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Pageant launches Honolulu Pride fest | The Honolulu Advertiser | Hawaii's Newspaper
Posted on: Friday, June 13, 2008

Pageant launches Honolulu Pride fest

By Wayne Harada
Advertiser Staff Writer

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The Honolulu Pride Festival — a three-day event sponsored by the newly formed Honolulu Pride Festival Foundation to celebrate gay pride and promote a sense of community — will get under way June 26.

The festival will be launched with a Mr., Miss, Ms. Gay Pride competition, at 6 p.m. June 26, at Fusion Waikiki. The winners vying for the titles will be determined by the highest amount of donations amassed between June 2 and 26, with proceeds benefiting Save the Foodbasket and the Pride Festival.

Other key events:

  • The Ohana Gathering, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. June 27, at McCoy Pavilion, Ala Moana Park. A lu'au-style backyard barbecue dinner will be served, with entertainment.

  • The Annual LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer) Pride Parade, at 9 a.m. June 28, from Magic Island, proceeding on Ala Moana to Kalakaua, concluding at Kapi'olani Park. All diverse elements of the gay community will participate; with floats, marching bands and organizations.

  • The Annual LGBTQ Pride Festival, at 11:30 a.m. June 28, at McCoy Pavilion, Ala Moana Park. A post-parade celebration, with food and beverage vendors, entertainment, contests, arts and crafts.

    Patrick J. Miller is board chairman of the Honolulu Pride Festival Foundation.

    Reach Wayne Harada at wharada@honoluluadvertiser.com.

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