NC Pride 2012 Events

Durham - Festival Site at Duke East Campus

Quote :

"11: 55am National Anthem for Opening Ceremony NOON "Pride Rally with Speakers and Dignitaries, Parade Marshall and special performances" 12:45- 2:15pm PARADE LINE UP TO MARCH with Bagpipes 1pm Parade Begins (Official Reviewing Stand at Madhatter's Cafe at the corner of Main and Broad St. 1pm Bud Light Lime crowd misting arch at the corner of Main and Broad St. 1pm - 4pm Viewing Party: Trinity Lounge (to watch parade) 1pm - 4pm Blue Corn Parade viewing Party on Ninth St. (to watch parade) 2:30pm - 5pm Festival Stage: Keynote Speaker: Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt and other speakers 2 - 5 pm "Randy Jones of the Village People sings ""YMCA"", Comman Womans Chorus and more" 5pm Day Festival Ends"

There are a lot more events listed than those in the snippet I posted, and there are parties all weekend in Raleigh and Durham. I tend to go from like 11:40am to 1:40pm, just long enough to walk around the festival grounds, maybe catch a speech, and watch the parade. Here are a few pics from previous years:















Have any other tdubbers ever been to this annual event?

9/27/2012 2:00:19 PM

9/27/2012 2:02:41 PM

I have not been, and I won't be able to go to the main event this year. I do want to hit up some pre-Pride parties the night before.

9/27/2012 2:03:25 PM

Quote :

"Randy Jones of the Village People sings ""YMCA"", Comman Womans Chorus and more""

wow, 3 hours of this?!

(no, I've never been)

9/27/2012 2:05:15 PM

I, too, read the Independent Weekly at lunch today

9/27/2012 2:06:53 PM

^^haha, i'm guessing most of the time will be filled with the "and more"

[Edited on September 27, 2012 at 2:07 PM. Reason : .]

9/27/2012 2:07:13 PM

I'll be there, with sophomore Eric Dobbins

9/27/2012 2:08:09 PM

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"1pm Bud Light Lime crowd misting arch at the corner of Main and Broad St."

they're spraying everybody down with Bud Light Lime?

9/27/2012 2:09:18 PM

Sophomore Eric Dobbins wrote: "I think the real purpose of this fag house is to pass out anal lube. I'm mad that N.C. State was the 17th most unappealing to homos, I believe we should strive to be first."

"Evan is a piece of shit faggot. He makes Richard Simmons look like Wilt Chamberlain"

9/27/2012 3:18:06 PM

Damn, I think Roflpack is busy this weekend. He mentioned how he wanted to go.

9/27/2012 3:24:53 PM

seriously ill probably wind up being there for the blue cornhole parade viewing, im cool with chapel hill fans

[Edited on September 27, 2012 at 3:28 PM. Reason : w]

9/27/2012 3:27:55 PM

Quote :

"I believe we should strive to be first."

We did end up turning that around, ending up on the high end of the good list for years now.

9/27/2012 5:19:35 PM

1) That's a horrible picture of the state of North Carolina on that first banner (rainbow notwithstanding)

2) Are those puppies gay? [honeybooboo]I think all dogs have a little gay in them[/honeybooboo]

9/27/2012 5:23:25 PM

I'm not sure, but I have my suspicions about these dogs...

9/27/2012 5:38:23 PM

Obligatory Where's my heterosexual pride festival post.

Then the response Everyday is heterosexual pride day

9/27/2012 5:53:31 PM

[Edited on September 27, 2012 at 6:08 PM. Reason : mmknl]

9/27/2012 6:08:29 PM

Completely uninterested until I saw the funnel cake vendor.

9/27/2012 6:14:17 PM

wlb420 will be there.

9/27/2012 6:18:35 PM

Yeah guys sorry I'm busy this weekend, would've like to have gone. BTW- What's up with all of the rainbow colors?

9/27/2012 9:53:54 PM

9/27/2012 9:54:49 PM

Quote :

"Yeah guys sorry I'm busy this weekend, would've like to have gone. BTW- What's up with all of the rainbow colors?"

But you'll miss the chicks who manage to wear about 4 small pieces of tape as tops every year (usually at a 2-pieces-per-nip-ratio)! Nevertheless, there are some more pics so you wont miss all the colors.

9/27/2012 10:47:49 PM

I'll be there in my Romney 2012 shirt and my Chick-fil-a hat

9/27/2012 11:16:19 PM

^Someone is looking to get glittered bombed.



[Edited on September 28, 2012 at 12:42 PM. Reason : .]

9/28/2012 12:41:35 PM

isnt that a hate action?

why terrorize people for their ideas? if they are attending the parade than more than likely they may support Romney and believe in gay rights or they are supporting a gay family member.

believe it or not thats not uncommon. to me that is just as childish as harassing someone for their sexual preference

[Edited on September 28, 2012 at 12:53 PM. Reason : d]

9/28/2012 12:51:36 PM

Oh it's absolutely completely stupid thing to do that doesn't really advance your argument of equality in any reasonable way. No one would actually get glittered bombed at NC Pride, I was just making a joke. You're far more likely to be solicited to join one of the many pro-equality churches that participate in Pride either through setting up tents, marching in the parade, or standing along side the parade route passing out water bottles with advertisements for their churches.



















[Edited on September 28, 2012 at 1:13 PM. Reason : church pics]

9/28/2012 1:04:55 PM

i was going to be there because my gf usually goes to these things and its fun at least, but she probably wont be waking up for this one lol

so ill go fishin, im off the hook (no pun intended)

9/28/2012 2:02:30 PM

I don't get these I'm here and queer fests. Yeh, we got it. You're gay, you're happy, and you like to pointlessly walk down streets. Move along.

9/28/2012 2:07:37 PM

God doesn't like queers. ITS IN THE BIBLE

9/28/2012 2:08:21 PM

God loves all his children and commands his followers to do the same. I've never understood the Christian hate for sinners as all Christians are sinners. Hypocrites.

9/28/2012 2:09:23 PM

I don't understand people with religions.

[Edited on September 28, 2012 at 2:11 PM. Reason : also God isn't real. Stop believing your parents sunday stories. Don't worship a book. ITS A BOOK!]

9/28/2012 2:10:16 PM

Don't lump me in, bro.



[Edited on September 28, 2012 at 2:14 PM. Reason : .]

9/28/2012 2:12:48 PM

Perfect statement.

With that said I'll go to the gay pride rally with a Obama shirt. Gay's need love too.

9/28/2012 2:17:38 PM

my mom is a christian, my dad is an atheist

I simply choose not to embrace religion whatsoever

so that picture is just fucking stupid, along with the beta old man in the picture

9/28/2012 2:19:11 PM

BubbleBobble lacks reading comprehension, ITT.

9/28/2012 2:22:03 PM

BB there's no way a Christian woman married a atheist. Your mom is a delusional, programmed, robot bitch that should have swallowed.

9/28/2012 2:23:15 PM

9/28/2012 11:23:51 PM

NC LGBT Democratic Caucus at Pride:

9/29/2012 2:19:22 PM

taste the rainbow!

9/29/2012 5:09:04 PM

Some news coverage.

http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_story/20316853/article-N-C--Pride-participants-told-to-get-out-and-vote--?

Quote :

"“Everyone’s registered to vote – right?” asked LaWana Mayfield, who serves on Charlotte’s City Council and is that city’s first LGBT official. She urged members of the crowd to make sure their friends get to the polls as well. In 2008, “after we elected a president, we fell asleep,” Mayfield said. Now members of the LGBT community and their allies must make sure to elect “progressive people who are going to represent us on the local level, on the state level and the national level.”"

I saw LaWana speak at some national LGBT events organized in Charlotte around the DNC, seemed like a nice lady.

9/30/2012 1:23:15 PM

9/30/2012 1:46:22 PM

Christians that say God hates homosexuals are ridiculous, and they have no clue what they are talking about. Homosexuality is a sin according to the bible, and it is an action, not a group of people. It's a sexual sin, just like adultery or sex outside of marriage. Don't know why people have such a hissy fit about it.

9/30/2012 6:53:03 PM

Wasn't there a parade like 3 months ago?



[Edited on September 30, 2012 at 7:18 PM. Reason : ]

9/30/2012 7:17:08 PM