World's Best Pride

MANCHESTER PRIDE UP FOR 'WORLD'S BEST PRIDE' AWARD

Manchester Pride has been nominated for the 'Best Annual Gay Destination Event' in the 2010 TripOut Gay Travel Awards.

Other nominees include: Amsterdam Gay Pride, Dinah Shore Weekend (Palm Springs), Madrid Pride, Provincetown Bear Week and Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.

The shortlist has been compiled by TripOut Gay Travel - an international online gay travel guide. TripOut provide LGBT travelers with the latest on gay travel and honour gay-friendly destinations and travel services around the globe.

You can vote for Manchester Pride by visiting: www.tripoutgaytravel.com, or via Twitter by tweeting the hashtage #TOGTManPride.  Any time this hashtag is used in a tweet, it is counted as a vote. 

Voting closes on Monday, 18 October and the results will be announced in November.

Jackie Crozier, festival director of Manchester Pride, said: "Manchester Pride has been voted the ‘Best Pride Event’ in the UK by readers of the Pink Paper for the last four years. To be recognised on the international stage along with many world-class Pride events is a real honour.

"Each year we go above and beyond to ensure Manchester Pride is bigger and better whilst remaining true to our roots as a fundraiser for local LGBT and HIV charities. And the fact that people travel across the country and even the world to attend really means everything to us."

Since 2003, Manchester Pride has raised £780,000 for LGBT and HIV charities across Greater Manchester. The total amount raised from Manchester Pride 2010 will be announced on Thursday, 23 September at the Pride Gala dinner. 

For more information, visit: www.manchesterpride.com

Published: 29-Sep-2010: (238)