Comments on: NO NYC Pride. Do You Care? http://kenyonfarrow.com/2007/05/12/no-nyc-pride-do-you-care/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:08:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: World Travelers http://kenyonfarrow.com/2007/05/12/no-nyc-pride-do-you-care/#comment-348 World Travelers Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:20:57 +0000 http://kenyonfarrow.wordpress.com/2007/05/12/no-nyc-pride-do-you-care/#comment-348 I think it is a pity that NYC of all places can't get its sheet together. I have gone to Toronto, San Fransisco and other places for many years and decided to go to NYC this year. WHAT A MISTAKE! SHAME ON YOU! I GUESS IT'S BACK TO TORONTO NEXT YEAR! I think it is a pity that NYC of all places can’t get its sheet together. I have gone to Toronto, San Fransisco and other places for many years and decided to go to NYC this year.
WHAT A MISTAKE!
SHAME ON YOU!
I GUESS IT’S BACK TO TORONTO NEXT YEAR!

]]> By: Robert http://kenyonfarrow.com/2007/05/12/no-nyc-pride-do-you-care/#comment-347 Robert Fri, 01 Jun 2007 18:16:47 +0000 http://kenyonfarrow.wordpress.com/2007/05/12/no-nyc-pride-do-you-care/#comment-347 Honestly I think they should move PRIDEFEST to a Saturday night before the parade, & the dance on the pier this would leave romm for room for the peeps to move around & not worry if someone is going to die that day because if EMS can't get through. MOVE THE PEOPLE!!!! move the parade south, the fest north & that will give people to stretch they're legs from standing in 1 spot for 5 hours! COME ON GUYS GET WITH THE PROGRAM! Honestly I think they should move PRIDEFEST to a Saturday night before the parade, & the dance on the pier this would leave romm for room for the peeps to move around & not worry if someone is going to die that day because if EMS can’t get through.
MOVE THE PEOPLE!!!! move the parade south, the fest north & that will give people to stretch they’re legs from standing in 1 spot for 5 hours!
COME ON GUYS GET WITH THE PROGRAM!

]]> By: NYC PRIDE Update: The Parade and Pier Party are On! « Kenyon Farrow http://kenyonfarrow.com/2007/05/12/no-nyc-pride-do-you-care/#comment-346 NYC PRIDE Update: The Parade and Pier Party are On! « Kenyon Farrow Wed, 30 May 2007 13:47:42 +0000 http://kenyonfarrow.wordpress.com/2007/05/12/no-nyc-pride-do-you-care/#comment-346 [...] 30th, 2007 · No Comments So a few weeks ago I jumped on a story that NYC PRIDE, as organized by Heritage of Pride, Inc., was cancelled. I was wrong. Someone from [...] [...] 30th, 2007 · No Comments So a few weeks ago I jumped on a story that NYC PRIDE, as organized by Heritage of Pride, Inc., was cancelled. I was wrong. Someone from [...]

]]> By: Dennis http://kenyonfarrow.com/2007/05/12/no-nyc-pride-do-you-care/#comment-345 Dennis Fri, 18 May 2007 19:56:13 +0000 http://kenyonfarrow.wordpress.com/2007/05/12/no-nyc-pride-do-you-care/#comment-345 To clarify, NYC Pride WILL be proceed as planned!!! It is the street festival that has been cancelled. Nathaniel, while I completely understand your frustration...it is out of place. The people who volunteer at HOP do so because they believe in the importance of celebrating the LGBT community. Making Pride happen takes allot of work. We decided to do this because we refuse to be told what to do by the city, when it is obvious that the city is more than capable of supplying the services it says it can not on Saturday June 23rd. We are standing up for ourselves, our events, and our community. Also, let me say that the two benefits events we have, The Pier Dances, are the reason why there are Pride Events. Without them: No Pride. The March, Rally, and the Pridefest events have ALWAYS BEEN FREE. Should anyone like to find out how they can help us, please visit our website: hopinc.org To clarify, NYC Pride WILL be proceed as planned!!! It is the street festival that has been cancelled.
Nathaniel, while I completely understand your frustration…it is out of place. The people who volunteer at HOP do so because they believe in the importance of celebrating the LGBT community. Making Pride happen takes allot of work. We decided to do this because we refuse to be told what to do by the city, when it is obvious that the city is more than capable of supplying the services it says it can not on Saturday June 23rd. We are standing up for ourselves, our events, and our community.

Also, let me say that the two benefits events we have, The Pier Dances, are the reason why there are Pride Events. Without them: No Pride.
The March, Rally, and the Pridefest events have ALWAYS BEEN FREE.

Should anyone like to find out how they can help us, please visit our website: hopinc.org

]]> By: Nathaniel Siegel http://kenyonfarrow.com/2007/05/12/no-nyc-pride-do-you-care/#comment-344 Nathaniel Siegel Thu, 17 May 2007 07:13:03 +0000 http://kenyonfarrow.wordpress.com/2007/05/12/no-nyc-pride-do-you-care/#comment-344 PRIDEfest the free street fair was cancelled by the 14 members of Heritage of Pride who voted to cancel the event, when given the option and a permit from the city for PRIDEfest to happen in the West Village on June 24th the day of the 38th annual LGBT Pride Parade. Please be aware of that fact. The potholes have been filled in on Washington Street and Christopher Street as of today Wednesday May 16th 2007. Please be aware of that fact. One of the many numerous community outreach programs that is offerred at PRIDEfest is free HIV, AIDS and STD testing and screening. Testing everyone and knowing your status SAVES LIVES. So the free street fair is important, as important as any of the PAY events. In terms of a lack of interest I do not believe that that is a true statement. There are many individuals, community groups, business', artists, performers, and food and beverage vendors, prepared to help out and make PRIDEfest a success. I also do not believe that any person or business in Chelsea prepared to do an event on 8th Avenue would make a personal or business decision to not participate at a larger event in the West Village. LGBT Pride Parade and the PRIDEfest free street fair is not stuck in the village, the west village is where the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered young men and women resisted the police harrassment at the Stonewall Bar. The West Village is the appropriate and historical location for this event. How is it that Heritage of Pride has chosen to cancel the only event that is FREE on that day and is focussed on producing the dances which are for 18+ only and cost $45 ? Does that sound inclusive of everyone to you ? Heritage of Pride has a responsibility to produce PRIDEfest, if they need the community's help to put the street fair together then Heritage of Pride only needs to ask. We are ready willing and able to help make PRIDEfest a safe and exciting and fun and health educational event ! To do nothing on that day is UNACCEPTABLE ! I find it unconscionable to reach out to the LGBT Community to help out for "select pay events" and not provide a free event for those same people. If you quickly compare what cities like Boston, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, San francisco and Atlanta offer their residents in terms of a free festival you will see this can be done. Remember New York City is a world class city and we throw parties for other groups all the time. How many LGBT individuals worked on the Tribeca Film Festiva ? And Heritage of Pride is saying that they can't find community support for one afternoon that comes every year at the same time in June to make a free street fair for the entire LGBT community. I choose to belive that many of us are prepared to make PRIDEfest a success. The City of New York and the Department of Transportation fixed the potholes in 24 hours. WE along with Heritage of Pride have 38 days to create a street fair for ourselves: can we do it ? YES WE CAN ! PS: there's always Hudson Avenue between Chritopher Street and Bank street: the same width as Eighth Avenue, a slightly shorter length, with a playground The Bleecker Public Playground at Hudson Street and West 11th for parents with children and an adjacent shade area with benches and trees for seniors. Hudson is freshly paved and should be accessible to all. Send the floats South then, and let the people go North. Happy NYC GLBT Pride ! PRIDEfest the free street fair was cancelled by the 14 members of Heritage of Pride who voted to cancel the event, when given the option and a permit from the city for PRIDEfest to happen in the West Village on June 24th the day of the 38th annual LGBT Pride Parade.
Please be aware of that fact.
The potholes have been filled in on Washington Street and Christopher Street as of today Wednesday May 16th 2007.
Please be aware of that fact.
One of the many numerous community outreach programs that is offerred at PRIDEfest is free HIV, AIDS and STD testing and screening. Testing everyone and knowing your status SAVES LIVES.
So the free street fair is important, as important as any of the PAY events.
In terms of a lack of interest I do not believe that that is a true statement. There are many individuals, community groups, business’, artists, performers, and food and beverage vendors, prepared to help out and make PRIDEfest a success.
I also do not believe that any person or business in Chelsea prepared to do an event on 8th Avenue would make a personal or business decision to not participate at a larger event in the West Village.
LGBT Pride Parade and the PRIDEfest free street fair is not stuck in the village, the west village is where the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered young men and women resisted the police harrassment at the Stonewall Bar.
The West Village is the appropriate and historical location for this event.
How is it that Heritage of Pride has chosen to cancel the only event that is FREE on that day and is focussed on producing the dances which are for 18+ only and cost $45 ? Does that sound inclusive of everyone to you ? Heritage of Pride has a responsibility to produce PRIDEfest, if they need the community’s help to put the street fair together then Heritage of Pride only needs to ask.
We are ready willing and able to help make PRIDEfest a safe and exciting and fun and health educational event !

To do nothing on that day is UNACCEPTABLE !
I find it unconscionable to reach out to the LGBT Community to help out for “select pay events” and not provide a free event for those same people. If you quickly compare what cities like Boston, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, San francisco and Atlanta offer their residents in terms of a free festival you will see this can be done. Remember New York City is a world class city and we throw parties for other groups all the time. How many LGBT individuals worked on the Tribeca Film Festiva ? And Heritage of Pride is saying that they can’t find community support for one afternoon that comes every year at the same time in June to make a free street fair for the entire LGBT community.
I choose to belive that many of us are prepared to make PRIDEfest a success. The City of New York and the Department of Transportation fixed the potholes in 24 hours. WE along with Heritage of Pride have 38 days to create a street fair for ourselves: can we do it ? YES WE CAN !

PS: there’s always Hudson Avenue between Chritopher Street and Bank street: the same width as Eighth Avenue, a slightly shorter length, with a playground The Bleecker Public Playground at Hudson Street and West 11th for parents with children and an adjacent shade area with benches and trees for seniors. Hudson is freshly paved and should be accessible to all.
Send the floats South then, and let the people go North.
Happy NYC GLBT Pride !

]]> By: Kenyon Farrow http://kenyonfarrow.com/2007/05/12/no-nyc-pride-do-you-care/#comment-343 Kenyon Farrow Tue, 15 May 2007 22:17:59 +0000 http://kenyonfarrow.wordpress.com/2007/05/12/no-nyc-pride-do-you-care/#comment-343 Thanks Brian for posting the clarification! Thanks Brian for posting the clarification!

]]> By: Brian O'Dell http://kenyonfarrow.com/2007/05/12/no-nyc-pride-do-you-care/#comment-342 Brian O'Dell Tue, 15 May 2007 13:13:35 +0000 http://kenyonfarrow.wordpress.com/2007/05/12/no-nyc-pride-do-you-care/#comment-342 Dear Kenyon, First I appreciate your posting information about the Mayor's Office Permit Denial (2 months before) our 15th Annual PRIDEfest was to happen in Chelsea. While I understand how the issue of race has entered the PF conversation, it should be noted that no time when our multi-racial committee of women and men talked about moving the event did the issue of race enter our conversations. PF was being moved because Washington Streets and those Village streets are TOO SMALL for 300,000 to 500,000 people to be on the same Sunday afternoon... nor is that site accessible to the disabled, seniors or parents with small children. Do white gay boys go to Chelsea? Yeah, but so do many other folks of all races, ages, sexual orientations and of both sexes. It would be a beautiful, spacious location which would have been SAFE and comfortable for all. It is clear to HOP that the City doensn't give a damn about public safety for LGBT people because they had/have NO answer to local police concerns (local police who support the LGBT community, btw) raised about stumbling/falling of attendees, accidents and fire incidents, and the death of volunteer last year (heart attack) and the length of time it took EMS to arrive through the crowds. Keeping us stuck in the Village to me is both an anti-LGBT and anti-Minority decision by the City. Dear Kenyon,

First I appreciate your posting information about the Mayor’s Office Permit Denial (2 months before) our 15th Annual PRIDEfest was to happen in Chelsea. While I understand how the issue of race has entered the PF conversation, it should be noted that no time when our multi-racial committee of women and men talked about moving the event did the issue of race enter our conversations. PF was being moved because Washington Streets and those Village streets are TOO SMALL for 300,000 to 500,000 people to be on the same Sunday afternoon… nor is that site accessible to the disabled, seniors or parents with small children. Do white gay boys go to Chelsea? Yeah, but so do many other folks of all races, ages, sexual orientations and of both sexes. It would be a beautiful, spacious location which would have been SAFE and comfortable for all. It is clear to HOP that the City doensn’t give a damn about public safety for LGBT people because they had/have NO answer to local police concerns (local police who support the LGBT community, btw) raised about stumbling/falling of attendees, accidents and fire incidents, and the death of volunteer last year (heart attack) and the length of time it took EMS to arrive through the crowds. Keeping us stuck in the Village to me is both an anti-LGBT and anti-Minority decision by the City.

]]> By: Kenyon Farrow http://kenyonfarrow.com/2007/05/12/no-nyc-pride-do-you-care/#comment-341 Kenyon Farrow Tue, 15 May 2007 00:08:36 +0000 http://kenyonfarrow.wordpress.com/2007/05/12/no-nyc-pride-do-you-care/#comment-341 I totally agree! I totally agree!

]]> By: queerkidofcolor http://kenyonfarrow.com/2007/05/12/no-nyc-pride-do-you-care/#comment-340 queerkidofcolor Tue, 15 May 2007 00:03:01 +0000 http://kenyonfarrow.wordpress.com/2007/05/12/no-nyc-pride-do-you-care/#comment-340 Kenyon, There are more things to worry about than us celebrating pride. Hence, the young man that die last week. Who paid attention? We can live without a pride...we can live with men not shakin their buttocks marching down Greenwich...who cares... Kenyon,

There are more things to worry about than us celebrating pride.

Hence, the young man that die last week. Who paid attention?

We can live without a pride…we can live with men not shakin their buttocks marching down Greenwich…who cares…

]]> By: Kenyon Farrow http://kenyonfarrow.com/2007/05/12/no-nyc-pride-do-you-care/#comment-339 Kenyon Farrow Mon, 14 May 2007 16:35:15 +0000 http://kenyonfarrow.wordpress.com/2007/05/12/no-nyc-pride-do-you-care/#comment-339 could you be a little more specific, QKOC? could you be a little more specific, QKOC?

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