Veggie Pride is an international event that celebrates and promotes vegetarianism (including veganism).
Background Veggie Pride has been held annually in ParisEn bref May 17. Libération since 2001 and has later been emulated in other cities in the world.Proud Vegetarians, in Costume, Take to the Streets May 19, 2008 The New York TimesVeggie Pride Parade to sprout from meat mecca Volume 77 / Number 50 - May 14–20, 2008 The Villager It brings together vegetarians, including vegans, who want to show their pride to refuse to eat animals and denounce the discrimination which they claim they suffer, both personally and in terms of expressing their ideas.The Veggie Pride Manifesto Veggie Pride international site Veggie Pride aims to encourage vegetarians to affirm their convictions and to bring society to accept the debate on the legitimacy of the consumption of animals.
International spread The first Italian Veggie Pride was held in Rome on 17 May 2008 and was attended by about 700 people.«"Il mondo è anche degli animali" – A Roma in piazza l'orgoglio Veggie» May 17, 2009 Liberazione «E il Colosseo diventò animalista per un giorno – "Fermiamo la mattanza"» May 18, 2009 Liberazione «Il "Veggie Pride" e l'etica del cibo». May 16, 2009 Il Manifesto«"Veggie Pride", corteo dal Colosseo per l'orgoglio vegetariano». May 17, 2009 Corriere della Sera In 2009, Veggie Pride was held on May 16 simultaneously in Birmingham,First ever Veggie Pride in Birmingham UK Lyon, Milan and Prague.Birmingham stages UK’s first Veggie Pride festival May 18, 2009 Birmingham Mail
The first American Veggie Pride Parade was in 2008 in Manhattan, New YorkVeggie Pride on Display in Big Apple May 19, 2008 WNYC and was attended by several hundred people.Vegetables on march against meat biz May 19th 2008 Daily News The NYC parade continues to be held annually.https://www.veggieprideparade.org New York Veggie Pride Parade
On April 26, 2009, the Los Angeles Veggie Pride Parade was celebrated,Los Angeles Veggie Pride Parade April 25th, 2009 Hollywood Today that had Rory Freedman, author of Skinny Bitch, and Karen Dawn, author of Thanking the Monkey: Rethinking the Way We Treat Animals as special guest speakers. On May 17 of the same year the New York Veggie Pride Parade was celebrated, which included Freya Dinshah, director of the American Vegan Society, the Queens city councilman and mayoral candidate Tony Avella, Paul Shapiro, director of factory farming campaigns of the Humane Society of the United States and Christine "Peanut" Vardaros, vegan athlete, among others.Veggie Pride Parade, New York City
On June 2, 2012, the first Chicago Veggie Pride Parade was held in the Grant Park, Chicago.Chicago Veggie Pride Parade
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External links
Veggie Pride international site