Mainland China’s 1st Gay Pride held in Shanghai June 7-14th
ShanghaiPRIDE 2009 is a week of events in celebration of Shanghai’s fast growing lesbian, gay, bisexual, or trans-gendered (LGBT) community, which benefits ChiHeng Foundation’s China AIDS Orphan Charity.
The celebration is the 1st LGBT pride event in mainland China, a proud moment for the approximately 200,000 lesbian, gay, bisexual, or trans-gendered (LGBT) residents in Shanghai. This weeklong celebration will take place from Sunday, June 7th to Sunday, June 14th, highlighted with PRIDE DAY on Saturday, June 13th.
ShanghaiPRIDE 2009 is organized by Shanghai LGBT, a non-profit English-speaking expatriate group with more than 1000 members. We are relying on the energy of volunteers and the generosity of sponsors to make this enormous event happen.
Here is a brief schedule of events and activities from June 7-14th, 2009:
Sunday - Opening Film ‘Queer China’ and Dinner @ Vargas Grill
Monday - Panel Discussion: Evolution of Gay Shanghai @ Kathleen 5
Tuesday - Open Mic Literary Hour @ Frangipani
Wednesday - Film Screening by Zhu Ziye @ Kathleen 5
Thursday - Wine Buffet @ Tale of 4 Cities
Friday - “The Laramie Project” @ Barefoot Portraits Studio
Saturday - PRIDE DAY @ Cotton’s 2 on Xinhua Rd
Hot Body Contest, LGBT Choir Performance, Chinese Opera, Gay Bar Competition, Games, Fashion Show, Drag Performance, Gay Wedding Ceremony
AFTERPARTY @ Glamour Bar
Sunday - Sports Competitions by Rainbow League
We hope you can attend the Shanghai Pride events from June 7-14. For more information, please view our website at www.shanghaipride.com. If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact me at (86) 13661447735 or email us at shanghaipride@gmail.com.
Thank you and we look forward to hearing from you.
Tiffany Lemay
(86) 13661447735
Organizer of ShanghaiPRIDE 2009
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