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Montreal Tourism and business partners announce the kick-off of their third annual Queer of the Year competition including online voting and in-person competitions among five lucky finalists flown into Montreal during their Pride celebration (August 13-19) to compete for the title of Queer of the Year.
For more information, prize info, rule:
The state of Vermont doesn’t have a single gay bar (last time we checked). But it does have a super gay-friendly population and a cool, laid-back, welcoming vibe. It also has two simultaneous gay-related events taking place September 22, 2012: Pride Vermont and Northern Decadence.
Northern Decadence is probably a bit more G-rated than the name would imply (one of the highlights is a cupcake competition). But it is a fun, community-oriented event that, along with Pride Vermont, brings a big, concentrated dollop of “gay” to Northern New England.
At Northern Decadence, you’ll meet the owners of the state’s many fabulous gay-owned and gay-friendly resorts, restaurants, shops and other businesses and enjoy some of the unique cuisine that makes Vermont a great place to visit any time of the year.
From the organizers:
The second annual “Northern Decadence Food & Travel Expo” will take place on Saturday, September 22, 2012, 12 – 5 pm at Battery Park in Burlington, as part of the annual Vermont Pride Festival. The Vermont Gay Tourism Association (VGTA), in partnership with the Vermont Department of Tourism & Marketing, produces Northern Decadence to promote Vermont to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) travel market. Northern Decadence celebrates Vermont’s diversity, tourism and culinary culture.
Lots of hotels offer NYC Pride specials, but since we particularly love the Kimpton Hotel Group, we are happy to include the Eventi Hotel‘s contribution: the I Swing for PRIDE package which includes the following:
Fine print:
From Kimpton:
One of the friendliest spots in Canada (and that’s saying something considering how amicable our northern neighbors are generally speaking) is Halifax, Canada.
It’s also beautiful, rich in history and into its gay and lesbian culture. To wit, they are unspooling their first annual OUTeast Queer Film Festival this weekend (through June 17). And they celebrate the 25th anniversary of Halifax Pride July 20-29.
From the organizers:
There are LGBT-friendly and popular events all year round and great TAG-approved accommodations and terrific dining (seafood is a speciality, natch). Visit Rainbow Halifax for a few LGBT-specific and general travel planning tools.
Sin City is hosting the first annual Gay Days Las Vegas, September 4-10, 2012, which also includes Las Vegas Gay Pride. September 7-8. (Photo credit here.) That’s a lot of gay all at once! Are you 21 or over? Enter to win a pretty fabulous sounding prize of an almost all-expense paid trip for you and a guest, including:
The contest runs from June 1 to July 31, 2012 and you can enter at www.gayvegastravel.com.
Check out Marriott’s gay Pride packages and enter to win their “Be You, With Us” sweepstakes with a grand prize of a trip to New York City, San Francisco or Berlin 2013 Gay Pride Festivals valued at up to $5,000.
According to Marriott, A sample package is The Get a Room! Vancouver Pridepackage at the Residence Inn Vancouver Downtown in Canada including overnight accommodations in a king deluxe studio, full hot buffet breakfast, high-speed wireless Internet, parking, two door passes to Celebrities Night Club and two cocktails in Cavino, the hotel restaurant.
Book hotel deals and packages, get more informaton and enter the Be You, With Us Sweeps at www.marriott.com/pride
Today, Hawaiian Airlines launched the first-ever daily nonstop service from JFK to Honolulu. Continental/United operates a nonstop from Newark to Honolulu but for those who prefer JFK, this is welcome news.
Hawaiian has partnered with JetBlue with a code share arrangement that should facilitate travel to Hawaii from destinations JetBlue serves.
Additional details follow:
Fans of Anna Madrigal, Mary Ann Singleton, and Mouse, take note!
Armistead Maupin, author of the beloved Tales of the City series, is scheduled to make his first-ever public appearance in Provincetown at the Crown & Anchor’s Paramount Nightclub on July 9 at 4pm.
Maupin will read from the latest in this long-running tale, The Days of Anna Madrigal, a work in progress. Tickets are available here.
From the organizers:
Ticketholders to TEATIME WITH ARMISTEAD MAUPIN can expect an afternoon of free-wheelinganecdotes and lively conversation with the audience – aswell as a brief reading from Maupin’s current work-in-progress, The Days of Anna Madrigal.
“It’s very useful to me,” says Maupin, “to try out my material on a sympatheticlive audience before it’s set in print.” The author’s books will be available at the event for purchase and signing.
In honor of Gay Pride month, this luxurious, boutique property in the gay-popular Dupont Circle area of D.C. is offering a special package starting Thursday, May 30 through June 30, 2012 called “Somewhere Under the Rainbow.”
This two-night package, valid Thursday through Sunday, is $295 and includes the following:
The ‘fine print’:
Hotel information:
How’d you like to get (legally) married in Toronto all expenses paid with about 1,000,000 guests? Did we mention it’s on a float during Toronto’s massive Gay Pride parade?
Just enter this contest during New York City Pride organized by the folks at Tourism Toronto—one of the most lucrative and fun-sounding LGBT-oriented contests we’ve ever heard about—and you and your lucky spouse-to-be may win:
Contest details:
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