ʻO ko Louisville Meia, nā ʻelele o ka ʻaha ʻo Metro, ʻo Louisville Tourism, Civitas, ka mokuna ʻo Louisville i hoʻokumu hou ʻia o ka National LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce, ke Komikina Pili Pili Kanaka a me ka Campus Fairness i hui pū ʻia e hoʻomaka i ka pule Pride Week Iune 10 - 17 ma o ka hoʻoulu ʻana ʻelua nā lepa hou i mua o ke Keʻena ʻo Metro. ʻO kēia mau hae, hoʻolālā a hāʻawi ʻia e Louisville Huakaʻi, hōʻike i kahi ʻeleʻele fleur-di-lis i waenakonu o ka hae ānuenue.

"ʻO nā kaiāulu e ʻapo i nā ʻano like ʻole he kaiāulu ikaika. ʻO ia ke kumu e haʻaheo ai mākou e lilo i kaiāulu ʻo Kentucky mua e hōʻike mana i kahi hōʻailona o ka inclusivity ma o ka hāpai ʻana i ka hae Pride, "wahi a ka Meia.

"Ua haʻaheo ʻo Louisville iā ia iho ma ke ʻano he wahi hoʻokipa a me kahi huakaʻi nui, a lilo ia i misiona no kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale aloha loa ʻo LGBTQ ma ka ʻāina," i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Karen Williams, Pelekikena & CEO o Louisville Huakaʻi. "ʻO kēia mau hae lawelawe ma ke ʻano he hōʻike lehulehu o ke kākoʻo, e hoʻoikaika ana i kā mākou hoʻolaha ʻana i ke kaiāulu LGBTQ, ka mea i kōkua iā mākou e hopu i nā mea nui e like me ka moʻolelo uhi o kēia manawa i ka Magazine Passport a me ka inoa hou na Instinct Magazine no Kentuckiana Pride ma ke ʻano he 12 Fabulous Kūpono ʻia nā hanana o ka honua holoʻokoʻa i ke kau haʻaheo. ”

Hoʻohui ʻia, hoʻolaha ʻo Pelekikena ʻo ka ʻAha Kūkākūkā ʻo Metro David James e hoʻomālamalama ʻia ka City Hall Clock Tower e kākoʻo i nā kamaʻāina LGBTQ o Louisville.

Paipai ʻo Mayor Fischer i nā ʻoihana āpau a me nā kamaʻāina e hōʻike i ko lākou kala a komo i ka Pride Parade o kēia makahiki, i manaʻo ʻia ʻo Pride Parade nui loa ia ma ke kūlanakauhale, me nā mea komo ma mua o 100 a me nā mea hele wāwae 5,000.

Hoʻomaka ka makahiki Pride parade ma ka hola 7 o ka pō Pōʻalima, Iune 14 ma nā alanui Mākeke a me Campbell a hele aku i ka Lā nui ʻehā, kahi e hoʻomālamalama ʻia ʻo Big Four Bridge i nā kala ānuenue i ka wā ahiahi a mālama ʻia ka hoʻolauleʻa haʻaheo makahiki.

"Ua hauʻoli mākou e hoʻomau ʻo Louisville i ke alakaʻi ʻana i ka ʻae ʻana i ka hoʻokomo, ka like ʻole, a me ko mākou kaiāulu LGBTQ," i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Chris Hartman, Luna Hoʻokele o ka Pono Pono. "Iwakālua mau makahiki ma hope o ka pāpā ʻana o Louisville i ka hoʻokae LGBTQ me kāna Fairness Ordinance, ua hāpai ʻia nā hae haʻaheo ma Metro Hall i nā hōʻailona i kēlā me kēia mea e kipa mai i ko mākou kūlanakauhale ua hāmama i nā mea āpau."

ʻO nā helu o ka haʻaheo ʻo Louisville me:

• He helu maikaʻi loa o 100 ma ka Index of Equality Index o ka Human Rights Campaign Foundation ʻehā mau makahiki i ka lālani (2015, 2016, 2017 a me 2018)

• Ka home i ka 11th nui loa o ka lehulehu LGBTQ ma United States

• Ke Kulanui o Louisville kekahi o nā kula he 17 wale nō i ka lāhui e loaʻa i nā hōkū ʻelima ma ka Campus Pride Index, kahi kulanui lehulehu wale ma ka Hema i koho ʻia ma waena o ka "Best of the Best"

• Ua pailaka ke Kulanui Lapaʻau ʻo University of Louisville i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa haumāna mua loa no nā pono olakino LGBTQ i makemake ʻia a ʻo ia ke kulanui mua ma ka ʻāina e hāʻawi i kahi haumāna LGBTQ Haʻawina noʻeau.

• Hoʻolahalaha ke aupuni ʻo Louisville Metro i nā koho kūpono i nā hoa home o nā limahana a ʻo ia kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale i ka hema e hana pēlā

ʻO Louisville nā mahalo nui LGBTQ hou:

• ʻeono mau kūlanakauhale kahaha nui no nā ʻohana LGBTQ, huakaʻi ʻohana

• ʻEono mau kūlanakauhale i hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻia no ka poʻe huakaʻi LGBT, ka mea huakaʻi ʻo Conde Nast

• ʻEiwa mau Wahi Kūpono no Kou LGBT Destination Wedding, Travel + Leisure

• 10 mau wahi punahele ʻoi loa, ʻo Orbitz

• Ko 10 mau kulanakauhale Gayest o Amerika, Poll Gallup

• ʻEhiku mau US Pride Festivals ma ke ala ʻo Beaten e puhi iā ʻoe, GayStarNews

• 12 mau hanana kupaianaha o ke ao holoʻokoʻa e kū nei i ka wā o ka Pride Season, Instinct