All bags, boxes, and totes are subject to inspection please cooperate with our Tulsa Police Department and Tulsa Pride Security Team.ġ2.
All vehicular entries are subject to the traffic laws of the State of Oklahoma and the City of Tulsa and must have a current proof of insurance and the driver must have a current state issued license.ġ1. with LGBTQ+ Veterans leading the parade.ġ0. Oklahoma ordinances do not permit open containers of adult beverages.ĩ. No liquor or adult beverages are allowed to be consumed in parade staging area or while participating in the parade or along the parade route. Please make sure to dispose of any trash and cigarette butts and water bottles and pop cans in designated trash bins in the parade staging area.Ĩ. The church is open for restroom use and access to water fountains. The Boston Avenue United Methodist Church hosts our Parade Staging Area. All parade participants must be checked in by 5:30 p.m. All parade entries must be paid prior to participation in the north parking lot.ĥ. The shuttle will continue to run till 30 minutes after the parade.Ĥ.
The Shuttles take you from the Tulsa Pride Festival to Parade staging area at 13th and Boston Avenue. Shuttles begin leaving from the Tulsa Pride Festival at 4:00 pm in front of the West Festival Gate area around the old Tulsa Fire Station at 4th and Frankfort.ģ. at 13th and Boston Avenue in the north parking lot.Ģ.
On Sunday, New Age Renegade is asking people to join them for a 'Karaoke for a Kause' to raise money for the Orlando victims' families.Īnd Bamboo plans to hold another benefit next Saturday.1. “Am I Still going to hold my husband’s hand walking down the street? Yes,” Davison said.īoth Bamboo and New Age Renegade held candlelight vigils in honor of the victims. Still, the fear caused by the shooter in Orlando has the LGBT community on edge, but not enough to stop them from living their lives the way they want to. “My entertainers - from drag queens, to transgender, to straight, to lesbian, to gay - they were like 'wow,'" he said.īoth Davison and Burch say police went over emergency plans with bar staff and will make regular rounds to make sure people are safe. It's our community this will not happen." “Stay here all night, and made sure that we felt that way,” Davison said.
New Age Renegade owner Russell Davison says police have visited his bar throughout the week. "We've had police presence here we've had it all day Sunday,” Burch said. Since the Orlando shooting, the Tulsa police chief has been making it his mission to make sure the LGBT community feels safe. “That could have happened at my bar," Burch said. “We've made so many strides in the last few years in the LGBT community,” Burch said.īut the shooting has been a terrifying reminder of the violence directed towards the LGBT community. That has some LGBT bars in Tulsa feeling scared for their safety.įighting back tears - Bamboo manager David Burch is still feeling the pain caused by last week's mass shooting in Orlando. While the gunman in Orlando claimed allegiance to ISIS, the fact is he targeted the gay community in what is the deadliest mass shooting hate crime in American history. Since then LGBT friendly bars around the area have been stepping up security to help make guests feel more comfortable. On the one-week anniversary of the shooting some local Tulsa bars are hosting benefits to raise money for the families of the victims. In Orlando on Saturday, funerals were held for many of the victims. The shooter declared his allegiance to ISIS during the shooting. He injured another 50 people in the worst mass shooting in the nation's history. A week ago, a gunman killed 49 people inside a gay nightclub in Orlando.