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Welcome to the Myspace of Triad Pride, producers the Triad's only Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Festival and Celebration! Pride becomes more meaningful when shared, and when enjoyed in the company of others. TRIAD PRIDE IS a place where our LGBTIQ community can join together in a festive, celebratory space.Inclusiveness and acceptance are the real gifts that we give to one another when we participate. Through our participation, we share a part of ourselves. As the spirit of cooperation reaches new heights and as groups of individuals create an enormous "home team," where teamwork truly takes center stage, It is important to remember that the goal that we pursue. It is the victory of human acceptance and understanding over the boundaries of race, religion, gender, and sexual orientation.The intrinsic value that we obtain as a result of being an active participant in this celebration of community is priceless. Triad Pride 2008 Festival Dates: May 7th through May 11th, 2008!Mission Statement: The mission of Triad Pride is to further empower those in the Triad that identify with the GLBTQA community, create a greater sense of awareness of GLBTQA issues and further the advancement of all members of the Triad community.Our current title holders are Mykel Knight-Addams "Mr. Triad Pride 2008-2009" and Constance Demarlo "Miss Triad Pride 2008-2009".

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History of the Rainbow FlagUse of the rainbow flag by the gay community began in 1978 when it first appeared in the San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Freedom Day Parade. Borrowing symbolism from the hippie movement and black civil rights groups, San Francisco artist Gilbert Baker designed the rainbow flag in response to a need for a symbol that could be used year after year. Baker and thirty volunteers hand-stitched and hand-dyed two huge prototype flags for the parade.The flags had eight stripes, each color representing a component of the community:1. Hot Pink for Sex 2. Red for Life 3. Orange for Healing 4. Yellow for Sun5. Green for Nature 6. Turquoise for Art 7. Indigo for Harmony 8. Violet for Spirit.The next year Baker approached San Francisco Paramount Flag Company to mass-produce rainbow flags for the 1979 parade. Due to production constraints the hot pink and turquoise were removed and blue replaced the indigo.This six-color version spread from San Francisco to other cities, and soon became the widely-known symbol of gay pride and diversity it is todayThe rainbow flag has inspired a wide variety of related symbols such as the freedom rings, the RainbowCoin, Rainbow Triangles and Color Bars.The Victory Over AIDS Flag modifies the rainbow flag by adding a black stripe at the bottom. Suggested by a San Francisco group, the black stripe commemorates those we have lost to AIDS. Sergeant Leonard Matlovich, a much-decorated Vietnam Veteran dying of AIDS, proposed that when a cure was eventually found the black stripes should be removed from all the flags and ceremoniously burned in Washington, D.C.The multicultural symbolism of the rainbow is nothing new -- Jesse Jackson's Rainbow Coalition also embraces the rainbow as a symbol of that political movement. The rainbow also plays a part in many myths and stories related to gender and sexuality issues in Greek, Native American, African, and other cultures.

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