Pride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹaɪd/
rhymes: -aɪd
Forms: form: Prides
Etymology: From gay pride, Gay Pride.
Senses: examples: text: The Penn. Council for Sexual Minorities and the Penn. Rural Gay Caucus have rescheduled their gay conference for April 7, 8 and 9. Pride '78 has been expanded following the snowstorm which postponed the conference in January. […] Groups, merchants, craftspeople and individuals interested in attending Pride '78 should call 717-697-3482 or 215-437-2642.
ref: 1978 March 18, “News Notes: Rescheduled Pride ’78”, in Harry Seng, editor, Gay Community News, volume 5, number 35, Boston, Mass.: GCN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 3:
text: We are encouraging students to participate in a provincial queer youth talent search. This is a yearlong campaign. The first show is on Oct. 16, and we are organizing a Pride Week Venue for our Finalists!
ref: 1999 September 13, Bonte Minnema, “Letters: SAC [Students Administrative Council]’s stinginess surfaces”, in Andrew Loung, editor, The Varsity: The University of Toronto’s Student Newspaper, volume 120, number 5, Toronto, Ont.: Varsity Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 5:
text: And I was goin' out to meet ya, well when I went out to meet you, I felt soooo exposed and such a minority. I never felt like that in Glasgow walkin' in the streets like that, going to Pride … There's much more of a celebration feeling or warmth, a warmth towards it. In Edinburgh I felt much more antagonist energy.
ref: 2001 July 2 (date spoken), Lynda Johnston, quoting Moira, “Bodies: Camped Up Performances”, in Queering Tourism: Paradoxical Performances at Gay Pride Parades (Routledge Studies in Human Geography; 11), London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, published 2005, →ISBN, page 37:
text: We've been pretty closeted until now. […] So you can imagine how I felt about going to Pride. But when Andrea said she wanted to go, I gave it [a] shot.
ref: 2005, David Campos, “Terms and Symbols Defined”, in Understanding Gay and Lesbian Youth: Lessons for Straight School Teachers, Counselors, and Administrators, Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Education, →ISBN, part 2 (Rainbow Flags, Stonewall Inn, and GLBT Persons: A Primer about the Gay and Lesbian Community), page 115:
text: Pride events are no longer confined to major cities […] Nor are Pride events limited to white, affluent LGBs who can afford high ticket prices: there are youth Prides in the UK, many events have retained their political origins and offer free entry, and Black Pride events are held in nine US cities[…].
ref: 2006, Julie Fish, “Conducting Research among LGB Communities”, in Heterosexism in Health and Social Care, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, N.Y.: Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, part I (Understanding Heterosexism in Health and Social Care), page 106:
text: It's Pride this weekend, Tom, and Brighton will be packed again. Remember that your first duty is ensuring community safety.
ref: 2012, Mark Peterson, chapter 8, in Flesh and Blood, London: Orion Books, →ISBN, page 171:
text: You ask about the parade where I was wearing a jump suit? Actually, it was a black wet suit with a red stripe. It was Pride Week and it was cold!
ref: 2013, Medb Ruane, quoting Ailbhe Smyth, “Interview with Ailbhe Smyth”, in Noreen Giffney, Margrit Shildrick, editors, Theory on the Edge: Irish Studies and the Politics of Sexual Difference (Breaking Feminist Waves), New York, N.Y.: Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 269:
text: The debates about representation, tone, and the gravity of Pride have persisted to the present day. But by 1975, after six years of growth, Pride was established as an annual parade with themes of public declaration of gay identity, unity among diverse people, celebration, and a continued demand for social change. Like the first events in 1970, the core of the Pride phenomenon was rooted in the actions of gays publicly showing themselves as they are and without apology.
ref: 2016, Katherine McFarland Bruce, “‘Unity in Diversity’: Pride Growth”, in Pride Parades: How a Parade Changed the World, New York, N.Y.: New York University Press, →ISBN, part I (Pride Then), page 92:
glosses: A festival or other event, usually involving a march or parade and organized annually within a city, to celebrate the experiences and identities of LGBTQ people and to promote their interests and rights.
glosses: A movement encouraging a positive approach to personal identity amongst LGBTQ people.
Related terms: Pride Day
pride flag
Pride Month
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