USodolophu waseLouisville, abameli beBhunga leMetro, uKhenketho lwaseLouisville, iCivitas, isahluko esandula ukusekwa seLouisville seNational LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce, iKhomishini yoBudlelwane baBantu kunye nePhulo lokuLungisa bonke bahlanganisene ukuze baqalise iVeki yoKhukhumala ngoJuni 10 - 17 ngokuphakamisa amabini. iiflegi ezintsha phambi kweHolo yeMetro. Ezi flegi, ziyilelwe kwaye zanikelwa nguKhenketho lwaseLouisville, zibonisa iflur-di-lis emnyama embindini weflegi yomnyama.
“Uluntu olwamkela iyantlukwano luluntu olomeleleyo. Yiyo loo nto sinebhongo ngokuba luluntu lokuqala lwaseKentucky ukubonisa ngokusesikweni uphawu lwehlabathi lokubandakanya ngokunyusa iflegi yokuziqhenya, utshilo uSodolophu.
"ILouisville ibisoloko 'iziqhayisa' ngokuba yindawo eyamkelekileyo nebandakanya wonke umntu, isenza ukuba injongo yethu ibe sesinye sezona zixeko zilungele i-LGBT kweli lizwe, utshilo uKaren Williams, uMongameli kunye ne-CEO yezoKhenketho eLouisville. “Ezi flegi zisebenza njengomboniso wenkxaso kawonke-wonke, ziqinisa ukufikelela kwethu kuluntu lwe-LGBTQ, olusincedileyo ekuthabatheni amawonga amakhulu kubandakanya ibali elikhutshiweyo ngoku kwiPasipoti yeMagazini kunye nokuchongwa kutshanje yi-Instinct Magazine yeKentuckiana Pride njengenye ye-12 Iziganeko zeHlabathi liphela ezenzeka ngexesha leKratshi. ”
Ukongeza, uMongameli weBhunga leMetro uDavid James ubhengeze ukuba iHolo yesiXeko iClock Tower izakulayita ukuxhasa abahlali beLGBTQ eLouisville.
USodolophu Fischer ukhuthaza onke amashishini kunye nabahlali ukuba babonise imibala yabo kwaye bathathe inxaxheba kwiPrade Parade yalo nyaka, ekulindeleke ukuba ibe yeyonaPrade Parade inkulu kwisixeko okwangoku, enamangenelo angaphezu kwe-100 kunye nabahambahambayo abangama-5,000 XNUMX.
Umdlalo wonyaka wokuziqhenya uqala nge-7 ngokuhlwa ngolwesiHlanu, nge-14 kaJuni kwizitalato zaseMarket naseCampbell kwaye uye kwi-Big Four Lawn, apho iBhulorho eNkulu enkulu iya kukhanyiswa ngemibala yomnyama ngorhatya kunye nomnyhadala wonyaka wokuziqhenya ubanjelwe.
"Sonwabile uLouisville uyaqhubeka ukukhokela ekwamkeleni ukubandakanywa, iyantlukwano, kunye noluntu lwethu lwe-LGBTQ," utshilo uChris Hartman, uMlawuli wePhulo lokuLungisa. "Iminyaka engamashumi amabini emva kokuba uLouisville eluvalile ucalucalulo lwe-LGBTQ nge-Fairness Ordinance, ukuphakanyiswa kweeflegi zokuzingca kwiMetro Hall kubonisa wonke umntu otyelele isixeko sethu ukuba samkelwe ngumntu wonke."
Amanqaku eLouisville's Pride abandakanya:
• Amanqaku afanelekileyo ali-100 kwi-Human Rights Campaign Foundation's Index of Equality Index iminyaka emine ilandelelana (2015, 2016, 2017 no-2018)
• Ikhaya ukuya kwi-11th ngobukhulu be-LGBTQ e-United States
• IYunivesithi yaseLouisville sesinye sezikolo ezili-17 esizweni esizuze iinkwenkwezi ezintlanu kwi-Campus Pride Index.
• IYunivesithi yaseLouisville Medical School ilinge uqeqesho lokuqala lwabafundi kwezonyango kujoliswe kwiimfuno zokhathalelo lwempilo lwe-LGBTQ kwaye iyunivesithi yokuqala elizweni ukubonelela ngezifundo ze-LGBTQ ezincinci
• URhulumente weMetro waseLouisville wandise iindlela zokukhetha izibonelelo kumaqabane emizi yabasebenzi kwaye yayisesinye sezixeko zokuqala eMzantsi ukwenza njalo
ILouisville kutshanje ii-LGBTQ ii-accolades:
• Izixeko ezithandathu eziMangalisayo eziLungele iiNtsapho ze-LGBTQ, uMhambi ngeeNtsapho
• Izixeko ezithandathu ezingaphantsi kwabahambi be-LGBT, iConde Nast Traveler
Iindawo ezilithoba ezigqibeleleyo zomtshato wakho we-LGBT, uKhenketho + noLonwabo
• Iindawo ezili-10 zeGay ezishushu kakhulu, eOrbitz
• Iidolophu ezili-10 zaseMelika eziGayest, iGallup Poll
• Imisitho esixhenxe yase-US yokuziqhenya ngaphandle kweNdlela ebethiweyo eya kukuvuthela, iGayStarNews
Iziganeko ezili-12 eziMangalisayo zeHlabathi liphela eziThatha indawo ngeXesha lokuZikhukhumeza, ubuNtu
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- • University of Louisville is one of only 17 schools in the nation to earn five stars in the Campus Pride Index, the only public university in the South ranked among the “Best of the Best”.
- “These flags serve as a public display of support, reinforcing our outreach to the LGBTQ community, which has helped us capture major accolades including the current cover story in Passport Magazine and the recent designation by Instinct Magazine for Kentuckiana Pride as one of the 12 Fabulous Worldwide Events Taking Place During Pride Season.
- • University of Louisville Medical School has piloted the first medical student training for targeted LGBTQ healthcare needs and is the first university in the country to offer a LGBTQ Studies minor.
