MORE PRIDE COALITION FUN (Continued from last week.) A press release from Austin Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce earlier this week clears up a lot of things. Sort of. For the first time, the Pride Coalition is specifically referred to as the AGLCC Pride Coalition. Back when the mysterious Pride Coalition was first announced, we asked some AGLCCers if it was an AGLCC committee or project. At that time, they told us no. The launch of that “organization” is now, however, more confusing than ever.
So, to clarify. Apparently, there is no independent Pride Coalition. When Equality Texas handed the reins of Pride over to the Pride Coalition earlier this summer, they were essentially handing over control of all Pride assets, responsibilities, liabilities, and resources to AGLCC. We think. Why didn’t ET just say that in the first place? It’s still confusing. We’re sorry for any confusion to which we contributed. However, Gay Place still stands by our initial response to the news of the Pride hand-off: Consolidating Pride without any sort of independent oversight group is a bad idea. See our blog for more details: austinchronicle.com/gayplaceblog.
This article appears in October 17 • 2008.