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ALLGO: lots to be proud of. Austin Pride: not so much ...
By Kate X Messer, Fri., April 8, 2011
HOW PROUD? Are you ready to talk about Pride? Are we? Meh. The traditional Austin Pride fest is held each year in the first weekend in June, as it has been for years. Decades. We're just not sure that's the case this year. The Austin Gay and Lesbian Pride Foundation formed – to quote its most recent blog post, dated Feb. 7, 2011 – "to take on the task of putting on Austin's annual Gay Pride Parade and Festival," has released precious few official words about this year's Pride. (And yeah, their press release really says "to take on the task.") There have been plenty of rumors, though, and they're oozing into the community like so much Fukushima radiation. The most persistent one that's circulating regards a possible date change to autumn. After AGLPF's uncomfortable manhandling of last year's fest and parade, we're not so giddy to venture into the belly of that beast to learn of their plot for 2011. As of press time, AGLPF remains silent.
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