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Rubi Girls to marshal Pride parade
Dayton’s favorite men in lipstick will be honored this year as parade grand marshals.
The Rubi Girls will marshal the Dayton PrideFest ‘09 parade Saturday, June 6, according to troupe member Jonathan McNeal.
The parade starts at noon in Cooper Park, 30 Wyandot St., Dayton. It will end at Courthouse Square in downtown Dayton with PrideFest, a celebration set to ends at 6 p.m.
The 25th anniversary of AIDS Resource Center Ohio will also be recognized during
Dayton’s Pride Partnership’s Pride events.
Festivities begin Saturday, May 30, and wrap up Sunday, June 28.
Events include a Dayton Gay Men’s Chorus concert, a Monte Carlo night, a picnic and the screening of “Saint of 9/11.”
The Rubi Girls, a nationally recognized drag troupe, has raised more than $250,000 for AIDS and gay-related causes.
The troupe and ARC Ohio will also be recognized at the PRIDE Dinner Celebration , 6 p.m. Wednesday June 3, at Sinclair Community College’s Ponitz Center, 444 W. Third St.
For more information on events, visit www.pridedayton.com/index.htm
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By Girlsbestfriend
May 26, 2009 4:50 PM | Link to this
Yeah, you go girls! Another reason to love Dayton … you make us truly proud. Can’t wait for June 6. Should be a blast.By nyc
May 26, 2009 10:20 PM | Link to this
this is sickeningBy stephen
May 26, 2009 10:33 PM | Link to this
youre sickening…if you dont have anything nice to say then GO AWAY.By Bruce Lindsey
May 26, 2009 10:49 PM | Link to this
Sadly it is easier to sit home and bash someone than it is to give of yourself for the good of humankind. What the Rubis do they do on their own time and with their own money. Dayton should be truely proud to call them our own. I am certainly proud to know them.By JJ
May 27, 2009 1:47 PM | Link to this
Proud? No. Embarrassed? YES. I wish this kind of garbage was not covered by any media.By Rachel Summers
May 27, 2009 5:58 PM | Link to this
The gay rights movements has its share of detractors, just as the civil rights movement for racial equality and the women’s rights movement do. However, there is reason to rejoice: all reliable data shows that bigotry of all kinds is slowly but surely dying out in this country. Events such as the Dayton Pride Parade give us a chance to show our unity with and love for our fellow men and women—regardless of race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation. “I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me” —Jesus Christ, in the Book of Matthew 25:40.By flip flops
May 28, 2009 7:19 PM | Link to this
NYC, JJ - If a couple dudes in dresses gets your panties in a twist… you must not be all that secure in your own sexuality…By Pepper
May 29, 2009 8:49 AM | Link to this
NYC and JJ, what have you ever done to better society. Stop being so hateful. You are the sick ones.