Talk:ShanghaiPride

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I removed this from the leader: "The festival was promoted entirely through the English language to avoid attracting the attention of the authorities."

It is a parade. I doubt the authorities missed it because it was in English. This is dealt with better further in the article, so I think it is sensible to get rid of this unreferenced leader statement. 88.147.45.134 (talk) 11:00, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Similarly I have placed a fact tag on another section referring to the event possibly not passing well with the authorities. Such statements should be cited in order to avoid misrepresenting people/groups. --Taelus (talk) 11:28, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

And I have now removed it having found a citation... Sorry, I misread the article when I first read through it and didn't catch the potential reference. --Taelus (talk) 11:30, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

It's NOT a parade, it's a party/festival/gathering at a private venue and thus could slip under official radar to some extent. They also advertised in a non-Chinese text to avoid too much opposition from local civilians. Radagast (talk) 03:23, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

This is small unimportant news and should not clutter up WikiPedia's front pages. Plane crashes, economic crises, acute infectious diseases are news. This is a tiny exhibition. Ho-humregford (talk) 04:26, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Agreed. Plus it is totally not reported in Shanghai in the official media for now. 99% of the local people are not even aware of this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 15.243.169.69 (talk) 07:04, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

And why shouldn't Wikipedia help make people aware of it? --candle•wicke 16:46, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

This doesn't seem like an article at all. It's purpose would seem to be to advertise the event. Is that what Wikipedia is for??? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.69.33.184 (talk) 18:36, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Text dump of removed chinese from article

Note: I have no idea what the following means, or if it is in any way relevant. I am simply moving it here from the main article incase it is intended to be translated, or was a good-faith contribution that desired translating. --Taelus (talk) 15:31, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

中国大陆首个同性恋主题庆祝活动“上海骄傲周”于6月14日落下帷幕。据估计，大约3500人参加了这次在上海举行的为期一周的活动。“骄傲周”期间，参与者自发为公益组织“香港智行基金会”（致力于男男性接触者HIV/爱滋病干预工作及爱滋孤儿资助共作的一个非营利性慈善组织）进行募捐。到活动截止，共筹得总额为15380元人民币的善款。

本次“上海骄傲周”于6月7日揭幕。开幕式当天，活动现场放映了由电影导演兼评论家崔子恩教授贡献的一部深度反映中国同性恋发展轨迹的纪录片《誌同志》。在接下来的一个星期中，一系列形式各异的活动在部分特定场所精彩上演，其中包括了由复旦大学教授高燕宁与华东师范大学教授魏伟担任主讲嘉宾的主题讨论会、以及艺术展、电影放映、文学之夜和体育比赛等。

周六（6月13日）在新华路Cotton’s餐吧举行的花园狂欢派对将“骄傲周”活动引向高潮。当天的派对由展现活力与健康的健美比赛火热开场，之后，颇具特色的地方反串（男扮女装）表演、巴西民间舞蹈、中国传统舞蹈、京剧、游戏以及一场无声拍卖会(silent auction)轮番上演，精彩纷呈。在从下午两点到晚上十点的八个小时中，爆满的活动现场欢声雷动，一直洋溢着节日的气氛，其中还有不少参与者慕名从国内其他城市赶来。在花园派对将近尾声之时，著名爵士表演艺术家赵可（Coco Zhao）登台献艺，经典的爵士老歌激发了现场观众的热情。在这之后，四对同性爱人隆重登台，在现场来宾的见证下郑重盟誓、“喜结连理”，这场象征意义的“婚典”将全场气氛推向顶点，Cotton’s酒吧成了欢乐的海洋。花园派对之后，狂欢的人群移师外滩一处著名的酒吧，继续跳舞庆祝直到次日凌晨。

国内众多同性爱主题的网站及在线论坛对本次活动都给予了极大关注，部分在线博客还及时翻译和转载了英文媒体对于本次活动的报道。令人惊喜的是，国内最权威的英文主流媒体《中国日报》（China Daily）在其头版上对于本次活动进行了报道，并对活动的意义给予了积极评价，称其“反映了中国社会发展的进步……是一次对中国及世界具有深远意义的活动”。

活动发言人以及发起人之一汉娜·勒梅表示，“在本次骄傲周活动中，多方力量的热情支持使我们深受感动。很多之前不愿或害怕承认自己同性恋取向的朋友们在活动中备受鼓舞，开始相信我们的社会仍有允许同性恋人群存在并按照自己的意愿生活的空间。就在几年前，这样的活动似乎还是不可思议的事。但是上海骄傲周的成功进行无疑证明了中国日渐大气、开放、以及多元化的姿态。”

众多参与者都认为，这一活动对于促使人们关心同性恋相关话题，增加同性恋者人群的社会可见度，同时在同性恋者和异性恋社群之间架起沟通的桥梁，促进社会和谐进步都具有积极作用，希望2010年还可以持续进行。