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CURACAU, a former Dutch colony, now in an independent country in the Dutch commonwealth, had plans for a first GAY pride march in Willemstad (the capital), unfortunatly the government of the small island decided the attendents could not bring FLAGS, PICTURES or BANNERS since that would be DANGEROUS (?) so the organizers helt the pride at the parkinglot of Hotel Floris...
source: GAYCURACAU
FIRST GAY PRIDE IN CURAÇAO: SEPTEMBER 25-29
Curaçao will celebrate its first full-fledged Pride this year with the launch of Curaçao Pride 2013 September 25-29. Organizer is Curaçao Gay Pro, an association of professional organizations and individuals working with or for the Curaçao and International sexually diverse (LGBT) communities. Curaçao Gay Pro (CGPro) is a joint enterprise of Floris Suite Hotel, The Curaçao Pink House/Pride Foundation (FOKO), The Gallery Lounge gay club, Pepper Katana and Williwood country pub and terrace. CGPro takes over the reins of the Curaçao Gay Plasa Organization, which since 2005 has been organizing a precursor event called Curaçao's Get Wet Festival, containing many pride elements.
The first Curaçao Pride will have a lot of celebrations, like a Masked Street Dance in downtown Willemstad, several theme parties, among them a White Party Curaçao Style, but also honoring of LGBT icons and allies, a movie marathon, spiritual celebrations, and as an extra this year, the first Caribbean Conference on Women and Sexual Diversity. Some activities will require registration, while others will be free. CGPro expects a considerable amount of visitors from the Caribbean, the USA and Canada, Latin America and Europe, contributing to Curaçao's tourism drive.
Curaçao Pride 2013 is part of CGPro's year program which runs till mid-2014. Other elements of this program are the first Caribbean Carnival Festival in February 2014, and a large All Caribbean Pride in May 2014, which will see an even larger attendance of visitors from abroad. Details of these events will be announced in the upcoming months. CGPro, is going to present Curaçao's Pride Program 2013-2014 to the International Pride Organization INTERPRIDE and the International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association IGLTA.
For Curaçao Gay Pro and its constituents, the launch of Curaçao Pride 2013 means a new phase after 18 years of uninterrupted struggle for recognition and acceptance of sexual diversity by society by the Curaçao Gay movements. It also shows that Curaçao is following the worldwide trend towards sexual equality and deserves the label of the most Gay-Friendly Island of the Caribbean.
UPDATE: the “Grand Street Dance of Masks / Dance 4 Love” has NOT been cancelled as some media report. It has been moved to the Pride City venue at Floris Suite Hotel.
According to NOS (Dutch National TV):
"This week the GAY pride came in the local news after a member of parlement of the party Pueblo Soberano (the party who formed the government), which is the party of the murdered politician Helmin Wiels, did a public call to the church leaers on the island to share their horror about homosexuality.
According to that member of parlement Curacau will have same bad luck as the people of Israel, when it would be allowed for GAYS to parade in the streets...
source :NOS
"Deze week kwam de Gay Pride lokaal in het nieuws nadat een parlementslid van de regerende Pueblo Soberano, de partij van de vermoorde politicus Helmin Wiels, openlijk een oproep deed aan de kerkleiders op het eiland om hun afschuw uit te spreken over homoseksualiteit.
Volgens de parlementariër wacht Curaçao eenzelfde lot als het volk van Israël, wanneer het homo's toestaat om openlijk te paraderen."
source: GAYCURACAU
FIRST GAY PRIDE IN CURAÇAO: SEPTEMBER 25-29
Curaçao will celebrate its first full-fledged Pride this year with the launch of Curaçao Pride 2013 September 25-29. Organizer is Curaçao Gay Pro, an association of professional organizations and individuals working with or for the Curaçao and International sexually diverse (LGBT) communities. Curaçao Gay Pro (CGPro) is a joint enterprise of Floris Suite Hotel, The Curaçao Pink House/Pride Foundation (FOKO), The Gallery Lounge gay club, Pepper Katana and Williwood country pub and terrace. CGPro takes over the reins of the Curaçao Gay Plasa Organization, which since 2005 has been organizing a precursor event called Curaçao's Get Wet Festival, containing many pride elements.
The first Curaçao Pride will have a lot of celebrations, like a Masked Street Dance in downtown Willemstad, several theme parties, among them a White Party Curaçao Style, but also honoring of LGBT icons and allies, a movie marathon, spiritual celebrations, and as an extra this year, the first Caribbean Conference on Women and Sexual Diversity. Some activities will require registration, while others will be free. CGPro expects a considerable amount of visitors from the Caribbean, the USA and Canada, Latin America and Europe, contributing to Curaçao's tourism drive.
Curaçao Pride 2013 is part of CGPro's year program which runs till mid-2014. Other elements of this program are the first Caribbean Carnival Festival in February 2014, and a large All Caribbean Pride in May 2014, which will see an even larger attendance of visitors from abroad. Details of these events will be announced in the upcoming months. CGPro, is going to present Curaçao's Pride Program 2013-2014 to the International Pride Organization INTERPRIDE and the International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association IGLTA.
For Curaçao Gay Pro and its constituents, the launch of Curaçao Pride 2013 means a new phase after 18 years of uninterrupted struggle for recognition and acceptance of sexual diversity by society by the Curaçao Gay movements. It also shows that Curaçao is following the worldwide trend towards sexual equality and deserves the label of the most Gay-Friendly Island of the Caribbean.
UPDATE: the “Grand Street Dance of Masks / Dance 4 Love” has NOT been cancelled as some media report. It has been moved to the Pride City venue at Floris Suite Hotel.
According to NOS (Dutch National TV):
"This week the GAY pride came in the local news after a member of parlement of the party Pueblo Soberano (the party who formed the government), which is the party of the murdered politician Helmin Wiels, did a public call to the church leaers on the island to share their horror about homosexuality.
According to that member of parlement Curacau will have same bad luck as the people of Israel, when it would be allowed for GAYS to parade in the streets...
source :NOS
"Deze week kwam de Gay Pride lokaal in het nieuws nadat een parlementslid van de regerende Pueblo Soberano, de partij van de vermoorde politicus Helmin Wiels, openlijk een oproep deed aan de kerkleiders op het eiland om hun afschuw uit te spreken over homoseksualiteit.
Volgens de parlementariër wacht Curaçao eenzelfde lot als het volk van Israël, wanneer het homo's toestaat om openlijk te paraderen."
