Pride
Week Kicks off on Friday, June 6th on City Hall Plaza at 12p.m.
What: Boston
Pride Kicks off Pride Week 2014 with its 20th annual Flag Raising Ceremony
on Friday, June 6th at noon. Sponsored by Mayor Martin J. Walsh, the
Flag Raising at City Hall is the first official event of Pride Week. This
year’s Pride Week theme is “Be Yourself, Change the World,” and
encourages the LGBT community to embrace what makes each individual unique and
to use those qualities to change the world for the better. The flag raising
will also recognize this year’s Grand Marshals: Governor Deval Patrick, Sisters
of Perpetual Indulgence and Honorary Marshal John Mitzel (deceased.) The
ceremony will also recognize the 45th anniversary of the Stonewall Inn
uprising in New York which was the catalyst for the LGBT rights movement.
The Flag
Raising Ceremony will include a brief speaking program followed by the raising
of the rainbow Pride flag over City Hall.
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Who: Mayor
Martin J. Walsh, Boston City Council, Boston Pride Committee,
Erica Kay Webster- participant in the Stonewall Inn uprising in New York
City 1969
NOTE: Boston
Pride Week 2014 will be held from Friday, June 6 through Sunday, June 15 with the
annual Boston Pride Parade on Saturday, June 14 starting at 11 a.m. from Copley
Square.
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About
Boston Pride
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produces events and activities to achieve inclusivity, equality, respect, and
awareness in Greater Boston and beyond. Fostering diversity, unity, visibility
and dignity, we educate, communicate and advocate by building and strengthening
community connections.
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