The IGreater Fort Lauderdale I-Convention & Visitors Bureau yinkulumbuso enebhongo exhasa umbhiyozo we-winged-float “FlockFest,” oqhubeka kuLwandle lwaseSebastian eFort Lauderdale ngoMgqibelo, nge-30 kaJuni, ukususela ngentsimbi ye-11 kusasa ukuya ku-4 malanga. Umnyhadala wonyaka wesine usimahla. Bonke bamkelekile kwaye bayakhuthazwa ukuba bazise iidada zabo ezinamaphiko - ama-swans, ama-flamingo, amadada, njl njl - kwaye bawahombise ngobuchule bokudala.
“Ndichulumancile ukubona i-FlockFest ikhula minyaka le, kwaye ndiyazingca ngokwamkela amakhulukhulu abantu abazileyo ukuba bazibandakanye nathi ekwenzeni oku kudlala emanzini nakwisanti yaseSebastian Beach,” utshilo uSteven Crawford, umseki weFlockFest. "Lo msitho waqala kwiminyaka emithathu eyadlulayo njengendibano encinci yabahlobo abafuna ukwenza into eyonwabisayo neyahlukileyo, kwaye nanamhlanje kuseyinjongo yethu."
Kulo msitho kungenwa simahla. Amatikiti angathengwa ukufikelela kwindawo yeVIP equka iziselo kunye nempahla yeFlockFest. Iminqwazi yeetanki zeFlockFest kunye neminqwazi nazo ziyafumaneka ukuze zithengwe. Ingeniso evela kwintengiso yamatikiti kunye nentengiso inceda iFort Lauderdale-ikomkhulu leRenand Foundation.
Ukongeza kwi-Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau, uGeorgie's Alibi Monkey Bar ukwangumxhasi ophambili weFlockFest. Umsitho wasemva kwetheko uya kubanjwa ngoMgqibelo, umhla wama-30 kuJuni, ukuqala ngentsimbi yesi-7 ngokuhlwa kwindawo yentselo ese-2266 Wilton Drive eWilton Manors.
"I-FlockFest ngumsitho omnandi kwaye unika umdla, kwaye akukho nto inje kwenye indawo," utshilo uRichard Gray, uSekela Mongameli we-LGBT + kwi-Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau. "IGreater Fort Lauderdale iyakhula ngemisitho engakumbi ye-LGBT +, kwaye lo ngomnye umsitho omangalisayo ozele ngumbala kwaye ubonisa indlela esamkeleke ngayo kwaye nemibhiyozo yendawo esiya kuyo."
Kutshanje, iGreater Fort Lauderdale/iBroward County ivule indawo yokuqala yeLGBT + yeziko leeNdwendwe eWilton Manors, kwisithili saseBroward County esinendawo yoxinzelelo olukhulu lwabahlali kunye namashishini. Ibekwe e-2300 NE 7th Avenue eWilton Manors.
IGreater Fort Lauderdale ikwalikhaya lelinye lamaZiko okuziqhenya amakhulu elizweni, imyuziyam yokuqala kwihlabathi ye-AIDS, ikomkhulu lehlabathi le-International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association, kunye ne-Stonewall Museum, yenye yeendawo ezisisigxina e-US ezinikezelweyo. kwimiboniso enxulumene nembali ye-LGBT kunye nenkcubeko.
I-Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau yamkela abahambi be-LGBT+ ukususela ngo-1996, xa yaba yi-Convention & Visitors Bureau yokuqala enesebe elizinikeleyo le-LGBT+ lokuthengisa. Ukusukela ngoko, iGreater Fort Lauderdale iye yaqhubeka nokudiliza imiqobo kwaye iququzelela ukubonakala koluntu lweLGBT + ngokubanzi, esebenza njengovulindlela kwishishini lokwamkela iindwendwe kunye nokuqinisekisa ukuba indawo ekuyiwa kuyo ibandakanya kwaye yamkelekile ngeendawo ezahlukeneyo, ezikhuselekileyo nezivulelekileyo kubo bonke abahambi. . IGreater Fort Lauderdale yamkela iindwendwe eziqikelelwa kwi-1.5 yezigidi ze-LGBT + ezichitha i-1.5 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ngonyaka. Ngolwazi oluthe kratya malunga nohambo lwe-LGBT + eGreater Fort Lauderdale, ndwendwela www.sunny.org/lgbt
