What is Dublin Pride?
The Dublin Pride Festival, organised this year by Dublin L.G.B.T.Q. Pride Ltd., starts this June the 19th, and
culminates in the Dublin Pride Parade on the 27th of June 2009, which this year marks the 40th Anniversary
of the
Stonewall riots
in New York, a significant turning point in the history of gay rights.
Dublin Pride has three core values which it aims to promote through the festival:
- Celebrating Diversity
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Not only to tolerate, but to accept and celebrate diversity with the understanding
that it is our differences which make us extraordinary.
- Inclusiveness
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To seek out those who are on the fringes and to take practical, concrete steps to
ensure their inclusion in society.
- Increased Visibility & Mutual Respect
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To increase the visibility of the Dublin LGBTQ community within the wider Dublin,
Irish and global community while communicating the message of mutual respect; to
appreciate others for what they are, for how they are different and to respect them
for such.