IGreater Fort Lauderdale uyaziqhenya ngokuba indawo yosokhaya ngowokuqala ngqa Ukuziqhenya kwamazwe aseMelika ngo-April 21-26, 2020. Lesi senzakalo esiyingqopha-mlando nesiguqulayo sihlanganisa amazwekazi amabili namazwe angu-35 ndawonye, samukela wonke umuntu ngaphansi kwelanga. I-Pride of the Americas izosingathwa yi-Pride Fort Lauderdale kanye ne-Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau esebenza njengomxhasi owethulayo.
"IGreater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County iyindawo ekahle yokwethulwa kwePride of the Americas 2020 ngoba sidume umhlaba wonke ngokwamukela kwethu umphakathi we-LGBT+ nakuzo zonke izivakashi ezivela kuwo wonke umhlaba," kusho uStacy Ritter, oyi-CEO nomongameli wenhlangano. I-Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention and Visitors Bureau. "Sijabulile ngabahambeli be-Pride of the Americas ukuze bazizwele indawo yethu ehlala abantu abaningi, kanye nengxube yethu enhle yamasiko."
Izinsuku eziyisithupha zemicimbi zizoqala ngokuvula imikhosi ngoLwesibili, Ephreli 21 edolobheni laseFort Lauderdale, futhi ifinyelele umvuthwandaba ngeSonto, Ephreli 26, ngendumezulu yefestivali yasebhishi kanye nombukiso weziqhumane. I-Pride of the Americas izohlanganisa imicimbi yezenhlalo kuyo yonke indawo, i-parade, iphathi yasolwandle, ifestivali yezobuciko, ukuzijabulisa kohlu lwe-A, amakhonsathi okushona kwelanga, o-DJ abaphambili nama-drag brunch. Umbukiso wemfashini wobukhazikhazi uzoba nemiklamo ye-Bravo “Project Runway” abalumni nabaklami bendawo - abamodelwe amadoda, abesifazane, abashintsha ubulili namamodeli ahudulayo - e-Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino e-Hollywood eseduze.
"I-Greater Fort Lauderdale iyikhaya lomphakathi we-LGBT+ ophumelelayo, futhi sikubheke ngabomvu ukwamukela amakhulu ezinkulungwane zezivakashi ze-LGBT+ kanye nabasizi endaweni yethu lapho ukuhlukahluka kukhanya ngokugqamile," kusho uRichard Gray, iphini likamongameli omkhulu weDiversity & Inclusion at. iGreater Fort Lauderdale Convention and Visitors Bureau.
I-Pride of the Americas izodonsela ukunaka ezindabeni okwabelwana ngazo i-LGBT+ abantu ngabanye, imindeni, intsha nabadala eLatin America nase-Caribbean. Abaholi bemicabango esemqoka abavela emazweni ahlukene bazokwabelana ngobungcweti babo ezingqungqutheleni ezishintsha impilo kanye nezingqungquthela ezimayelana namalungelo abantu, ibhizinisi, ukuvakasha, ezempilo nokuphila kahle, imfundo nokunye.
Nakuba i-Greater Fort Lauderdale iseduze ne-Latin America ne-Caribbean, ihlukene ngamamayela ngokuphathelene nokuphathwa nokwamukelwa kwabantu be-LGBT+ emiphakathini yabo. Umcimbi uthemba ukuletha ukunaka kwamanye amazwe kulokhu kungalingani ngenkathi uthuthukisa imfundo nokuqonda komphakathi we-LGBT+ emhlabeni jikelele.
"I-Greater Fort Lauderdale iwumphakathi obungaza ukuhlukahluka nokuhlanganiswa ngazo zonke izindlela, usuku nosuku, lapho Ukuziqhenya kuyindlela yethu yokuphila yansuku zonke," kusho u-Miik Martorell, umongameli we-Pride Fort Lauderdale. "I-Pride Fort Lauderdale kanye ne-Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau bazibophezele ekusebenziseni i-Pride of the Americas ukuqinisa imiphakathi ye-LGBT+ kanye ne-Pride movement e-Caribbean naseLatin America."
Yamukela izivakashi ze-LGBT+ eziyizigidi ezingu-1.5 minyaka yonke echitha u-$1.5 billion, i-Greater Fort Lauderdale ikufanelekela kahle ukusingatha i-Pride of the Americas. Njengoba kunamakhulukhulu amabhizinisi aphethwe yizitabane naqhutshwayo kanye nenqwaba yemizi yabantu abathandana nobulili obufanayo ezweni, le ndawo ingenye yezindawo ezihluke kakhulu nezamukelekayo emhlabeni.
IGreater Fort Lauderdale iphinde ibe inhloko-dolobha ye-LGBT+ yaseFlorida futhi iyikhaya leZikhungo Zokuziqhenya ezinkulu kunazo zonke ezweni, umnyuziyamu wokuqala wengculazi emhlabeni, ikomkhulu lomhlaba wonke le-International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association, kanye ne-Stonewall Museum, enye yezindawo zokungcebeleka. kuphela izindawo ezihlala njalo e-US ezinikelwe emibukisweni ehlobene nomlando we-LGBT+ namasiko. I-LGBT+ Visitor Centre ihlanganiswe ne-Greater Fort Lauderdale LGBT Chamber of Commerce enhliziyweni ye-Wilton Manors.
I-Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau ibilokhu ifinyelela abahambi be-LGBT+ kusukela ngo-1996, lapho iba I-Convention & Visitors Bureau yokuqala enomnyango wokumaketha we-LGBT+ ozinikele. Kusukela lapho, i-Greater Fort Lauderdale iqhubekile nokudiliza izithiyo nokwenza lula ukubonakala komphakathi we-LGBT+ wonkana, isebenza njengephayona embonini yokwamukela izihambi nokuqinisekisa ukuthi indawo okuyiwa kuyo ibandakanya wonke umuntu futhi yamukelwa ngomphakathi ohlukahlukene, ophephile novulekile wabo bonke abahambi. .
Eminyakeni emine edlule, kwaba yindawo yokuqala emhlabeni ukudala umkhankaso wokumaketha we-transgender. Manje i-Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau ihlanganisa abantu abashintshashintshayo, abathandana nabanye besifazane, izitabane kanye nabantu abaqondile kuzo zonke izinhlelo zayo zokuthengisa ezijwayelekile.
