Albuquerque Pride http://abqpride.com Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:14:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Red Carpet Glitz—The Q’s OUTstanding http://abqpride.com/2012/01/24/red-carpet-glitz%e2%80%94the-qs-outstanding/ http://abqpride.com/2012/01/24/red-carpet-glitz%e2%80%94the-qs-outstanding/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:48:43 +0000 MHaynes http://abqpride.com/?p=2846 Come celebrate the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community members, business partners and allies in Albuquerque!

 

Roll out the red carpet and prepare to celebrate the LGBTIQ’s OUTstanding! Albuquerque Pride, Inc. and the Weekly Alibi are seeking nominations for the best people, business and organizations in our community! CLICK HERE for more information on nominations, voting and tickets!

 

 

]]> http://abqpride.com/2012/01/24/red-carpet-glitz%e2%80%94the-qs-outstanding/feed/ 0 2012 PrideFest – June 30th http://abqpride.com/2012/01/24/2012-pridefest-%e2%80%93-june-30th/ http://abqpride.com/2012/01/24/2012-pridefest-%e2%80%93-june-30th/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:49:40 +0000 MHaynes http://abqpride.com/?p=2830 Dear Community Members, Allies and Business Partners:

My name is Miranda Haynes and I am the Vice President of Public Relations for Albuquerque Pride, Inc. I would like to take a moment to clear up any confusion regarding the date change to June 30th for PrideFest 2012.

Our community has asked us to bring a bigger, brighter and more entertaining pride celebration to Albuquerque and we listened! When making our decision we considered 1) a date change, 2) a venue change, and 3) both a date and venue change.  We determined that a date change in 2012 would give us the opportunity to meet the needs of our community while maintaining a safe venue to grow our pride event.

The Board of Albuquerque Pride has spent many hours, days and weeks researching events throughout New Mexico and the bordering states; including contacting other event coordinators, identifying event dates, finding new and innovative elements to bring to PrideFest, and  identifying the impacts that the change may have on our community and businesses. It was important to make a change that would also promote other pride events throughout New Mexico and the surrounding states.  The date change makes it possible for you to participate in PrideFest 2012 as well as other large events such as Mudd Volleyball and Hoop It Up.  With this added exposure we can appeal to a broader audience; reaching out to more people, non-profit organizations and businesses.  We are excited for the new and great changes in store for PrideFest 2012 on June 30th!

The date change to June 30th will make it possible to expand PrideFest 2012 to Villa Hispania at Expo New Mexico; this was not an option with other dates in June which also added to our decision for the date change. A bigger event will meet the needs of our growing LGBTIQ community in Albuquerque. The extended space at Expo NM will also allow for a more diverse community event.

We are working with the other eight pride events in New Mexico to create “Pride Links Us Together”. With this effort, the pride organizations will come together to create a pride tour date tee-shirt. All New Mexico’s pride events will be listed on the back of the shirt and each pride event will create a unique logo on the front with the theme “Pride Links Us Together”. Starting in the month of March Albuquerque Pride will be involved in events that will allow us to promote our events with advertising, flyers, and tee-shirt sales.

These events include the following:

  • OUTstanding Awards (Mar 31)
  • Phoenix PrideFest (Apr 21-22)
  • HIV/AIDS Walk (Apr 28)
  • Albuquerque Gay Day at Cliffs Amusement Park (Jun 2)
  • Los Ranchos de Albuquerque Pride (Jun 3)
  • El Paso Sun City Pride (Jun 6-10 tentative)
  • Mudd Volleyball (Jun 9)
  • Hoop It Up! at Civic Plaza (Jun 9)
  • Albuquerque Pride Comedy Showcase (Jun 9 tentative)
  • Socorro Pride (Jun 15-16 tentative)
  • Southern NM Pride in Las Cruces (Jun 16)
  • Denver Pride (Jun 16-17)
  • Santa Fe Pride (Events starting on Jun 16 to Jun 23 tentative)
  • Four Corners Pride Festival for Farmington (Jun 23 tentative)

We appreciate your support in our decision and want to make it clear that PrideFest will be held at Expo New Mexico (State Fairgrounds) on June 30th, 2012. We are currently working at creating marketing campaigns to get the news out regarding the date change and appreciate our community spreading the word as well. These campaigns will include the use of our website, Facebook and other social networking sites, television and radio spots, print and billboard ads, bus wraps and event announcements. We recently posted the date change on Facebook and have received many thanks, support and appreciation from the community; this speaks volumes to us.

Our theme for 2012 – “Pride links us together” shows that we are committed to building bridges throughout our community for both our LGBTIQ partners and our allies. We can show everyone how strong we truly are as an LGBTIQ community and look forward to some exciting ideas in collaboration with the Santa Fe Pride Board.

We welcome communication and dialogue. Our monthly board meetings are public and allow for a public forum. The dates are on our website calendar (second Wednesday of the month at 6:30 PM). Further, we respond to emails, Facebook messages and posts and have our PrideLine at 873-8084. You may also contact the executive board at executive@abqpride.com or myself directly at miranda.haynes@abqpride.com.

Thank you for your feedback, kind words and concerns. We are truly trying act progressively to enhance our community needs. We look forward to celebrating our community with all of you June 30, 2012!

Sincerely,

Miranda Haynes

Vice President, Public Relations

Albuquerque Pride, Inc.

miranda.haynes@abqpride.com

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Albuquerque Pride proudly recognizes and thanks One Up Janitorial business for donating cleaning services for Albuquerque Pride for our upcoming Holiday Party and Art Gallery Premiere December 16th at 7PM at our offices (upstairs from Effex Albuquerque). One Up Janitorial is a LGBT friendly business and provides many different cleaning services. Their website: www.OneUpJanitorial.com and business phone is 505-720-5710. Please contact them for all your commercial and residential cleaning needs!

]]> http://abqpride.com/2011/12/05/2616/feed/ 0 Albuquerque Pride Logo Contest http://abqpride.com/2011/12/04/albuquerque-pride-logo-contest/ http://abqpride.com/2011/12/04/albuquerque-pride-logo-contest/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 05:26:38 +0000 MHaynes http://abqpride.com/?p=2609 Put your creativity in gear and design a new logo for Albuquerque Pride! Your design will be a part of Albuquerque Pride’s history and continue to be a part of our future. The winning logo will be voted by the public on December 16th at 8:00 p.m. during our Holiday Open… House and Art Gallery Premier at the Albuquerque Pride main office (upstairs from Effex Night Club downtown).The winner will receive VIP status to all 2012 Albuquerque Pride events. This VIP status will give the winner and one guest free access to the OUTstanding Awards, PrideFest, Comedy Show, NM Pride Pageant and other upcoming 2012 events. Also, the winner will share their Albuquerque Pride logo story on our website and become a part of our About page.Click here to submit your logo idea: http://bit.ly/sGK1i8

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Albuquerque Pride will host these amazing classes with our experience instructor, John Patrick Nieto.  John has over forty years of experience that will give you AWARENESS, CONTROL ANDTRAINING.  Throughout these classes you will gain self-esteem, encouragement, inspiration and confidence.  So come be a part of a community coming together in pride at the Albuquerque Pride Office on 420 Central Ave SW (map).

 

Introductory Schedule

Mondays, 6:00-7:00 pm; 7:00-8:00 pm
Wednesdays, 6:00-7:00 pm; 7:00-8:00 pm
Fridays, 11:30-12:30 pm
Sundays, 2:00-3:00 am; 3:00-4:00 pm

 

For more information contact Albuquerque Pride at 873-8084 or at info@abqpride.com.

]]> http://abqpride.com/2011/11/07/act-classes/feed/ 0 Pageant Tickets On Sale! http://abqpride.com/2011/10/23/2012-pageant/ http://abqpride.com/2011/10/23/2012-pageant/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 04:00:13 +0000 Neil Macernie http://abqpride.com/?p=2490 2012 NM Pride Pageant
Saturday, November 5th
at 7:00 PM

Sandia Prep Performing Arts Theater


Come support our youth and adult contestants as they compete for the titles of Miss, Ms., MsTer and Mr. New Mexico Pride. Experience the fun and excitement as each contestant competes in Clubwear, On-stage Platform Overview, Talent, Formal Evening Wear, and On-stage Interview. Plus, we will have featured entertainers to complete this very special night!

]]> http://abqpride.com/2011/10/23/2012-pageant/feed/ 0 Day of Gayhem at the Manor of Mayhem http://abqpride.com/2011/10/15/gayhem/ http://abqpride.com/2011/10/15/gayhem/#comments Sat, 15 Oct 2011 14:00:01 +0000 Neil Macernie http://abqpride.com/?p=2532 Come out and join Albuquerque Pride’s Executive Board at…

Manor of Mayhem

Haunted House for the LGBT Night of Fear!

Sunday, October 23 · 6:00pm – 10:00pm
Cottonwood Mall
10000 Coors Bypass NW (map)

Visit them on the web at…

Facebook or Web Site

Go to Albuquerque Pride’s “Like” page and like the Manor of Mayhem post for your chance to win free tickets for this event!

Hope to see you there!

]]> http://abqpride.com/2011/10/15/gayhem/feed/ 0 National Coming Out Day (Oct 11) http://abqpride.com/2011/10/10/national-coming-out-day-oct-11/ http://abqpride.com/2011/10/10/national-coming-out-day-oct-11/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:15:32 +0000 Neil Macernie http://abqpride.com/?p=2511 Join NM GetEQUAL, elected officials, National & Local Advocates, and others for National Coming Out Day 2011!

When: Tuesday, October 11th, 2011 @ 7:30PM
Where: Morningside Park (map)

We continue to see a rise in bullying in our public school system, youth being terrorized for coming out of “the closet” and more awareness being brought to teen suicides. As a community we can not forget this historic day “National Coming Out Day.” We are seeing many strides, we are coming together, yet so much more needs to be done.

Even here in Albuquerque and all of New Mexico people are afraid to be who they are. Let’s once again come together and show the state, that New Mexico has not and will not forget this amazing community!

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