“I hope we all remember that everybody is worthy of respect. She helps explain the history and significance behind the nation’s Pride and LGBTQ History months. Plan to celebrate one of the largest Prides in the country. She serves as the treasurer for the LGBTQ History Museum of Central Florida, is involved with Equality Florida and previously served on The Center’s board. Festival entry also includes performances from local LGBTQI artists, ranging from live music to drag. She was one of the founding members of UCF’s Pride Faculty and Staff Association a decade ago. Living with pride is something Brenckle does all year long. I think we really need to keep those people in mind today and take up their charge.” “Yet here they were in 1979, sticking their necks out, making themselves visible, to make other peoples’ lives better. Gay nightclubs feature a wide variety of shows, with drag, male strip-tease, singers, performances and some of. Nowadays, the carnival-like Gay Pride Parade draws nearly four million people who crowd onto the main boulevard of Paulista Avenue and the surrounding streets. At one Gay Pride Parade we wanted to carry. São Paulo’s first Gay Pride was in 1997 and attracted only 2000 people. Who had normal jobs - they weren’t politicians or celebrities,” Brenckle says. GLHU had people from not only South Texas but also Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and other Latin American countries. “It’s just amazing to me that they did that - these regular, everyday people This group of ordinary people organized Orlando’s first pride picnic. Every so often, Professor Martha Brenckle thinks about a group of people she never met who gathered at Bill Federick Park at Turkey Lake more than 40 years ago. On June 11, 1999, President Bill Clinton issued the first-ever proclamation declaring June to be Gay and Lesbian Pride Month.