RAINBOW FEVER 40 YEARS:
by chris carpenter
SAN DIEGO PRIDE
this month, as trans actress Laverne Cox helps to jump-start San Diego’s annual Pride celebration. The award-winning breakout star of Netflix’s prison-set story Orange is the New Black will serve as keynote speaker at the Spirit of Stonewall Rally at 6 p.m. on Friday, July 18. Cox plays Sophia Burset, an incarcerated African-American trans woman and is the first trans woman of color to have a leading role on a mainstream scripted TV show. Time magazine recently named Sophia one of the most influential fictional characters in current media. Cox’s words to those gathered on Friday will surely be as inspiring as her role on the series. If Cox’s participation in San Diego Pride isn’t enough for Orange is the New Black fans, one of her co-stars will be closing
The orange in our community’s rainbow flag will take on greater prominence
out events that same Friday evening. Taryn Manning, aka Tiffany “Pennsatucky” Doggett, is set to DJ and will perform songs from her latest album at the third annual Pride of Hillcrest Block Party. The official kickoff party for Pride weekend will start right after the rally, running from 7 to 11:30 p.m. Additional celebrity appearances, local DJs, carnival rides and go-go dancers will be in the mix. Discounted pre-sale tickets are available now at
prideblockparty.com.
40 RAGE RAGE monthly | JULY 2014 monthly | JULY 2014
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