SOURCE: Viet Pride
"The untold miseries must be told. The invisible faces must be made visible. The silenced voice must be heard. Equal rights must be given. All these goals cannot be accomplished overnight but require an undivided commitment, concerted effort, and collective action to make human rights and dignity for LGBT people a reality. For this reason, Pride has been celebrated annually since 1969 in all continents of the world to remind each and every one of us that we are born free and equal and it is not a crime or a sin to love the person we love.
This year, Viet Pride will be celebrated on the 3rd, 4th, and 5th August 2012 for the first time in Vietnam. The event will host a cultural diversity of film screenings, research presentation, and music live performance at Goethe Institute. The event serves to encourage people to come forward, to come out and to live openly with pride; to strengthen the sense of community that transcend group boundaries and differences; and to create an official and interactive forum where pro-gay organizations and beneficiary community come together, interact, and foster trust and collaborations.
In celebrating the first ever Pride in Vietnam, let us dedicate the first weekend of August to recognize and celebrate the pride in ourselves, the pride in our fellows who are fighting and striving for the truth they want to live, and ultimately, the pride in being on the right side of history."
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