InterPride
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| Founded | October 1982 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Rick Turner and Marsha H. Levine |
| Type | 501(c)(3) |
| Focus | Organizations producing LGBT Pride parades and other events |
Area served | Global |
| Method | Capacity build, coalition building, public education |
| Slogan | InterPride is the International Association of LGBTI Pride Organizers. |
| Website | Official website |
Formerly called | National Association of Lesbian/Gay Pride Coordinators, International Association of Lesbian/Gay Pride Coordinators, International Association of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Coordinators |
InterPride is an international organization representing and composed of producers of pride events for the LGBT community that celebrate lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) culture and pride.
History
InterPride was incorporated as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in Texas in the 1980s. The organization was originally known as the National Association of Lesbian/Gay Pride Coordinators (NAL/GPC), before changing the name to International Association of Lesbian/Gay Pride Coordinators (IAL/GPC) in October 1985, the International Association of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Coordinators at the conference in West Hollywood, California, and eventually to InterPride in the late 1990s.[1]
Formation of InterPride
In April 1981, Pride Coordinators Rick Turner and Marsha H. Levine, from San Francisco and Boston respectively, met at the "call to unite" – a gay and lesbian leadership conference in Los Angeles, and the start of an organization then known as NOLAG (National Organization of Lesbians and Gays). While discussing common issues that their individual pride organizations faced, and remarking that their connections with the New York Pride and Los Angeles Pride committees were helpful for problem-solving, Rick and Marsha felt this trading of information was important and could develop into a potential network.
More than a year later in August 1982, Levine sent out a call for the First Annual Conference of the National Association of Lesbian/Gay Pride Coordinators (NAL/GPC), to meet in Boston. Rick Turner, now deceased, declined joining in establishing the organization, due to his declining health. With the aid of San Diego Pride Committee and chairperson Doug Moore, who had been collecting a list of national pride organizations, and with small donations from the Los Angeles and Boston Pride Committees, the mailing list from Moore was used to distribute a self-mailing registration form designed and produced by Levine. Though many committees expressed an interest in attending, most didn’t have the funds to send delegates at that time.[1]
On October 9, 1982, in the Hill House on Beacon Hill, members from the Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Diego, and San Francisco Pride committees gathered in response to Levine's mailing. Three long tables were pushed together to make a triangular seating area. For two days many topics concerning coordinating LGBT prides was discussed, and while each city had different events, they discovered much of the planning and logistics was surprisingly similar. They voted to hold a second conference in San Diego the next year.[2]
The 16 people in attendance at that first gathering were:
- Boston - Marsha H. Levine
- New York - Tony Gambino [deceased] (and partner), Brian O'Dell, David Colle [deceased], Janet Love, Fred Goldhaber [deceased], R. Paul Martin
- San Francisco - Konstantine Berlandt [deceased], Glenne McElhinney
- Chicago - Rich Pfeiffer
- San Diego - Doug Moore
- Los Angeles - George Piazzi, Sharon Tobin, Cheryl Ruddy [deceased], Sean Johnson [deceased]
Milestones
| Date | Milestone |
|---|---|
| October 1985 | During the organization's conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with representatives of Toronto, Ontario, and Germany in attendance, the membership voted to officially change the organization's name from the National Association of Lesbian/Gay Pride Coordinators, to the International Association of Lesbian/Gay Pride Coordinators (IAL/GPC). The organization also pledged to continue reaching out to other countries. |
| October 1997 | During the organization's conference in New York, its membership voted to establish the "WorldPride" title and awarded it to the city of Rome, Italy, for the year 2000.[1] |
| October 1999 | The first conference held outside North America, in Glasgow, Scotland.[1] |
| October 2001 | The first conference held in the southern hemisphere, in Auckland, New Zealand. Delegates were welcomed by the New Zealand Prime Minister.[1] |
| October 2003 | The first conference held in a city that did not use English as its primary language, in Montreal, Quebec. The conference itself was still conducted in English.[1] |
| October 2004 | The 22nd annual InterPride conference and the first conference held in a non-English speaking country, in Reykjavik, Iceland.[1] |
| May 2005 | The second WorldPride was postponed until August 2006, due to military and religious unrest in the region. |
Membership
The organization's membership comprises more than 160 LGBT pride organizations with representation from more than 35 countries in 162 cities. Member prides include:[3]
- Amsterdam Gay Pride
- Atlanta Pride
- Augusta Pride
- Berlin Pride
- Budapest Pride
- Calgary Pride
- Capital City Pride (Olympia, Washington)
- Capital Pride (Ottawa)
- Capital Pride (Washington, D.C.)
- Chicago Pride Parade
- Circle City IN Pride
- Edmonton Pride
- Fierté Montréal
- Houston Gay Pride Parade
- LGBT Pride March (New York City)
- Minsk Pride
- Motor City Pride (Detroit)
- Nashville Pride
- Parada Równości
- Pride Week (Toronto)
- Pride Winnipeg
- Riga Pride and Friendship Days
- Queen City Pride
- San Diego Pride
- San Francisco Pride
- Saskatoon Pride
- Seattle Pride
- Stockholm Pride
- Utah Pride Festival
- Vancouver Pride Festival
- Fierté Simcoe Pride
InterPride divided the world into 20 different regions which are administered by a regional director:
| Region | Countries/islands |
|---|---|
| Region 1 | Mexico, United States (States: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah). |
| Region 2 | United States (States: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming). |
| Region 3 | United States (States: Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas). |
| Region 4 | United States (States: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming). |
| Region 5 | United States (States: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia). |
| Region 6 | United States (States: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington DC (District of Columbia). |
| Region 7 | Canada, (Provinces: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon Territory). |
| Region 8 | Belarus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Ukraine. |
| Region 9 | Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Navassa Island, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico,
St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands (UK), Virgin Islands (USA). |
| Region 10 | Guernsey, Jersey, Ireland, Isle of Man, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. |
| Region 11 | Aland, Denmark, Faeroes, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Svalbard, Sweden. |
| Region 12 | Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Switzerland. |
| Region 13 | Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands. |
| Region 14 | Andorra, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Israel, Italy, Madeira, Malta, Portugal, San Marino, Spain, Turkey, Vatican City. |
| Region 15 | Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey. |
| Region 16 | Algeria, Angola, Ascension, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Reunion, Rwanda, St. Helena, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe. |
| Region 17 | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, South Georgia and the Sandwich Islands, Surinam, Uruguay, Venezuela. |
| Region 18 | Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Yemen. |
| Region 19 | Bangladesh, Bhutan, British Indian Ocean Territory, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea North, Korea South, Laos, Macao, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Seychelles, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam. |
| Region 20 | American Samoa, Australia, Baker Island, Bouvet Island, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Coral Sea Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Midway Atoll, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Palmyra Atoll, Pitcairn Island, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Timor-Leste, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wake Island, Wallis Futuna Islands. |
Activities
InterPride's programs and activities are geared towards networking, education, and mentoring.[2]
Conferences
During the last 29 years, pride organizations from almost every continent have participated in InterPride's annual world conference.[4]
The conference is held each year in a different city, with the location of upcoming conferences being voted on two years prior to their occurrence. To demonstrate a commitment to support and empower the global LGBT Pride community, the conference is now frequently held outside North America, with scholarships available for member organizations that cannot afford to attend through the Pamela O'Brien Memorial Scholarship Fund. O'Brien was a longtime member of Cape Cod Pride in Massachusetts, USA and served InterPride as a Regional Director and Vice President of Operations.[5]
In addition, several of the regions into which InterPride is divided hold their own conferences independent of the worldwide conference.[2]
| Year | Theme | Host city |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | None | Boston, MA USA |
| 1983 | None | San Diego, CA USA |
| 1984 | Unity & More in ‘84 | Wichita, KS USA |
| 1985 | Alive with Pride in ‘85 | Fort Lauderdale, FL USA |
| 1986 | Forward Together | San Francisco, CA USA |
| 1987 | Proud, Strong, United | Baltimore, MD USA |
| 1988 | Rightfully Proud | St. Louis, MO USA |
| 1989 | Stonewall 20 – A Generation of Pride | Vancouver, BC Canada |
| 1990 | Look to the Future | Minneapolis, MN USA |
| 1991 | Together in Pride | Boston, MA USA |
| 1992 | Pride = Power | Long Beach, CA USA |
| 1993 | A Family of Pride | Houston, TX USA |
| 1994 | Stonewall 25 – A Global Celebration of Lesbian & Gay Pride & Protest | Fort Lauderdale, FL USA |
| 1995 | Pride – From Silence to Celebration | Phoenix, AZ USA |
| 1996 | Pride Without Borders | Kansas City, KS USA |
| 1997 | Equality Through Visibility | New York, NY USA |
| 1998 | Unity Through Diversity | West Hollywood, CA USA |
| 1999 | Prideful Past, Powerful Future | Glasgow, Scotland |
| 2000 | Take Pride, Take Joy, Take Action | Atlanta, GA USA |
| 2001 | Embrace Diversity | Auckland, New Zealand |
| 2002 | Pride Worldwide | San Francisco, CA USA |
| 2003 | Peace Through Pride | Montréal, PQ Canada |
| 2004 | Vive La Difference | Reykjavik, Iceland |
| 2005 | Equal Rights. No More. No Less. | Minneapolis, MN USA |
| 2006 | Pride – Not Prejudice | Portland, ME USA |
| 2007 | United For Equality | Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2008 | Live Love Be | Vancouver, BC Canada |
| 2009 | Your Rights, Our Rights, Human Rights | St. Petersburg, FL USA |
| 2010 | One Heart, One World, One Pride | Long Beach, CA USA |
| 2011 | Pride Around the World | Brussels, Belgium |
| 2012 | Pride Links Us Together | Boston, MA, USA |
| 2013 | Pride 365 | Montreal, PQ, Canada |
| 2014 | Reflections of Pride – Stonewall 45 | Pittsburgh, PA, USA |
| 2015 | Color Our World with Pride | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 2016 | Solidarity Through Pride | Montpellier, France |
| 2017 | Viva la Vida | Indianapolis, IN, USA |
| 2018 | Remember the Past, Create the Future | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada |
WorldPride
WorldPride is a title awarded by InterPride to local prides that seek the title to promotes lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues on an international level through parades, festivals and other cultural activities. WorldPrides are held at least two years apart.[7]
| Date | Host city | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| July 2000 | Rome, Italy | Coincided with the Great Jubilee |
| August 2006 | Jerusalem, Israel | Took place after a year of delays. The scheduled parade was denied a permit owing to the 2006 Lebanon War.[8][9] |
| July 2012 | London, England, United Kingdom | |
| June 2014 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |
| June 2017 | Madrid, Spain | |
| June 2019 | New York City, New York, United States | On October 19, 2015, NYC Pride announced that the city would host WorldPride to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots[10] |
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "History". InterPride. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
- 1 2 3 Robinson, Charlotte (October 12, 2012). "InterPride 2012 Co-Chairs on Celebrating 30 Years of Global Pride". Huffington Post. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
- ↑ "Our Members". InterPride. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
- ↑ Houston, Andrea (October 8, 2013). "Xtra heads to Montreal for the InterPride conference". Daily Xtra. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
- ↑ "Scholarship". InterPride. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
- ↑ "Themes & Host Cities". InterPride. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
- ↑ "WorldPride". InterPride. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
- ↑ Buchanan, Wyatt. "Broad Opposition to World Pride in Jerusalem", The San Francisco Chronicle, July 26, 2006. Accessed August 5, 2007.
- ↑ "Jerusalem gay rights group delays WorldPride events due to Gaza withdrawal", The Advocate, May 17, 2005
- ↑ "New York City Will Host WorldPride 2019 To Celebrate 50th Anniversary Of Stonewall - Towleroad". Towleroad. Retrieved 2015-10-20.