Phuket Pride Day Five – Friday 26th

Big Stage

Event at the football field Patong Beach

Park and booths open at 4pm stage entertainment from 6pm to 11pm

The Big Stage itself will have entertainment from Live local bands, International Dj’s, shows and guest appearances from local performers.

All around the park there will be booths and stalls offering food, drinks, Fun Games and sexual health information.

During the evening there will be a candle light vigil with a one minute silence to remember all those who have died from HIV and to think about those who live with HIV.

 

The final line up for the stage has not yet been finalised and will be announced over the coming days.

Visit our web site: www.phuket-pride.org for regular updates.

Entrance to the Big Stage Event is free! – So, turn up and have fun.

Phuket Pride Day Six – Saturday 27th

Grand Parade

Beach Road Patong starts from Soi Tan at 4pm

Judging for ‘Best parade entry’ 3:30pm

This parade will have many floats and street entertainment from gay and gay friendly venues and organisations from all over Phuket, with fantastic costumes and music. Follow the parade all the way to the Big Stage Event at the soccer field.

In previous years this parade has always attracted big crowds and this year we expect to see thousands of people lining the street to see this wild and colourful spectacle.

A generous sponsor is also providing a free BBQ for all of the participants in the Parade at the soccer field as they arrive there from the Parade, it is expected that this will not only encourage more organisations to join the Parade, but will ensure that the colour, costumes and vibrancy of the Parade gets the Big Stage event off to a great start.

For more information such as times, route map and entry form details, please visit our web site: www.phuket-pride.org

Big Stage Event at the football field Patong Beach

Park and booths open at 4pm stage entertainment from 5pm when Parade arrives and continues until 11pm

As the Grand Parade arrives, the Big Stage itself will start with entertainment from Live local bands, International Dj’s, shows and guest appearances from local performers.

All around the park there will be booths and stalls offering food, drinks, Fun Games and sexual health information.

The final line up for the stage has not yet been finalised and will be announced over the coming days.

Visit our web site: www.phuket-pride.org for regular updates.

Entrance to the Big Stage Event is free! – So, turn up and have fun.

 

As they do every night, the bars and clubs throughout the Paradise Complex and Soi Tan will be open for you to party, to great music, live bands and great shows, but for Pride Week they will all offer something a little bit special. More information will follow as we get it.

So when Loma Park closes your evening’s entertainment can continue.

Phuket Pride Day Eight – Sunday 28th

Pride closing Tea Dance party in Soi Paradise with music from Kiss bar and ‘hog roast BBQ’ from Bistro restauarnt 4pm to 8pm

If you have never been to a Soi Paradise afternoon Tea Dance, then you are in for a treat! These are not held very often, but when they are always a great way to spend you late afternoon/early evening. Music from Kiss Bar, dancing and partying in the street in the daytime warmth and sunshine and a Hog Roast BBQ from Bistro Resauant.

This event is free, although there is of course a charge for the Hog Roast BBQ.

The  does not intend to make a profit from this event, but donation buckets will be available at Kiss Bar and Bistro should you wish to make a donation to /  charities.

The Ultimate Pride closing big club night at Boat bar, with international guest Dj’s, special appearances and show. 10pm to late.

This is final event of Pride Week and promises to be one to remember.  One big dance party inside and outside Boat Bar with International guest Dj’s, shows and guest appearances.  It is hoped that there will also be some special things and drink promotions during the evening but the final details of this have not yet been released.

Visit our web site: www.phuket-pride.org for regular updates.

The  does not intend to make a profit from this event, but donation buckets will be available at Kiss Bar and Bistro should you wish to make a donation to /  charities.

 

We wish everyone who attends Phuket Pride Week 2013 a fantastic time

and thank you all for all the money donated and raised for

the  /  charities.

The theme for this year’s Pride week is ‘Same same NOT different’

Men are different from women and children are different from adults. But we are all human beings and all deserve to have the same rights and be respected in the same way. Therefore, we are ‘Same same NOT different’.

Homophobia is rooted in the belief that Gay (LGBT) people are “different”, “alien” or “perverse”. This fear of being “different” and being seen as an outcast by society adds to the paranoia and even suicide of especially young people in accepting their sexuality and coming out to society.

“All men are created equal. No matter how hard you try, you can never erase those words.” – Harvey Milk

Many people are proud (phoomjai) to be Gay. But everyone should be able to be proud to be gay. This can be difficult when we are being treated as different. This year’s Pride theme hopes to help with this. It is interesting to note that other Asian countries like Cambodia have used similar themes for their Pride celebrations in the past. We believe that Pride week is a time when we can all unite and show people we are not different. We are human beings the same as them, and campaign to be treated as equal.

Far too many Thai people still think it is all right that they are (almost) at bottom of the picking order. This is also seen within their own families. We believe it is not until Thai society treats Gay people as same same, with same same rights, same same respect and not as different with different standards and lack of respect, that all Gay Thai people can be proud to be Gay.
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Some thoughts for us all to think about:

• “I am not different from others. I am human. I love, I like to kiss, and I like to do the same things like any other – I am NOT DIFFERENT”
• “I don’t want different laws. I do not want different taxation. I do not want different rights than others – so I am not different”
• “See me as equal, not different. See me as a friend, as a normal everyday person, and not just as a Gay.”
• “Here’s the thing about rights. They’re not supposed to be voted on. That’s why they call them rights”. Rachel Maddow.
• We are a part of the society and we ARE equal.
• We have to educate the ones who discriminate in DIVERSITY. In the theories that everybody is equal and we don’t want to have special rights or laws. So we can say we are same same.
• I love. You love. Same same.
• I love a boy. You love a girl. But we both love. So we are the same.
• I am gay and it’s ok.
• Since 2001, many  countries including Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway,
  Portugal, Spain, South Africa, Switzerland and Sweden and some sub-national jurisdictions (parts of Mexico and the United States) have begun to allow same-sex couples to marry.

Same Same NOT Different