Ngokuzingca sibhiyozela olona suku lukhulu lwehlabathi “loSuku lweSizwe lokuphuma” nge-7 ka-Okthobha, ngo-2018 e-Outfest sesi sixeko sase-US esaziwa ngokuba “yisiXeko sothando lobuzalwana kunye neSisterly Affection.”
Isixeko sase-East Coast sasePhiladelphia sesinye sezona zixeko zaseMelika ze-LGBTQ ezinobuhlobo. Ngo-1965, iminyaka emine phambi kokuba i-Stonewall Riots eNew York yavutha intshukumo yamalungelo abantu abathandana nabasetyhini kwihlabathi jikelele, iqela labaqhankqalazi bamatsha phambi kweHolo ye-Independence yaseFiladelphia ukuya kubamba uqhanqalazo lokuqala lwamalungelo e-LGBTQ eMelika. Namhlanje, esi sixeko samkela ngokuzingca abahambi kwi-Gayborhood ebizwa ngokuba yi-Gayborhood kwiSithili seSithili sase-Washington Square, apho iindawo ezinqamlezileyo ze-rainbow kunye neempawu zesitrato ziye zahombisa izitrato ukususela ngo-2007.
I-Outfest yasePhiladelphia kulo nyaka iya kubhiyozela imbali yesixeko ye-LGBTQ kunye noluntu kunye netheko lesitalato sasimahla esiwela malunga ne-10 yeebhloko zesikwere se-Gayborhood. Umnyhadala odlamkileyo uya kuba nemiboniso edlamkileyo yokutsala, imidlalo, umculo kunye nebar crawls, kwaye uquka abathengisi abangaphezu kwe-120 kunye nenkundla yokutya ekudibaneni kwe-12th kunye ne-Spruce Streets. Iqonga eliphambili lomnyhadala liza kubamba ukonwatyiswa bukhoma imini yonke, kubandakanywa imidyarho yezithende eziphakamileyo kunye neeseti ze-DJ.
Emva kokujoyina imibhiyozo e-Outfest, abahambi be-LGBTQ banokundwendwela iindawo zembali kunye nezibalulekileyo e-Philadelphia, kubandakanya i-Philly AIDS Thrift kwiGumbi likaGiovanni, elinikela ngemali yalo kwimibutho yasekhaya ebandakanyekayo ekulweni ne-HIV kunye ne-AIDS. Isixeko sikwalikhaya leBarbara Gittings Gay & Lesbian Collection, eyona ngqokelela inkulu ezinikeleyo yeLGBTQ yethala leencwadi kwimpuma yeThala leeNcwadi laseSan Francisco.
I-Outfest ikhululekile ukubakho kwaye iya kuqhubeka ukususela ngentsimbi ye-12 emini de kube yintsimbi yesi-6 malanga ngo-Oktobha 7, 2018.
