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Brighton Pride is an annual event held in the city of Brighton, England, organised by Brighton Pride, a community interest company (CIC) who promote equality and diversity, and advance education to eliminate discrimination against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. The major event is an annual summer festival held in the first week of August, which usually consists of a parade through the city centre, a festival event in Preston Park, the Gay Village Party and other club parties. Since 2013, it has also included an Arts and Film Festival and a Pride Dog Show. The parade attracts an estimated 160,000 people every year.〔http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-2714062/GAY-PRIDE-PARADE-ATTRACTS-THOUSANDS.html〕 Another 40,000 people attend the park festival〔http://brightonandhoveindependent.co.uk/brighton-pride-just-celebration/〕 and around 30,000 people enjoy the Gay Village Party in Kemptown.〔http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/11228152.Pride_street_party_to_be_ticketed_this_year/?ref=var_0〕 The event brings 2% of the city's annual visitors in one day〔http://brightonandhoveindependent.co.uk/brighton-pride-just-celebration/〕 and an estimated £13.8 million to the city's economy,〔http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/10806421.Will_Brighton_Pride_come_before_a_fall_/〕 credited as one of the main ways Brighton has boosted its economy from tourism.〔http://www.theguardian.com/local-government-network/2013/sep/10/seaside-town-brighton-boosted-tourism〕 ==History== Brighton Pride began with a small march and festivities by the Sussex Gay Liberation Front in 1971. Pride returned to the city in 1991 with the Brighton Area Action Against Section 28 which brought hundreds to the streets. The first contemporary Pride took place in 1992 and began to increase significantly in size in future years with the support of sponsors, pubs, clubs and drag artists. Since 1996, the park festival has been based at Preston Park. In 2004, Brighton Pride became a charity to both develop the event and to advance public education by raising awareness of issues affecting LGBT people, and to make grants and donations to other charitable and voluntary organisations in the area. In 2011, organisers controversially introduced an entry fee to the park festival, as the company was in financial ruin and ran up over £200,000 in debt, subsequently becoming bankrupt. Since 2012, Pride has been under new management and has raised over £110,000 for local LGBT community groups. The event now includes the traditional community parade, the park festival in Preston Park, a Gay Village Party in Kemptown, an Arts and Film Festival, a Pride Dog Show and several club parties around the city. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brighton Pride」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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