NEW DATE SET:

Pride Guide® Tucson’s 2^nd Annual LGBT Open-Minded Wedding Expo

Date Has Moved from Sunday, June 26, 2016 to Sunday, September 25, 2016

11:30am to 4:00pm

JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort & Spa

3800 W Starr Pass Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85745

OpenMindedExpo.com

June 17, 2016 – Due to the tragic event that unfolded in the early morning hours of June 12th at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, the Pride Guide® Tucson’s Open-Minded Wedding Expo has been moved to Sunday, September 25th.  We feel our community and our nation as a whole need this time to heal.  Ticket sale proceeds from the remaining 2016 Pride Guide® Expos, will benefit the victims and families of Orlando.

We as a community must be there for each other at a devastating time like this. We send our love and prayers to the victims, friends and families of those who have passed or were injured in this senseless act of hate.

Please take a stand with us and plan to attend our expos to show your support against hate and unite us all with strength in numbers!  #StayStrong

Phoenix Expo – Arizona Grand Resort & Spa

8000 Arizona Grand Pkwy, Phoenix, AZ 85044

Sunday, August 21st • 11:30 am to 4:00 pm

Tucson Expo – JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort & Spa

3800 W Starr Pass Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85745

NEW DATE:  Sunday, September 25th • 11:30 am to 4:00 pm

San Diego Expo – Paradise Point Resort & Spa

1404 Vacation Rd, San Diego, CA 92109

Sunday, October 23rd • 11:30 am to 4:00 pm

Tickets for all three expos are available at OpenMindedExpo.com

For more information on the Pride Guide® Arizona Publication or the Pride Guide® Tucson Wedding Expo, please contact The Pride Guides® office at 602-466-2501 or Arizona@ThePrideGuides.com.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Palm Springs, CA (September 9, 2015) – The Palm Springs International Film Society will host a special screening of the documentary film Desert Migration to benefit the Desert AIDS Project (DAP) and the Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF). The screening will take place on November 5, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. at the Camelot Theatre during Palm Springs Pride weekend.

From the film, director Daniel Cardone, producer Marc Smolowitz and the film’s subjects will attend a Q&A following the screening. Desert Migration was shot entirely in and around Palm Springs, featuring 13 gay men who moved to the city over the course of the last three decades to deal with their HIV+ status. But is this environment, with its tolerant population and constant sunshine, enough to eradicate the grief they carry within them, and strengthen them against the medications slowly poisoning their bodies? The film was an official selection at Frameline, LA OutFest, the Austin Gay & Lesbian international Film Festival, the Paris LGBT Film Festival and CinemaQ. 

“We’re delighted to be showcasing this accomplished documentary, which garnered wide acclaim at its recent Frameline and LA OutFest screenings, and to be hosting the filmmakers and cast members  who created it for a special event to benefit the Desert Aids Project and the Palm Springs International Film Festival,” said Festival Director Darryl Macdonald. “This engrossing film has a special resonance here in the desert, where the entire film was shot and where each of the men whose story it encompasses now calls Palm Springs their home.”

Tickets are $15 and can be purchased starting on September 8 at www.psfilmfest.org or by phone at 760 778 8979. Proceeds will go to Desert AIDS Project and the Palm Springs International Film Festival.

About The Palm Springs International Film Festival

The Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) is one of the largest film festivals in North America, welcoming more than 135,000 attendees each year for its lineup of new and celebrated international features and documentaries.  The Festival presents a majority of the films submitted for consideration in the Best Foreign Language category for the Academy Awards, as well as a large number of American independent and international features and documentaries marking their world, North American or U.S. premieres. Also known for its annual Black Tie Awards Gala honoring the best achievements of the filmic year, celebrated talents in recent years include Ben Affleck, Javier Bardem, Cate Blanchett, Sandra Bullock, Bradley Cooper, George Clooney, Daniel Day-Lewis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert Duvall, Clint Eastwood, Tom Hanks, Richard Linklater, Matthew McConaughey, Julianna Moore, David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike, Brad Pitt, Eddie Redmayne, Julia Roberts, David O. Russell, JK Simmons, Meryl Streep, Kate Winslet and Reese Witherspoon.

The Awards Gala of the 27^th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival is sponsored by Mercedes-Benz and Entertainment Tonight. The City of Palm Springs is the Title Sponsor of the Film Festival. Presenting Sponsors as of the date of this release are The Desert Sun and Spencer’s. Major sponsors include the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, Wessman Development, Bank of America, Wintec, Regal Entertainment Group, Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands, Windermere Real Estate, Guthy-Renker,VisitGreaterPalmSprings.com, Chihuly and Telefilm Canada.

For more information, call 760-778-8979 or 800-898-7256 or visit www.psfilmfest.org.

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WASHINGTON – Wade Henderson, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement in response to today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which finally recognized marriage equality for gay and lesbian Americans as a constitutional right. The Leadership Conference submitted an amicus brief in this case in favor of marriage equality:

“This is a transformative day in American history. Today is the day that our nation’s highest court acknowledged the full dignity of LGBT Americans to love and build a family as equals in our society.

While today’s ruling ushers in a new era of acceptance and family security for LGBT Americans, it also highlights the blunt denial of basic rights – in access to employment, housing, public accommodations, education, and credit—that are still being denied in too many states across the nation.

Just as the Supreme Court case of Loving v. Virginia, which held that state laws prohibiting interracial marriage were unconstitutional, was a forerunner to marriage equality for LGBT people, our nation must also adopt a comprehensive nationwide law to give LGBT Americans the same protections that are already established for people of color, women, religious minorities, and people with disabilities. 

Civil rights can only be measured by a single yardstick and our nation can no longer settle for piecemeal solutions to the second-class citizenship of LGBT Americans.”

Wade Henderson is president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a coalition charged by its diverse membership of more than 200 national organizations to promote and protect the rights of all persons in the United States. The Leadership Conference works toward an America as good as its ideals. For more information on The Leadership Conference and its 200-plus member organizations, visit www.civilrights.org.

Six Flags Magic Mountain and DJ Ray Rhodes invite you to Out on the Mountain. Join us for the annual GLBT Private Party on Friday, September 19, 2014. Enjoy thrill rides, dance parties, and special live performances. The park will be closed to the general public for this gay and gay-friendly special event. All rides will be open from 6 PM to 12 midnight and the dance party from 6 PM to 1 AM*.

Purchase your tickets in advance to save off the door price. Choose between Admission-Only tickets, an All-You-Can-Eat Meal ticket, or an exclusive VIP package. Tickets are available through Six Flags Magic Mountain or through Out on the Mountain. Season passes will not be accepted for this event.

For further information or to purchase your tickets, contact our Group Sales department at 661-255-4501 or visit the Out on the Mountain(link is external) website for more details.

*All dates and times are subject to change.

Pride Guide® California July, 2014 eNews Quick Links Go to Pride Guide® California Website Check Out Our Other State Pride Guides® Request a Pride Guide® Save the Date! OC Pride is August 9th 12:00 P.M.     The 2014 Pride Guide® Arizona Wedding & Honeymoon Expo is proudly supported by:   The annual San Diego Pride Parade is among the largest in the United States, attracting over 300,000 cheering spectators and significant media participation. Come show your Pride on Saturday, July 19th 2014 at 11:00 am. The parade begins at the Hillcrest Pride Flag at University Ave. and Normal St., proceeds west on University Ave., turns south on 6th Ave., turns left onto Balboa Dr. and ends at Laurel Street. For more information regarding our parade, please contact Steven Blocker at steven@sdpride.org or (619) 297-7683 x101.   Sunday, July 27, 2014 11:00 am to 6:00 pm On Dore Alley between Howard and Folsom, continuingon Folsom from 9th to Juniper and the adjoiningblock of 10th St. San Francisco, CA   Talk About Sunday Funday!   $5.00 Entry Automatically Qualifies You For One of Our Fabulous Grand Prize Gifts (Must be present to win)    See you there Sunday, August 24th!     Wedding Cake Toppers Now Available Through The Pride Guides® Cost is only $19.95 plus shipping & handling. Please contact us to place your order at California@ThePrideGuides.com or 602-466-2501     Out of State Wedding Expo Vendors If you’d like to take part in the 2014 AZ Wedding& Honeymoon Expo but cannot make the trip to Arizona, please contact Greg@ThePrideGuides.com. We will gladly distribute your marketing materials during the event.   Cost is only $75.00

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