June 6, 2008
This weekend Downtown will be host to a flurry of events. Visit the Sun City Pride website, linked below, for the full schedule.
A parade starts tomorrow morning at 10:30 a.m. at Houston Park, at Montana and St. Vrain.
A brief explanation of the four-day event, from Pifas Silva, the volunteer spokesman for Pride Weekend:
"This is first time El Paso Sun City Pride put on the event. In years past there have been parades, clubs that did events, a special night, but there had never been a four-day festival.
"There were block parties at local gay clubs. ... This was really kicking open the door and saying we're going to do this big and put on a gay pride festival that really compares to cities in our 300-mile radius.
"We've got a huge gay community and a huge gay supporting community and we really need to offer them a festival, during Gay Pride Month nationally. El Pasoans are finally stepping up and saying we're here, we're in all kinds of professions in this city, in all levels."