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Hayley Lebert; Andre Duran; Kaitlyn Barcelona for RI Pride
Rhode Island LGBTQ+ Pridefest, June 2025
Ryan Welch for RI Pride
Rhode Island may be the smallest state, but when it comes to Pride they go big!
Once again, the capital city of Providence played host to their annual PrideFest, which is New England’s only night time only nighttime Pride parade. The event which attracted over 100,000 attendees turned the city into an illuminated celebration of queer joy and resillliance.
The event featured more than 250 nonprofit organizations, businesses, and food vendors. And keeping the party going into the evening was a mix of regional and national acts, along with interactive zones spotlighting LGBTQIA+ history.
Among the performers was Asher HaVon, a soulful R&B and gospel artist from Selma, Alabama is best known for being the first openly LGBTQ+ winner of The Voice. “I have travelled and performed all over the country, but this was absolutely the most amazing experience I have ever had—the love and unity was everywhere,” he said of the event.
The theme for this years event was Unapologetically Proud, a poignant choice for a political climate that would like to see queer folks shamed, if not afriad. "This year's PrideFest and Illuminated Night Parade exemplify the strength and unity of our community," said Rodney Davis, President of Rhode Island Pride. “Our joy is also our resistance, as we came together to be—as this year’s theme emphasizes—UNAPOLOGETICALLY PROUD!”
This year saw incredible events raising our voices and our visibility from sea to shining sea. Keep scrolling to get a peek at how the East Coast does Pride!
50th anniversary LGBTQ+ pride parade and celebration, Baltimore, Maryland, June 2025
Courtesy Caver Imaging/Tonya Caver
50th anniversary LGBTQ+ pride parade and celebration, Baltimore, Maryland, June 2025
Courtesy Caver Imaging/Tonya Caver
This year, the city of Baltimore celebrated the 50th anniversary of its first Pride parade with a huge celebration that proved why it’s called Charm City.
Earlier this month, Baltimore Pride celebrated the contributions of sexual and gender minorities with a Pride parade that brought 150,000 people to the city. Hosted by the Pride Center of Maryland, the week-long celebration featured a parade, performances, and countless Pride parties. This year’s theme, “50 Shades of Pride” honors five decades of resistance, queer joy, advocacy, and liberation.
“We said the best way to honor that [legacy] is to ensure that we highlight 50 Shades of Pride, to let folks come up in any way that they see is necessary,” said Tramour Wilson, Chief Director of Special Projects for the Pride Center of Maryland.
Singer-songwriter Durand Bernarr, DJ CO, and gospel legend Kelly Price headlined Baltimore’s Pride in the Park, while rapper Lola Brooke was the star of the Block Party, and Drag Race’s Lexi Love was featured at the closing party.
Keep scrolling to see the protest signs, drag queens, and rainbow outfits that made Baltimore Pride so rich this year!
Sure, Pride Month is about protest, celebrating queer joy, and partying while in community with other LGBTQ+, but it’s also about dressing your pets up in rainbow costumes!
New York City always goes all out for Pride, but Woof Fest: Paws for Pride is all about the dogs.
This year’s event, organized by Manhattan West, went off without a hitch and was the perfect place for animal lovers and families to celebrate Pride alongside fabulous drag queens and the cutest pups you’ve ever seen. Trust us, you haven’t lived until you’ve seen a dog wearing a rainbow tutu.
The day was packed full of fun activities and events, including a modeling contest where pups and their human dressed to impress and strutted their stuff on the runway for a chance to win fun prizes. Beloved drag artist and activist Marti Cummings also performed for the crowd, there was a drag queen story hour for kids and their dogs, a “Pup-a-razzi” photo so people could capture the magical moment, and a professional dog trainer teaching attendees tips and tricks.
Every year, Woof Fest continues to prove that kids and families belong at Pride celebrations and that that joy is a dog in a rainbow costume.
Keep scrolling to have your heart melted by adorable pups and fabulous drag queens!
Courtesy Manhattan West/Brian Hatton
Pride is for EVERYONE! These vintage photos of Pride prove that it is, was, and will forever be about diversity!
LGBTQ+ pride celebration, Provincetown, MA, June 2025
Julia Cumes for Provincetown Business Guild
LGBTQ+ pride celebration, Provincetown, MA, June 2025Julia Cumes for Provincetown Business Guild
Provincetown, Massachusetts, has been an LGBTQ+ haven ever since 1899, when Charles Hawthorne founded the Cape Cod School of Art. It gained traction in the 1920s as a place of "relative freedom and acceptance" and has only grown more accepting ever since.
Although we've taken ten steps backward thanks to the current administration, 2025 proved the city was just as gay with its Pride Rally and "Sashay to Tea" event that culminated in a dance party at the Boatslip.
Provincetown started encouraging businesses and entertainers to come out of the closet in the 1950s, but the Stonewall Riots led the town to explode with activism and visible queer expressions of art, which led to this year's parade being "structured in the Spirit of Stonewall."
Hosted by Austin Tyler and Mackenzie, the event included performances by Tori McClain and Qya Cristál, with state Senator Julian Cyr making a speech to help remind the masses why it's so important to be proud of our LGBTQ+ community every day, even despite Provincetown assuring that every day is Pride.
The streets were packed with energy, as is displayed in the 22 photos below.
While you're scrolling, be sure to check out photographer Julia Comes on Instagram @juliacumes to see more of her amazing work.
LGBTQ+ pride celebration, Provincetown, MA, June 2025
LGBTQ+ pride parade and celebration, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California 2025
Jon Viscott for City of West Hollywood
There are numerous Pride events to choose from every year, but none rival what goes down in West Hollywood.
WeHo Pride annually hosts one of the largest and most vibrant LGBTQ+ Pride events, consistently drawing hundreds of thousands of people to attend. Their Pride festival started in 1979, five years before the City of West Hollywood was incorporated as a municipality. It became the epicenter for LGBTQ+ rights in Los Angeles and became instrumental in mobilizing LGBTQ+ advocacy in the greater Los Angeles region.
Even though 2025 is a chaotic mess, this year was no exception for fabulosity at WeHo Pride.
From the Harvey Milk Day kickoff in May to the Dyke Parade in June, this year, WeHo Pride shifted its focus to community engagement, which is essential at a time when so much of that is being cut off.
As a result, safety was a primary focus this year, with event organizers closely collaborating with federal agencies to conduct ongoing threat assessments. They also offered various free healthcare services at the WeHo Pride Street Fair, including harm reduction materials like spiked drink testing kits, Narcan, and Fentanyl test strips.
To celebrate the festivities, take a look at these 37 photos from the event that fill our hearts with all the queer joy. Check out their official gallery, which showcases every event that took place.
If you'd like to see more of photographer Jon Viscott's work, check out his Instagram @jviscott.
LGBTQ+ pride parade and celebration, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California 2025
LGBTQ+ pride celebration, Provincetown, MA, June 2025Julia Cumes for Provincetown Business Guild
