6th Annual International Lesbian Shoe Day

可能大家都看到菜園的菜地左側多了一個鞋印的logo，這是什麼呢？

It's 6th Annual International Lesbian Shoe Day!

Yes, it’s that time of the year again - March 4th to be precise - when lesbians from every corner of the world hang their shoes outside their window to show their lesbian pride.

International Shoe Day, originated in Switzerland. The founders of the popular lesbian online community shoe.org asked their members for fun ideas to promote lesbian pride back in 2004. The 150,000 strong shoe community came up with many different ideas but one has now become a cult!

For the past 6 years lesbians from all around the world have been hanging a pair of shoes outside their window's every March 4th. So everyone can walk around their neighboorhood's and check out where other lesbians live. Some have been lucky enough to get invited for a cup of coffee. Wouldn’t that be a fab way to start a movie.

The idea is simple and easy to do, and that probably explains its huge success. So far Lesbians in the US, Canada, Mexico, and Europe have taken part, but also women as far away as India, Kyrgyzstan, Estonia, South Korea, and the Czech Republic – have thrown their shoes skywards.

International Shoe Day, aims to unite the lesbian community and acts as an international coming out event. So what stopping you? Get those shoes out of the closet!

For more information on International Shoe Day, click here!

Also, to check out our feature on Zurich (Switzerland) in the latest edition of outnorthwest, click here.

簡單來說，"SHOE Day"（不妨說成“女鞋節”？粵語發音正好一樣。）就是在每年的3月4號全球的Lesbian將自己的鞋子掛在窗口上，用來表達自己是lesbian的榮耀。
在那天，你可以四處走走，看看鄰居、四周是不是都有Lesbian在。
如果幸運的話，還可以被邀請喝上一杯咖啡！

這"SHOE Day"（“女鞋節”）其實源自瑞士，一個非常有名的lesbian線上社區shoe.org；
2004年，shoe.org的發起人一開始只是在社區內發起活動，覺得非常有意思，後來越來越多人參加，最後形成了這個有趣的節日。感覺就是有點像每年的遊行差不多。

由於"SHOE Day"（“女鞋節”）活動非常簡單，但意義深厚，很快就取得了成功。
今年已經是第六屆International Lesbian Shoe Day了。
直到現在不但美國、加拿大、墨西哥、歐洲等地的lesbian已經加入了，
連遠至印度、吉爾吉斯坦（新疆隔壁）、愛沙尼亞（波羅的海附近）、韓國、捷克都有參加這個活動。


怎樣？這活動是不是很有意思呢？
ok，其實無論你在哪裡
如果你想可以參與，也可以把鞋子的照片Upload到上去shoe.org哦！