{"id":1491,"date":"2012-04-25T18:43:39","date_gmt":"2012-04-25T18:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2010-11\/?page_id=1491"},"modified":"2012-07-24T17:15:11","modified_gmt":"2012-07-24T17:15:11","slug":"first-annual-isla-vista-pride-festival","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2010-11\/first-annual-isla-vista-pride-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"First Annual Isla Vista Pride Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>FIRST ANNUAL ISLA VISTA PRIDE FESTIVAL<\/h2>\n<p>To cap off this year\u2019s UCSB Pride: Transcending the Rainbow week of events,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.as.ucsb.edu\/qcom\">Queer Commission<\/a>\u00a0worked with the office of the Executive Vice President of Local Affairs to host the first Isla Vista Pride Festival.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2010-11\/files\/2011\/05\/IMG_99092.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-660\" title=\"IMG_9909`\" src=\"https:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2010-11\/files\/2011\/05\/IMG_99092.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2010-11\/files\/2011\/05\/IMG_99092.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2010-11\/files\/2011\/05\/IMG_99092-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The festival took place on Pardall Road and ran parallel to Chilla Vista in Anisq \u2018Oyo\u2019 Park. Every effort was made to make the two festivals complementary and indeed both were well attended with people moving freely between them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2010-11\/files\/2011\/05\/IMG_9965.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-612\" title=\"IMG_9965`\" src=\"https:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2010-11\/files\/2011\/05\/IMG_9965.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2010-11\/files\/2011\/05\/IMG_9965.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2010-11\/files\/2011\/05\/IMG_9965-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a>The Pride Festival provided a variety of entertainment, including headliner\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bigfreedia.com\">Big Freedia<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/B33SONB33\">DJ Mycole Beeson<\/a>, and Lemonade.\u00a0 It also provided information about the LGTBQIA community and drew attention to hate incidents that are an unfortunate reality in Isla Vista and the larger campus community.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2010-11\/files\/2011\/05\/IMG_9956.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-613\" title=\"IMG_9956`\" src=\"https:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2010-11\/files\/2011\/05\/IMG_9956.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2010-11\/files\/2011\/05\/IMG_9956.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2010-11\/files\/2011\/05\/IMG_9956-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Queer Com sponsored several events during Queer Pride Week, some in conjunction with the Queer Student Union. These included the week\u2019s opening ceremony in Storke Plaza. Keynote speaker writer performer and queer rights activist Ryka Aoki spoke in Storke Plaza about transcending the rainbow to be inclusive of a broader range of communities. Her performance included both her poetry and songs. Over the course of the week, a series of workshops, ranging from \u201cIntro to Intersexuality\u201d to \u201cThat\u2019s So Gay: The Impact of Microaggressions,\u201d covered topics including homophobia, stereotypes, and sexual assault.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2010-11\/files\/2011\/05\/IMG_9951.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-617\" title=\"IMG_9951`\" src=\"https:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2010-11\/files\/2011\/05\/IMG_9951.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2010-11\/files\/2011\/05\/IMG_9951.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2010-11\/files\/2011\/05\/IMG_9951-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2010-11\/files\/2012\/04\/IMG_99311.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1527\" title=\"IMG_99311\" src=\"https:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2010-11\/files\/2012\/04\/IMG_99311.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2010-11\/files\/2012\/04\/IMG_99311.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2010-11\/files\/2012\/04\/IMG_99311-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2010-11\/files\/2012\/04\/IMG_99311-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2010-11\/files\/2011\/05\/IMG_9974.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2010-11\/files\/2011\/05\/IMG_9974.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a>The week\u2019s activities also included both professional and student drag shows that played to capacity crowds. One of the highlights to cap off the week was the annual Queer Wedding officiated by Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Michael Young.\u00a0 The ceremony is an affirmation of personal commitments and a public statement of solidarity that includes members of the LGTBQIA community and allies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2010-11\/files\/2011\/05\/IMG_9979.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2010-11\/files\/2011\/05\/IMG_9979.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2010-11\/files\/2011\/05\/IMG_9993.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2010-11\/files\/2011\/05\/IMG_9993.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2010-11\/files\/2011\/05\/IMG_9999.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/flashback.as.ucsb.edu\/2010-11\/files\/2011\/05\/IMG_9999.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FIRST ANNUAL ISLA VISTA PRIDE FESTIVAL To cap off this year\u2019s UCSB Pride: Transcending the Rainbow week of events,\u00a0Queer Commission\u00a0worked with the office of the Executive Vice President of Local Affairs to host the first Isla Vista Pride Festival. 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