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By
NATALIE STOREY | The New Mexican
June 16, 2006 The
Santa Fe gay community won’t quit Brokeback Mountain. In
the spirit of Ennis del Mar and Jack Twist, the rugged cowboys who fall in love
in the movie Brokeback Mountain, this year’s Pride on the Plaza festival
will celebrate gay cowboys. The annual parade, which will be held June 24, has
Brokeback as its theme. Among the floats will be members of the Gay Rodeo Association
and their horses, which will have a gay rodeo clown/pooper scooper following them. “It
is a really important movie,” said Donald Stout, an organizer of Pride on
the Plaza, Santa Fe’s annual celebration of the gay and lesbian community
being held this week and next. “I think most people in the gay community
felt that way about it. It busted apart a lot of stereotypes.”
The
massive public dialogue that followed the movie has come to be called, The Brokeback
Effect. Brokeback has spurred a number of trends from an increase in popularity
of Western wear among gay men to popular jokes and even to an adjective used to
describe something of questionable masculinity. A party, for example, that has
too many men and too few women might now be described as “totally Brokeback.”
Some people attribute the Willie Nelson song, Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly
Fond of Each Other to the popularity of the movie. Brokeback
Mountain, which came out in 2005 and is based on a short story by E. Annie Proulx,
won four Golden Globes and three Oscars. The
movie’s most important effect will be its challenge of stereotypes on both
sides, said Jeff Lowe, who runs New Mexico’s gay rodeo, called the Zia Regional
Rodeo, which will be held Aug. 17-20 in Albuquerque. Not
only do Jack and Ennis defy the popular icon of the Western cowboy, but they also
cease to be flamboyantly gay, which, to many people, is the standard for what
it means to be a gay man, Lowe said. “The old adage, don’t judge a book
by its cover, really applies here,” he said. Many
of the Gay Rodeo Association’s members will be in Santa Fe next weekend to
show off their stuff in the parade. The association celebrates its 20th anniversary
this year. Pride
on the Plaza is hoping to capitalize on that. Plus, Stout said, every gay man
loves a good looking cowboy.
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PRIDE
ON THE PLAZA: EVENTS
FRIDAY THROUGH JUNE 24
Outside the Lines Visual
Arts Show: Features gay and lesbian artists from around New Mexico. Reception
is 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. June 23 at Phil Space, 1410 Second St. Admission is free.
SATURDAY
Pride Train to Lamy: A sunset train ride from Santa Fe to Lamy Station on
the Santa Fe Southern Railway, 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Features a catered dinner and
entertainment by Francophile Dadou, who plays accordion while roller-skating.
Cost is $55. Call 989-8600. SUNDAY
Queer Voices in Literature: Readings from literary works by four local gay
and lesbian writers that have been selected by the Pride Committee. The authors
will read and discuss their work starting at 7 p.m. Santa Fe Playhouse, 142 E.
DeVargas St. A $5 donation is suggested. MONDAY
Town Hall Meeting: A free discussion of gay and lesbian social and political
issues in the United States starting at 7:30 p.m. The Unitarian Church, 107 W.
Barcelona Road. TUESDAY
Reading with Tom Spanbauer: Gay novelist acclaimed for his novel The Man Who
Fell in Love with the Moon reads from his new novel, Now Is the Hour, at 7 p.m.
Cost is $12, at the Santa Fe Playhouse. WEDNESDAY
Quartet Orgolglio, Music of Gay Composers: A string quartet performs works
of gay composers followed by a discussion of the works. Event starts at 7:30 p.m.
Cost is $12 at the Awakening Museum, 125 N. Guadalupe St. Call 466-3253. THURSDAY
Jennifer Holliday Concert: Two-time Grammy winner and Tony Award winner will
sing with a jazz orchestra and special guest Chris Calloway. Cost is $18 to $49
at the Lensic Performing Arts Center, 225 W. San Francisco St. Call 988-1234.
Event starts at 8 p.m. JUNE
23
Men’s Night Out: Meet and greet ball for gay men. Señor Lucky’s
at the Palace, 142 W. Palace Ave., from 6 to 9 p.m. Lesbefriends
Pride Women’s Dance: A dance for women. At the Lodge, 750 N. St. Francis
Drive. Event starts at 9 p.m. JUNE
24
Pride on the Plaza Parade and Festival: This year’s parade is themed
Brokeback Mountain after the popular movie. DJ Santa Fe will spin on the Plaza.
Event runs from noon to 4 p.m. JUNE
25
Elders’ Circle: Elders share memories of life as gays and lesbians
in Santa Fe starting at 2 p.m. at Rainbow Vision Retirement Resort, 500 Rodeo
Road. JUNE
25
Gay Men’s Potluck: Event will be held at a private residence at 5
p.m. E-mail stachemannm.@aol.com. | |
WHAT IS PRIDE?
Pride On The Plaza is Santa Fe's annual
summer celebration of its Lesbian,
Gay,
Bisexual and Transgender community, and
an integral part of the uniquely
diverse
population of the City Different.
This festival of art, cultural,
and social
activites will be held in the month of June
2005, culminating
with a parade through
the narrow streets of downtown Santa Fe
and a festival
on the historic plaza - the
fabled end of the old Santa Fe Trail.
WHY SANTA FE?
According to the 2000 US Census, Santa
Fe has the 2nd highest concentration of same sex households in the nation after
San Francisco
Santa Fe is a unique travel destination that is constantly
ranked among the top ten travel destinations in North America and the world:
2004 Conde Nast Travel
Reader's poll - No. 2 in the US
2003
Travel & Leisure
World's Best Awards Reader's survey
No. 3 in North
America
2003 Travel & Leisure
World's Best Cities
No.
10 in the world
LGBT travelers and residents choose Santa Fe for its
relaxed acceptance of gay people, progressive outlook, superb performing and visual
arts, rich history, unique culture and architecture, sophisticated cuisine, pleasant
climate, plentiful outdoor activities, and spectacular landscape.
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PARADE:Pride
on the Plaza invites you to be a participant in the 2005 gay pride parade on Saturday,
June 25, 2005. The parade steps off at 12 noon on Old Santa Fe Trail for its three
block route to the Plaza. Festivities will continue on the plaza until 4 PM.
The 2004 parade was such a great success that we are trying to move the line-up
to a larger parking lot across the street from the Capitol. Please stay tuned
for details. This year we hope to continue the trend to make the parade an entertaining,
exciting, and colorful event that will draw participants and spectators from the
entire Santa Fe community as well as from our out-of-town visitors. We invite
all GLBT people as well as our straight friends and allies to help in making this
vision a reality.
We are looking for fabulous floats, decorated vehicles,
performers - such as mimes, stilt walkers, giant puppets - and marching bands
or other live musical groups.
Entry fees are as follows:
Non-profit
organization - $25 entry fee
Business - $35 entry fee
Individual
/Social organization - $25 entry fee
Marching band or drum & bugle
corps - Entry fee is waived.
Take a $10 discount off your fee if your
entry form is postmarked by May 31, 2005.Contact us for an entry form at pride@santafehra.org
or
Or to submit the online form.
You must submit an entry form
in advance to join the parade! | |
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BOOTHS:Pride
on the Plaza invites you to have an information table or booth at the Plaza on
Saturday, June 25, 2005 from noon until 4 PM. Both nonprofit organizations and
businesses are welcome.
Last year, fifty community and business organizations
set up booths to provide information and opportunities for networking and outreach.
At this time, due to city ordinance, we cannot allow any vendor booths that charge
for goods or services.
The fee for an information table or booth space
is only $15. We do not provide tables, chairs or tents – you must bring
your own. Contact us for an entry form at
pride@santafehra.org or Or to submit the
online form.
You must submit an entry form in advance to join the Plaza
festivities!
If your form is postmarked by May 31, 2005, we will waive
the $15 fee! | |
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are needed for the following specific projects:
OUT is IN Visual Arts
Show: persons to check in art the week of June 13.
Parade: flag bearers,
parade check-in, parade route monitors, float builders, float drivers; also flat
bed trucks and trailers are needed.
Booths: set-up assistants, check-in
assistants, Pride booth workers
Plaza Festival: stage decoration manager,
stage decoration assistants, plaza set-up assistants, tear-down assistants |
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Pride
on the Plaza 2005 Co-chairs
are Dona Hatch and Donald Stout | |
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