Kutholakala kunxweme elisenyakatho-ntshona yeWashington kwiBellingham Bay, isixeko esiqhubekayo nesingaphandle kweBellingham (isibalo sama-115,000) sinabantu abaninzi be-LGBT. Idolophu yaseKholeji yasekhaya yaseKapa (ikhaya leYunivesithi yaseWestern Washington) lizele iindawo zokudlela zasepilini ezipholile, iindawo ezincinane zokufakela ikhofi, i-craft-breweries kunye ne-barre quirky-khangela i- Bellingham Gay Nightlife kunye neZikhokelo zokutya ukuze uthole iinkcukacha ezingaphezulu.
Ngomhla kaJulayi, umzi uphinde uhambele iBellingham Gay Pride - imihla eyiyo nyaka ngoJulayi 9 no-10, ngo-2016.
Unomdla ekubhiyozeni iGay Pride eTacoma? Umkhosi woMdumo weSixeko kunye nemisebenzi enxulumene nayo iyenzeka ngoJulayi 8 ukuya kuJulayi 16.
Ukudumela kungekhona nje ngabantu basekhaya kodwa kunye nabantu be-GLBT abavela eVancouver, BC (imoto engama-75 ukuya kumntla-ntshona-ntshona) kunye ne Seattle (malunga neyure-nesiqingatha ngemoto ukuya ngasentla), uBellingham Gay Pride yenzeka Iveki epheleleyo kwaye ixhaswa ngumzi wecala lomngqingili kunye nomdlalo wokudansa, iRumors Cabaret , ephethe i-Pride Drag Show kunye neSigubhi ngoMgqibelo kusihlwa.
Umonwabo uqala ngo-9: 00 ngoLwesihlanu, ngo-Julayi 8, kunye ne- All-Ages Dance Party kunye neDrag Show kwi-Make.Shift Art Space. NgoMgqibelo, ngoJulayi 9, i- Picde Family Picnic ibanjwe emini emasimini kunye neBloedel Donovan Park, e-2214 Electric Avenue. Lo mcimbi-wonke umcimbi ukhululekile, kodwa iminikelo yamkelekile.
Ngomhla olandelayo, ngeCawa, ngo-Julayi 10, i- Bellingham Pride Parade ibeka i-Cornwall Avenue ngasemzimbeni emini, iqala kwiqhagamshelwano kunye ne-Ohio Street, kwaye iya ku-Deport Market Square (kwi-1100 Avenue Railroad). Apha, kude kube ngu-4 ntambama, uMthendeleko weBellingham Pride ubonisa abathengisi, abaqhubi, ukutya, imisebenzi yezingane ezininzi, njalo njalo.
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Ukunikezelwa kwendawo ebalulekileyo yeBellingham yokubhukuda nokubukela i-whale ( iiSan Juan Islands zikufutshane), okanye ukuhamba emzibini kwisixeko kunye nasempuma kwiNxweme yeNyakatho yeSizwe yeCascades, yindawo evelele kakhulu ukutyelela ehlobo, ngoko icebo lokubhuka phambili phambili ukuba ujonge ukuza ngeveki. Isixeko sineendidi ezintle zeehotele kunye neehotele, kubandakanye nezinye izakhiwo eziphambili ezinjenge-Chrysalis Inn & Spa ne-Hotel Bellwether.
Iinqaba ezininzi ezinobungqingili kunye nabasetyhini kunye nemidlo yokutya ziya kubatyeka ngokukodwa kuleveki. Hlola amaphepha e-gay eengingqi, afana ne-Seattle Gay Times kunye ne-Seattle Lesbian kubafundi malunga ne-gay scene ngasentshonalanga kwiphondo yase-Washington, kunye neyezinye iindawo zengingqi, i-Cascadia Weekly, ukuba ziqhube phambili zithatha ukuba zibonwe kwaye zenze ntoni eBellingham. Ibhulogi yeGay InsideOut, ye-LGBTQ kwiziko loluntu eBellingham, linceda. Kwakhona luncedo kakhulu indawo yokuhamba eveliswe ngumbutho wezorhwebo olusemthethweni, iBellingham kunye ne-Whatcom County Tour Office.