The IGreater Fort Lauderdale I-Convention & Visitors Bureau ingumxhasi oziqhenyayo kaNdunankulu womgubho we-winged-float “FlockFest,” ozokuba e-Sebastian Beach e-Fort Lauderdale ngoMgqibelo, Juni 30, kusukela ngo-11 ekuseni kuya ku-4 ntambama Umcimbi waminyaka yonke wesine umahhala. Bonke bamukelekile futhi bayakhuthazwa ukuthi balethe ukuntanta kwabo okunamaphiko - ama-swans, ama-flamingo, amadada, njll. - futhi bawahlobise ngobungcweti bokudala.
“Kuyangijabulisa ukubona i-FlockFest ikhula unyaka nonyaka, futhi ngiyaziqhenya kakhulu ngokwamukela amakhulu abantu abazohlanganyela nathi ekwenzeni lokhu kuchaphaza emanzini nasesihlabathini saseSebastian Beach,” kusho uSteven Crawford, umsunguli we-FlockFest. “Lo mcimbi waqala eminyakeni emithathu edlule njengeqembu elincane labangane elibheke ukwenza okuthile okujabulisayo nokuhlukile, futhi nanamuhla kuseyinjongo yethu enkulu.”
Kulo mcimbi kungenwa mahhala. Amathikithi angathengwa ukuze afinyelele endaweni ye-VIP ehlanganisa iziphuzo kanye nempahla ye-FlockFest. Izigqoko nezigqoko ze-FlockFest nazo ziyatholakala ukuze zithengwe. Inzuzo evela ekuthengisweni kwamathikithi nokuthengiswayo izuzisa i-Fort Lauderdale-headquartered Renand Foundation.
Ngaphezu kwe-Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau, i-Alibi Monkey Bar kaGeorgie iphinde ibe ngumxhasi ophambili we-FlockFest. Iphathi yomcimbi izoba ngoMgqibelo, Juni 30, kusukela ngo-7pm endaweni yokucima ukoma etholakala ku-2266 Wilton Drive eWilton Manors.
“I-FlockFest umcimbi ojabulisa kakhulu nojabulisayo, futhi ayikho enye indawo efana nalena,” kusho u-Richard Gray, iPhini Likamongameli we-LGBT+ we-Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau. "I-Greater Fort Lauderdale ikhula ngemicimbi ye-LGBT+ eyengeziwe, futhi lona omunye umcimbi omangalisayo ogcwele imibalabala futhi obonisa indlela indawo yethu eyamukeleka ngayo neyamukeleka ngayo."
Muva nje, iGreater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County ivule Isikhungo Sezivakashi Se-LGBT+ sokuqala sendawo e-Wilton Manors, isifunda sase-Broward County esigxile kwezitabane esinenqwaba yabahlali namabhizinisi ayizitabane. Itholakala ku-2300 NE 7th Avenue eWilton Manors.
IGreater Fort Lauderdale futhi iyikhaya lesikhungo sokuziqhenya esikhulu kunazo zonke ezweni, umnyuziyamu wokuqala emhlabeni wengculazi, ikomkhulu lomhlaba jikelele le-International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association, kanye ne-Stonewall Museum, engesinye sezikhala ezihlala njalo e-US emibonisweni ephathelene nomlando namasiko we-LGBT.
I-Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau ibilokhu yamukela abahambi be-LGBT+ kusukela ngo-1996, lapho iba I-Convention & Visitors Bureau yokuqala enomnyango wokukhangisa we-LGBT+ ozinikele. Kusukela lapho, i-Greater Fort Lauderdale iqhubekile nokudiliza izithiyo futhi yenza kube lula ukubonakala komphakathi we-LGBT+ wonkana, isebenza njengephayona embonini yokwamukela izihambi nokuqinisekisa ukuthi indawo okuyiwa kuyo iyabandakanya futhi yamukelwa ngomphakathi ohlukahlukene, ophephile futhi ovulekile wabo bonke abahambi. . IGreater Fort Lauderdale yamukela izivakashi ezilinganiselwa ezigidini ezingu-1.5 ze-LGBT+ ezisebenzisa u-$1.5 billion njalo ngonyaka. Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe mayelana nokuhamba kwe-LGBT+ e-Greater Fort Lauderdale, vakashela www.sunny.org/lgbt
