Last weekend, thousands of fabulous people celebrated Pride in Los Angeles, and it was legit! Check out our 12 favorite pics of lovely ladies at LA Pride.
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!
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
While the US is facing unprecedented attacks on the rights of the LGBTQ+ community, tens of thousands of people still hit the streets of Washington D.C. to celebrate Pride Month and make a collective statement that we are here and we’re not going anywhere.
The DC WorldPride parade took over the nation’s capital on June 7, with 500 members of the Gay Men’s Chorus carrying a giant rainbow flag the size of three football fields, lesbian pop star Reneé Rapp riding in the parade on the back of a pickup truck, and trans Orange is the New Black actress Laverne Cox waving from a convertible. There were DJs, brass bands, elaborate floats, and members of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence blowing kiss are attendees, AP News reports.
Every pride in the Capitol is exciting, but this year everything was bigger and better for WorldPride. The event brought together the community and showed the country that the LGBTQ+ community is not going to stop fighting or stop celebrating.
So keep scrolling to see how the queer community celebrated WorldPride!
Moris, who came out as bisexual last Pride Month, sang her country hits to a packed house at the iconic concert, which was free to the public courtesy of the City of West Hollywood.
There were also performances by Qveen Herby, Jamie Fine, and Venessa Michaels with special guest Kaleena Zanders, and a Drag Queen Lip Sync Battle Royale with Drag Race queens Kori King and Lana Ja’Rae, and a special guest appearance by Pit Crew member Bruno Alcantara.
The music festival continued throughout the weekend, featuring headliners such as Lizzo, Remi Wolf, Honey Dijon, Paris Hilton, and Kim Petras. And because WeHo Pride is always a huge blowout celebration, there was also a Pride Street Fair, Women's Freedom Festival, Dyke March, and WeHo Pride Parade.
WeHo Pride is iconic for a reason, and this year’s star-studded celebration was another one for the history books.
Keep scrolling to take a peek at Maren Morris’ concert and the energy-filled Drag Queen Lip Sync Battle Royale!