Pinot Noir by Tituss Burgess (PBTB Wine) is here to serve you some serious Pinot Pride at NYC Pride Week with an invitation to the “Taste of Tituss Pride” – say that three times fast.
Burgess shares with ESSENCE why Pride Month is so significant to the LGBT community – himself included.
“When something is invisible, you don’t know it’s there,” says Burgess, “but it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.”
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“That’s why coming out is so important. That’s why showing up and speaking out is so important. If I had men who looked like me, who were brave enough to be out when I was growing up, who knows who I would be today?”
A three-day event, the “Taste of Tituss Pride” recognizes Pride Month with the debut launches of wines, Pinot Pride and Rosé Pride currently available on the PBTB Wine website. Winos can celebrate Pride Week with Burgess June 17, 18 and 20 at The OUT Hotel in New York City.
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The events feature a “Meet Your Maker” three-course dinner and wine pairing with a special performance by, yours truly, Tituss Burgess (June 17), an outdoor “Rosé BBQ Brunch” with Tituss and DJ Scotty Rox complete with indoor solarium and hot tub access (June 18) and the official “Pinot Pride Launch Party” at XL Nightclub with special guest performances (June 20).
Proceeds will benefit GLAAD, an organization that aims to amplify the voice of the LGBT community by empowering people to share their stories and to hold media accountable for the representation of the LGBT community.
“Their mission is in direct alignment politically and socially with what I stand for,” Burgess shares regarding the partnership. “So when it came time to launch phase two of my wine, it was a no brainer to partner with them.”
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“If young gay people didn’t have to see the gay community through a straight, homophobic lens, they wouldn’t walk around with the inherited guilt and shame that imprisons them and keeps them from being fully formed,” he asserts. “Pride Month is nothing more than a family reunion for me. It’s a chance to see myself in others and for them to see themselves in me.”
Representation, inclusivity, empowerment – we’ll toast to that, because Pride, Pride, Pride!
For more information or to secure your tickets, click here.