Chicago LGBT Web Resource, ChicagoPride.com, Unveils New Contributors, Features and Logo
Tue. February 3, 2004 12:00 AM
Chicago, IL -
ChicagoPride.com, the premiere online resource for Chicago’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans-gendered community, unveiled today new features, contributors, partners and, even, a new look (logo) for the site.
“Our goal is to showcase the vibrancy and diversity of our community, while giving visibility to LGBT charities, organizations and businesses,” says R. Matthew Inawat, president. “We spent time researching the interests and needs of our community. This led us to establish partnerships and alliances with many wonderful people and organizations in our community. We now believe our site offers the most complete information about Chicago’s LGBT community on the internet,” Inawat added.
Visitors to the site will find the following new additions:
• Fox News in the Morning Entertainment Producer and Celebrity Correspondent, David Viggiano, will contribute regular columns on the site offering celebrity interviews and entertainment news.
• DJ Michael Pleasants (DJ Plez) has joined ChicagoPride.com as the site’s Music Editor. A self-proclaimed “house-head”, Pleasants has made an impact on the global dance music scene with events from Zurich and Montreal to Miami and Milwaukee. Pleasant will be a part of Fireball 2004.
• ChicagoPride.com, the official Chicago web sponsor of “Fireball,” has established Chicago’s “Official LGBT Community Calendar” in concert with the Hearts Foundation. This will be a very useful tool for all organizations and businesses planning special events and projects. We intend for this to be the one place you can turn to see who is planning what, when. Local businesses and organizations can submit events and press releases to press@chicagopride.com.
• ChicagoPride.com has updated it’s logo. Look for the new logo on the site.
“Looking back at our growth over the last year, I can definitively say the numbers indicate our unique local features and content is capturing the interest of Chicago’s LGBT community. We are well-positioned for 2004,” commented Steve Long, VP, Managing Editor/Content.
In addition to the new features, visitors will continue to find regular popular features including the local FREE MatchMaker program with thousands of local profiles; popular Fitness Column by David Bohn; advice by Princess Darby, “The Way I See It;” “Secs with Sardo” columns; drink and entertaining ideas with Andrew; “Out and About” photos; and, the “Hottie” photo feature by Michael Snell, not to mention articles and contributions from local writers and business owners.
ChicagoPride.com has taken advantage of the technology strengths of it’s parent company to add a feature to rate local guys and girls profiles. This compliments the site’s free MatchMaker feature.
In addition to the fun features and attractions, ChicagoPride.com offers up-to-date local and national news and information of interest to Chicago’s LGBT community. ChicagoPride.com was the first website to go live with news about Big Chicks battle with the city and news about the city’s Meningitis warning.
ChicagoPride.com, the website of parent OutPride, LLC a Chicago-based not-for-profit company, is the leading web-based resource serving Chicago’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) community. The ChicagoPride.com website, which has consistently been ranked in the top 1% of all websites (Amazon.com/Alexa Data), features event calendars, a popular matchmaker, special interest columns, and a comprehensive phone directory emphasizing local gay & lesbian dining and nightlife. ChicagoPride.com partners and contributors provide rich local content channels enhanced by the interactive features and intuitive technologies developed by ChicagoPride.com. Utilizing real-time data and exclusive web tools, ChicagoPride.com allows organizations and advertisers to better develop marketing strategies to reach Chicago’s GLBT community.
“Our goal is to showcase the vibrancy and diversity of our community, while giving visibility to LGBT charities, organizations and businesses,” says R. Matthew Inawat, president. “We spent time researching the interests and needs of our community. This led us to establish partnerships and alliances with many wonderful people and organizations in our community. We now believe our site offers the most complete information about Chicago’s LGBT community on the internet,” Inawat added.
Visitors to the site will find the following new additions:
• Fox News in the Morning Entertainment Producer and Celebrity Correspondent, David Viggiano, will contribute regular columns on the site offering celebrity interviews and entertainment news.
• DJ Michael Pleasants (DJ Plez) has joined ChicagoPride.com as the site’s Music Editor. A self-proclaimed “house-head”, Pleasants has made an impact on the global dance music scene with events from Zurich and Montreal to Miami and Milwaukee. Pleasant will be a part of Fireball 2004.
• ChicagoPride.com, the official Chicago web sponsor of “Fireball,” has established Chicago’s “Official LGBT Community Calendar” in concert with the Hearts Foundation. This will be a very useful tool for all organizations and businesses planning special events and projects. We intend for this to be the one place you can turn to see who is planning what, when. Local businesses and organizations can submit events and press releases to press@chicagopride.com.
• ChicagoPride.com has updated it’s logo. Look for the new logo on the site.
“Looking back at our growth over the last year, I can definitively say the numbers indicate our unique local features and content is capturing the interest of Chicago’s LGBT community. We are well-positioned for 2004,” commented Steve Long, VP, Managing Editor/Content.
In addition to the new features, visitors will continue to find regular popular features including the local FREE MatchMaker program with thousands of local profiles; popular Fitness Column by David Bohn; advice by Princess Darby, “The Way I See It;” “Secs with Sardo” columns; drink and entertaining ideas with Andrew; “Out and About” photos; and, the “Hottie” photo feature by Michael Snell, not to mention articles and contributions from local writers and business owners.
ChicagoPride.com has taken advantage of the technology strengths of it’s parent company to add a feature to rate local guys and girls profiles. This compliments the site’s free MatchMaker feature.
In addition to the fun features and attractions, ChicagoPride.com offers up-to-date local and national news and information of interest to Chicago’s LGBT community. ChicagoPride.com was the first website to go live with news about Big Chicks battle with the city and news about the city’s Meningitis warning.
ChicagoPride.com, the website of parent OutPride, LLC a Chicago-based not-for-profit company, is the leading web-based resource serving Chicago’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) community. The ChicagoPride.com website, which has consistently been ranked in the top 1% of all websites (Amazon.com/Alexa Data), features event calendars, a popular matchmaker, special interest columns, and a comprehensive phone directory emphasizing local gay & lesbian dining and nightlife. ChicagoPride.com partners and contributors provide rich local content channels enhanced by the interactive features and intuitive technologies developed by ChicagoPride.com. Utilizing real-time data and exclusive web tools, ChicagoPride.com allows organizations and advertisers to better develop marketing strategies to reach Chicago’s GLBT community.