Pride 2008's Theme is... HEROES: Standing Out

hero, n. champion, paladin, knight, conqueror, victor, person of courage, dauntless soldier, intrepid warrior, luminary, dignitary, person of note or consequence, superstar, model, exemplar, shining example, paragon...

A hero is no braver than an ordinary person, but is braver five minutes longer.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

A hero is someone who rises above their own human weaknesses, for an hour, a day, a year, to do something stirring.
-Betty Deramus

True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic.
It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.
-Arthur Ashe

This year we celebrate the hero... the hero in all of us. We celebrate the everyday hero and the extraordinary hero.
We celebrate the young hero and the old hero. We celebrate the gay hero, the lesbian hero, the bisexual hero,
the transgender hero and the straight ally hero.

Whether you made your mark by saving a family from a burning building or by coming out in your classroom,
we celebrate and cherish you. You walked hand in hand with an elite group who were

standing up

standing in

Standing Out!

Before we get to Pride weekend, please join us for two very special fundraisers. On Saturday, May 10th, at Mohawk Place Pride Buffalo presents:

Sabrina Matthews

And on Saturday, May 17 please join us at Miss Kitty's for another Pride Buffalo fundraiser. And now .. the event you've all been waiting for ..... PRIDE WEEKEND 2008 !!!! Saturday, June 7, 2008 Seventh Annual Dyke March and Rally Line-up at 7:15 pm, Step-off at 7:30 pm The New Bank of America @ 495 Elmwood Avenue (near W. Utica) Anyone and everyone please come out to celebrate and support the fantastic womyn in our community. These are your mothers, sisters, daughters, lovers and friends. March with them up Elmwood Avenue to Bidwell Parkway where we will boogie woogie woogie til we just can't boogie no more. Celebration includes singer/songwriters Bitch and Ferron, DJ and dancing and a cash bar. Sunday, June 8, 2008 The GLBT Pride Parade and Celebration 2008 Grand Marshal is ... to be announced Main Stage Bidwell Parkway 2:00 - 6:30 pm Hosted by... to be announced Featured Performers Gregory Douglass Comedian Richard Ryder Bitch and Ferron And others to be announced