By Melissa Meinzer, Pittsburgh City Paper
June 26, 2008
The weekend of June 21-22 saw the LGBT community's biggest march
yet, and a celebration of one of its major legislative triumphs of
recent years. It also featured another march, this one by feminist
activists seeking their own visibility and warning of complacency.
PrideWeek,
the Delta Foundation's new, expanded week of lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender pride festivities throughout the city, was capped off by a
march -- PrideMarch -- that saw thousands participate. In past years,
the march -- a single-day event -- had ended with festivities at the
North Shore Riverfront Park. This year, a section of Liberty Avenue was
closed both for PrideFest, Sunday afternoon's family-friendly events,
and Pride in the Streets, a kick-up-your-heels Saturday night party.
The
moment of PrideWeek which will have the most historical significance,
though, was Mayor Luke Ravenstahl signing ...more