 50 – WorldPride NYC 2019.
The concept for WorldPride events was established in 1997 when HOP hosted the 16th annual conference of InterPride. The first of these was WorldPride Rome 2000, followed by Tel Aviv, London, Toronto, and Madrid.
During Pride Month an organization such as HOP brings together many facets of the community asking they join voices and speak as one. In 2017 a new voice was added. ABC7 broadcast three hours of HOP's Pride March (the actual event run time was 9 hours, 38 minutes) as did their sister network covering the Chicago Pride Parade. Both networks continue to make that content available on the internet wherever there is access to such information, for the next year. The New York broadcast was nominated for a New York Emmy Award[3] in both 2018 and 2019.
Pride March route
2017's NYC
Collaborations
Heritage of Pride is a founding member of InterPride[4] and a member of Northeast Regional Pride (NERP), the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (IGLA), the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, and the International LGBTQ+ Travel Association.
The theme chosen for 2018 was "Defiantly Different".
Awards
Heritage of Pride annually grants the Marsha P. Johnson "Don't Be Outraged, Be Outrageous" Award.
See also
- New York City LGBT Pride March
- LGBT history
- LGBT culture in New York City
- Queer Liberation March
- Reclaim Pride Coalition
References
- ^ "HERITAGE OF PRIDE". www.nycpride.org. Archived from the original on 2002-08-03.
- ^ "Heritage of Pride Records". The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center. 2018-02-14. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
- ^ "The 2018 New York Emmy Award Nominees" (PDF). National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. 2018-02-22. p. 35. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
- ^ "Heritage of Pride". NYC-ARTS. Retrieved 2020-11-27.
- ^ "This year's NYC Pride is all about showing LGBTQ power". Gay Times. 2018-02-26. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
- ^ "2018 NYC Pride Guide". Issuu. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-89608-549-7.
- ^ a b Sowa, Emily (24 June 2018). "Pride Week: 10-Year-Old Drag Kid talks bullying and being yourself always". KGO-TV. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
External links
- "Collection #86 - Heritage of Pride Records". gaycenter.org. 2018-02-14. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
- Official NYC Pride website
- Guidetogay.com - Official NYC Pride international media partner