Motor City Pride




		ABOUT MOTOR CITY PRIDE Motor City Pride is a volunteer-driven event celebrating the lives of Michigan’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender citizens. A weekend packed with multiple events including a family picnic, a film night and a “Pride Idol” competition, Motor City Pride culminates in the largest one day event held on the streets of metro Detroit’s fashionable Ferndale. Downtown Ferndale is an excellent host location for Motor City Pride, with its easy access via major freeways and bus routes. Located in the area’s wealthiest and most heavily populated county (Oakland), the city borders Wayne County and the city of Detroit to its south, with Macomb County to its east. All of our area’s citizens can and do make downtown Ferndale their kick-off to Detroit’s summer festival season on June’s first Sunday every year! A summer street festival has open-ended appeal. There’s something truly energizing, exciting and empowering about holding Motor City Pride in a location where people work, shop and live. Holding a Pride event “on the streets” versus a contained arena solidifies the notion of LGBT people as active parts of the larger community. Additionally, it shows the strength, vitality and unity of our community within the collective fabric of Southeastern Michigan. Be part of Motor City Pride 2008 as we celebrate our biggest festival yet! Motor City 2008 – Live, Love, BE. ABOUT TRIANGLE FOUNDATION Triangle Foundation is Michigan’s statewide organization serving the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender (GLBT) and allied communities. Motor City Pride is an important part of building bridges in the larger community and advancing the mission of Triangle Foundation to promote equality and to secure freedom from violence, intimidation and discrimination for GLBT persons throughout Michigan. Through Motor City Pride and other community events, Triangle Foundation continues working toward our vision of a society characterized by a strong commitment to universal civil rights; safe communities, workplaces and schools; stable families and self-reliant GLBT individuals. Below are links to past Pride websites: 2007 Motor City Pride 2006 Motor City Pride 2005 Motor City Pride ©2008 Motor City Pride, All Rights Reserved.