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April 13, 2008

Register now for June Seattle Out and Proud Pride Parade

Seattle celebrates Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender (LGBT) Pride with a variety of events throughout June, culminating in the annual Seattle Pride Parade. The Seattle Pride Parade will take place on Sunday, June 29, and 11:00 a.m. on 4th Avenue in the heart of downtown Seattle, which will bring in visitors from across Washington and elsewhere.

Seattle Out and Proud (SOaP) sponsors and produces the annual Seattle Pride Parade to commemorate three nights of civil unrest known as the Stonewall riots. These riots occurred in late June 1969 in response to official harassment by the New York and are considered the birth of the movement for equal rights and liberation for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender people. Many communities in the U.S. and around the world hold Pride celebrations in June in memory of Stonewall.

Applications to register for the parade are now online at https://register.seattlepride.org (there will be no printed applications). The interest to be in the parade is very high. Be sure to get you application in ASAP to get a spot in the world-famous parade! Be sure to review all the rules and regulations carefully before submitting your application. Please note the Seattle PrideR Parade Director has the right to remove any Parade participant for non-compliance with any of the rules stated. If you wish to enter the parade on your motorcycle as part of the Dykes on Bikes, you must follow specific instructions as registration is unique to this group of participants. Check out http://www.seattlepride.org/?&loc=parade&page=dykes_bikes.php for more info. See Register now for June Seattle Out and Proud Pride Parade

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