LGBTQ+ Pride March Tyria [EU] 2016

[Lelling 402]

NOTE: You can also show your support for our event on the Reddit thread! ^^

 

Hey folks!

As part of Pride Month, I am excited to announce that this year, we will be hosting and organising an in-game pride march on June 26th at 6 PM CEST (that's 4 PM UTC/ server time)!

Here's a copy of the description from the NA post (with times & descriptions adjusted for EU):

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Citizens of Tyria!

You are invited to join us in celebrating Pride March Tyria this June 26 at 6 PM CEST.

We march primarily to show our support for gender and sexual minority players, some of which have found Guild Wars 2 to be one of a few safe places to simply be themselves and get away from the drama and the politics of the outside world.

Allies and proponents of equality for all are especially welcome to attend as are those who are members of LGBTQIA+ communities!

The march route will be starting in the center of Ebonhawke and proceed until it reaches the steps of Rata Sum. Please refer to included map for specifics:

As real life comes first we’ll understand if players will only be stopping by for a short section of the approximately two and a half hour tour. Also for those for whom the above-mentioned time is inconvenient, we’ll be glad for those who want to volunteer to lead other groups whenever is most convenient for them as we want this message of support to reach as many as possible regardless of personal time constraints.

Thank you for your time.

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When do we meet?

Commanders & organizers will begin gathering at 5 PM CEST, so you should already be able to reach us one hour in advance. You can contact us in-game, or join us on TeamSpeak (ts.theopencommunity.org)

 

Where do we meet?

Ebonhawke! If you don't have explored yet, do not worry! You can reach Ebonhawke through a portal in Divinity's Reach, so we will also have a commander showing people the way through DR if needed.

 

How do we get on the same instance of the map?

We will be using TeamSpeak to taxi people onto the same map via squadjoins. If you don't wish to join us on TeamSpeak, you can whisper one of the people on the contact list below and they'll help you join the correct map in-game.

TeamSpeak address:  ts.theopencommunity.org, no password, no voice requirement, no shenanigans

 

What do I bring?

You don't have to bring anything! But, party boxes, kites, transformations, fireworks, and other fun things of all kinds are of course welcome! If you wish to dye your armor in the traditional pride flag colours, that's also a fun way to express support!

A Guild Wars 2 player from Orlando, Florida, has suggested that those who wish to show support to the brothers and sisters we have lost in Pulse earlier this week can dye their armour in purple and gold - Orlando's soccer team colours.

 

Who can I contact about this?

• @Lelling - (Lelling.6795)
• @Jade Anabelle - (Jade Anabelle Woods.2549)
• @Renaissance Wrath - (Madugal.1087)
• @britxh - (Britxh.5017)
• @Dav - (Davin.5784)
• @Keroak - (Keroak.5192) [for Spanish speakers]

If you would like to help organize this event, please let me know by contacting me in-game, on the forums, or by replying to this thread!

 

Please be aware that we are marching in the name of unity and acceptance. Any attacks on specific minorities, ethnic groups, religions, are not welcome at this event. This is also not a platform for political or religious debate. There are plenty of other places and times that are appropriate to start conversations regarding politics, policies, or religion.

[duusa 0]

thank you so much for making this a thing! i made a post on tumblr and it's being passed around and it seems that a lot of people are interested and are coming!  

[britxh 17]

yess i'm so happy!! i saw the tumblr post and thought about bringing it up to the admins but it seems that won't be a problem <3

i will be there!!

[Meera 1]

Super happy that thi is a thing we're doing! Will definetly attend.

[legendary Necro 3]

I'm all for supporting the LGBT community, but don't you think this is a little too extreme, like if you want to do a pride march why don't do it in real life where you know people care, it seems rather stupid to push your agenda on other people in a game.

[Jade Anabelle 9]

25 minutes ago, legendary Necro said:

I'm all for supporting the LGBT community, but don't you think this is a little too extreme, like if you want to do a pride march why don't do it in real life where you know people care, it seems rather stupid to push your agenda on other people in a game.

We are not pushing anything. If you don't want to do it then you don't do it, it's as siple as that. This event is just to show that we care wherever we are, and also as a "multinational" community we would also like to march together and have some fun  Since we can hardly do that irl, this is the way to show support as well as be together  

[Keroak 0]

I'm Keroak (Keroak.5192) representing spanish-speaker guild Lo que diga Abaddon [LQDA]

[Lelling 402]

18 hours ago, legendary Necro said:

I'm all for supporting the LGBT community, but don't you think this is a little too extreme, like if you want to do a pride march why don't do it in real life where you know people care, it seems rather stupid to push your agenda on other people in a game.

What's the agenda we're pushing?

[Lelling 402]

Also update - added all our recent volunteers ^^

[Noname 38]

I'll be there with some guildies!

[Noname 38]

Can't stay till the end, but I must say that was amazing! Love you all!

Edited June 26, 2016 by Thavie

[Jomika 33]

Edited June 26, 2016 by Jomika

[britxh 17]

just to give everyone an idea of just how many  people showed up:

Edited June 26, 2016 by britxh

[Lelling 402]

23 minutes ago, britxh said:

just to give everyone an idea of just how many  people showed up

And that was just ONE of the maps!

[Nyx Nis 2]

That event was amazing !

 

Here is all the march, from the beginning in Ebonhawke to the end in the jumping puzzle of the Silverwastes:
https://imgur.com/a/5QRXi

Edited June 26, 2016 by Nyx Nis

[Lelling 402]

I wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who helped coordinate the event and to everyone who attended, this was by far our biggest and most successful event !

[Lelling 402]

I took a few screenshots as well <3

 

 

 

  

[dracoplasma 1]

Our guild Knights of Ale [KoA] was very satisfied with the organization and the event itself, despite only being able to walk for the first quarter. Hope to go again next year!

Here you have some pics:

[Nukkuu 8]

-redacted-

Edited March 22, 2018 by Nukkuu

[Karry 55]

It was insanely fun! Thank you all for that evening!   Charrs unite!   ( I also took screenshots but not in a high quality. My poor laptop. I'll skip showing my pixelated view. <3 )

 

[Ralesk 3]

Thank you again, everyone, for organising this and for being there. I had a great time both in the game and on TS   Looking forward to more shenanigans with you all.  Thanks for following my Twitch, for those who did ^^

No idea how to record the stream, maybe it has to be done on the client side rather than on Twitch, dunno.

I don't have good screenshots unfortunately, had to degrade the model count and quality because my PC couldn't take it.  It seems that most of Twitter's #gw2pride hashtag is the NA event, those of you who have Twitter and some screenies, could you post them there?

Edited June 27, 2016 by Ralesk