2006

Pride 2006

Photos of 2006 Pride

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Pride Parade

Photos of 2006 Pride Parade by wcolburn

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Window Displays

Photos of 2006 Window Display Contestants

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Yes, we need to clean our room. Sorry for the mess on this page, but we will have it cleaned up shortly.

The 2006 Window Display winners were:

First place: Image Makers

First Runner Up: Planned Parenthood

Second Runner Up: Peacecraft

Honorable Mention: Buffalo Exchange

Winners of the 2006 Logo Contest

Final Chains Logo Triangle Logo Both designs were drawn and submitted by Teresa Ewers of Graphics Bliss. Pride voters selected the Chains Logo as the winner (left) with the Triangle illustration as the pin design winner.

The Chains Logo doesn’t look exactly like the image our members originally voted on, as the Pride Board made a couple of minor revisions. Please see ourBoard Explanation that details why we changed the winning design.

Pride Collectable Cards

In honor of Albuquerque Pride’s 30th Anniversay, collectable Pride cards, each highlighting one of the last 30 years of Pride, will be produced and distributed during the year. You can collect the cards on their issue dates during the “30 Days to 30 Years” event from May 11 to June 9, coming by the Pride Office (Grand Opening Jan 14 from 12:00 – 3:00pm at 2610 San Mateo Ave, Suite C), here on our website, or during any Pride events starting in April. The cards are $1 donation and you will also be entered into a drawing for a grand prize that will be drawn on June 10 at Pridefest.

Barter Policy
Our goal is to ensure every group, organization and business has the chance to be a part of Pride in the way that helps build their group. We try to find a way to barter to reduce, supplement costs but help to defray the expenses of Pride. The following document contains some general guidelines when working with a group who needs to barter. These are just some of the things we’ve done but all creative ideas are welcome.

BarterPolicy.pdf [Adobe PDF file]
BarterPolicy.doc [MS Word document]

Thirty Days to Thirty Years

Beginning on May 11, 2006, Albuquerque Pride will be at events hosted by different community groups and businesses. This is called our “30 days to 30 years” where we celebrate the many aspects of our community and invite others to attend and check out just what’s out there in Albuquerque. At each event during the 30 days, you can come by and learn about GLBT and ally organizations and at the same time pick up your collector Pride card which will be issued at the event (one card will be produced for each of our 30 years will all the highlights of Pride history). You will also be able to find out about Pride or purchase other Pride merchandise. The “30 days to 30 years” calendar will list the event, location, contact information and the Pride Card year that will be issued. Get ready for an incredible year and see what else is going on in Albuquerque! If you have a date for an event and the year you would like to have issued at the event, contact ABQPride@aol.com to get on the calendar! There is no charge for the listing and ABQ Pride will not ask for any money at the event even if the group charges an admission price. We just need some space to sell our stuff and about 3 minutes during your program to make a Pride announcement and will advertise on our press releases and web site. Please fill out the form and submit it as soon as you can. Let us know if you have a date for an event and the year you would like to have issued at the event and we’ll get it on the calendar!

30 Days 30 Years Form

10% of Albuquerque…or Are We?
by Ruth Jimenez, Señora Press

Albuquerque Pride’s 30th anniversary in 2006 dovetails so nicely with Albuquerque’s 300th birthday that the Albuquerque Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, of which Albuquerque Pride is a member, has talked with Albuquerque Pride about making New Mexicans aware that while 30 years is 10% of 300 years, so also does the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered minority represent approximately 10% of the general population.

In keeping with this theme, when Albuquerque Pride designed their annual float for this year’s State Fair parade, they included signs proclaiming that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people are 10% of Albuquerque’s population. Pat Baillie, the female co-President of Pride stated that the theme of Albuquerque Pride’s float was ‘Hearts and Heritage’. “So much of our hearts have gone into Pride events for so many years in Albuquerque,” she said, “and we are part of our city. We have a heritage here.”

The Albuquerque Pride float entry has won prizes (winner in 2003, runner-up in 2004) in the non-profit division of the parade in both of the previous two years. But unlike in previous years, this year the colorful butterfly-strewn float was proudly and clearly identified as gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered, instead of simply with signs saying ‘GLBT’ and ‘Albuquerque Pride’.

“We’re not ‘GIBLETS’ anymore,” said male Pride co-president P.J. Sedillo. “We are gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered and this is who we are.”

Yet the change in signage occasioned a far more negative reaction from the crowds of watchers lining the parade route than in previous years. There were many moments of booing and hissing, as well as silence or the negative shaking of peoples’ heads in reaction to the float. “It was like a coming out moment. It was like our Stonewall,” Sedillo said.

Sedillo and 12 other people, including some individuals dressed in leather or drag, walked with or rode on the float. “Thirty years ago at our first Albuquerque Pride, 25 walkers boldly marched down the street in a parade, celebrating the right to live and love as we choose. Today, 13 people walked with the float and we still had to deal with boos and a lack of acceptance on the part of the larger community. It’s disheartening,” said Sedillo.

“It was hard,” commented Tyler, one of the float riders, “but we have to do it and I believe the signs on the float need to say who we are. People need to know that, despite the changing political climate, we are not going to go away.”

P.J. Sedillo said that one of the most uplifting moments of the parade was when, listening to the truck radio, he heard the song ‘We Are Family’ come on the air. It made him remember why he was there. “We need to be here,” he said. “We’re part of your family. And gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people are part of everyone’s family.”

So, Albuquerque, listen up. We’re part of your family. We’re 10% of you. And we’re not going away.

Albuquerque Pride 2006 Logo Contest “Pride, Not Prejudice — Albuquerque Pride’s 30th Year” This is the contest for the yearly event logo which represents the Pride theme for 2006 – Pride, Not Prejudice. Since it is also the 30th Anniversary of Albuquerque Pride we want to include “Albuquerque Pride’s 30th Year!” Click on a logo to view a larger image. Please, just one vote per person.
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