Feeling a lack of trans representation at Pride Month events? You’re not alone in feeling like sometimes the T in LGBTQ+ gets ignored, but that's why people across the country are coming together to organize, protest, and celebrate the trans community. Whether you’re trans yourself or any ally looking to show up in solidarity, there is a Trans Pride event for you.
Trans women of color fought back at Stonewall and have continued to be instrumental in leading the charge to demand LGBTQ+ civil rights, so take some time this month to celebrate a community of people who continue to fight despite being marginalized by the rest of society. And if you are trans, nonbinary, or gender diverse yourself, Pride Month is the perfect time to check out a local Trans Pride event so you can party, fight back against systemic injustices, and find community with other trans people.
So, this year, when you’re planning your Pride Month calendar, don’t forget to celebrate Trans Pride too.
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Santa Cruz Dyke Trans march (May 31)
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This year, Santa Cruz, California is celebrating their 50th Pride parade, but the day before the big Pride Parade and Pride Festival, there will be a Dyke Trans March, which the city has been celebrating for 33 years.
This year, celebrate Pride Month by protesting for trans human rights. Join Gender Equality New York to stand together in solidarity and raise your collective voices against the onslaught of attacks on trans rights. NYC Pride will be a huge march and celebration, but kick it off with this rally.
Trans Pride DC - Diamonds are Forever Party (June 6)
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Sparkle, shine, and start the season right with the Trans Pride Diamonds are Forever Party at WorldPride. This Trans Pride welcome party encourages attendees to dress up in their most glamorous looks, so grab your sparkliest fits and party the night away with the trans community.
National Trans Visibility March, part of World Pride (June 8)
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WorldPride is taking over Washington, DC this year, with celebrations for every segment of the LGBTQ+ community. The National Trans Visibility March is a platform for collective action to challenge injustice, build policy power, and fight for a future that centers safety, dignity, and leadership for all trans people.
Part of the larger Indy Pride celebration, Trans Pride Fest will draw crowds in with free gender affirming services (like facial waxing, haircuts, and makeup classes), a free clothing closet, free refreshments, free testing with the Damien Underground Center, community art projects, live DJs, and a drag show.
Come celebrate the trans, gender diverse, and intersex community at Trans Pride LA, where there will be resource tables, workshops, a Trans Pride Talent Showcase, and food vendors. Then, stay and dance the night away at the Trans Pride After Dark dance party.
The James Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida is celebrating the vibrancy of the trans and nonbinary local community with a Transtastic celebration. The uplifting evening of solidarity will feature entertainment, community, live performances by local artists, and a cash bar.
San Francisco Pride is a huge celebration that brings more than a million people to the city every year, including for the Trans Pride March starting in Dolores Park on June 27. The SF Trans Pride March is the largest trans Pride event in the city and one of the largest celebrations in the entire SF Pride calendar.
Genderbands, a nonprofit organization that provides grants for gender affirming care, free binders and education, and clothing for the trans community, puts on the Utah Trans Pride-N-Joy Festival every year. This year, there will be live entertainment, food, and vendors to keep you busy all day.
Last weekend, sunny Long Beach, California was home to a huge Pride celebration that attracted thousands to the city’s gorgeous waterfront city.
The Pride festival was a two-day event with immersive art, cultural programming, and performances from HYM the Rapper, Tori Kay, George Michael Reborn, plus the crowd-favorite Drag Show Extravaganza and the return of MegaWoof and The Galactivators.
Not only was the festival a giant celebration, but the colorful Pride parade brought revelers to Ocean Boulevard, but the festival honored Long Beach Pride’s commitment to inclusion and advocacy with areas for Teen Pride, TransVisibility, Queer Country, a Family Fun Zone and a Health Hub.
“This year, we witnessed the incredible power of visibility, love, and shared joy,” said Interim Long Beach Pride President Elsa Martinez. “The energy, diversity, and spirit of this community made Long Beach Pride 2025 one for the history books.”
So keep scrolling to see how the LGBTQ+ community celebrated Pride by the beach!
Now that our favorite time of year is finally here, it’s time to start organizing your calendar so you can fit in as many parades, parties, and protests as possible.
Pride Month has always been about protest as much as celebration, but with the LGBTQ+ community under attack from the Trump administration and conservative politicians all over America, it is more important than ever for us to stand together, show our strength, fight back against an oppressive government, celebrate our collective queer joy, and party the night away. Yes, we need to fight, but Pride Month is also about coming together in community to have fun together and forget your worries for a while surrounded by other queer people.
So let’s all come together in solidarity, demand our civil rights, and celebrate with a month-long party! Not only do we have every Pride celebration in the U.S., but we’ve also go you covered if you’re looking for Black Pride events or Dyke Marches.
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World Pride (May 17 - June 8)
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To mark 50 years of Pride being celebrated in Washington, DC, World Pride is coming to the U.S. Capitol. The festivities kicked off with Trans Pride on May 17 and will continue for the next three weeks where there will be LGBTQ+ rallies, seminars, parties, after parties, and after-after parties, including Black Pride, Latin Pride, and AAPI Pride. It all culminates in a two-day closing festival with a parade, rally, and concert where Doechii and Cynthia Erivo will perform.
WEHO Pride weekend begins with the Friday Night with OUTLOUD music festival, and will continue with a Pride Street Fair, Women's Freedom Festival and Dyke March, and the WeHo Pride Parade.
DC Veteran and Service Pride Weekend (May 29 - 31)
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Modern Military is celebrating Pride Month this year by honoring the fight for LGBTQ+ rights while working toward a more inclusive future. The DC Veteran and Service Pride Weekend will have a Military Veteran Mixer and Drag Show, an LGBTQ+ Veterans’ Stories of Joy and Resistance event, and the DC World Pride Military & Veterans Field Day.
Not only is there a march and parade at Pittsburgh Pride, but Pennsylvania-based weekend will also have an Emerald City Kiki Ball, the second annual Bigger Gayer Picniq, a Pride Prom, and celebrity headliners like David Archuleta, Drag Race alum Willam, Lil Mo, and J Howell.
Ferndale Pride may not be one of the biggest celebrations in California, but the city is going all out this year with a Pride parade, performance stage that will host local bands and drag performances, a dance stage with a live DJ so you can dance the day away, a “Reading with Royalty” drag queen story time, 200 slots for venders, and a children’s area perfect for keeping your kiddos entertained.
Sonoma County Pride’s theme this year is “Fierce and Forty” to celebrate its 40th year hosting a Pride parade. The festivities will start with a “Shady Sassy Scarlet” kick off party before the parade and festival with headline performances by Australian singer Betty Who, drag queen Ruby Red Munro, indie band Gloomy June, DJ Rotten Robbie, and Cheer SF.
This year, Santa Cruz, California, is celebrating its 50th Pride parade. The parade will start downtown, and there will also be a Pride Week Festival with 100 booths, two stages for live entertainment, a beer garden featuring Santa Cruz Pride beer, and admission is free.
The City of Brotherly Love is celebrating Pride with a parade and festival that will have drag, DJs, and community talent, along with youth and family programming, Queer‑women‑centered showcases, including a ballroom competition in the Sapphic Zone, and even a Sensory Friendly Zone for people who need a calm and quiet space.
The 33rd annual Jersey Pride will take place is Asbury Park, New Jersey, and will have a parade, rally, and festival that will have a food court, a family zone, and live entertainment.
Florida’s largest Pride celebration will kick off with a street party, and will continue all month with a Youth Pride and Family Day and a stonewall Reception to honor LGBTQ+ history, before culminating in a parade and festival on June 28, that will be attended by hundreds of thousands of people and headlined by rapper Saucy Santana.
PrideFest Milwaukee is going big this year. The festival will have a Red Light District, a Main Stage, a Dance Pavillion, and a Children’s stage. There will be live performances, including a Ru Queens Drag Show starring Adore Delano, Raja Gemini, Nina West, Willow Pill, and Jan Sport, and a showcase of hot men with the Homme Fatale: All Male Show. Then, the weekend will close out with the 21st annual Milwaukee Pride parade.
The fourth annual Springfield Pride Parade Weekend will bring thousands of people from across New England to Springfield, Massachusetts, for the LGBTQIA Flag Raising and Youth Community Panel, the YOU Ball Fundraising Gala, a Pride Parade, and Pride Block Party with profits going to fund the LGBTQ+ youth organization, the Safe Space Program.
Provincetown, known for LGBTQ+ inclusion, always goes big in June. This year, P-town will kick off Pride with a party headlined by none other than Lady Gaga and Beyoncé. There will be Pride Bingo hosted by drag queen Paige Turner, a Pride market, Pride rally that will end in a “Sashay to Tea” dance party, a quer comedy showcase, and the annual Lobster Roll event.
This three-day celebration is the perfect Pride Month getaway, featuring live DJs, handcrafted cocktails, garden parties, and entertaining events at spots like the Scribner’s Lodge and Deer Mountain Inn. Then, venture out to grab a cup of joe at the queer-owned Two Queens Coffee, go hiking on Overlook Mountain, and grab a drink at one of the local breweries.
To celebrate the 50th year, Kansas City PrideFest kicks off with an opening night celebration before a Pride Parade on Saturday and festival with multiple stages for live entertainment, vender, and food trucks, and a Family and Community Day on Sunday.
Last year, Cleveland’s Pride CLE broke attendance records and organizers are hoping to do that again in 2025. There will be a parade and a festival where Hedwig and the Angry Inch tribute band 45 Ballerinas will be headlining alongside drag queens Anhedonia Delight and Ariyah Fuego, the Cavaliers Dance Team, the Cleveland Pride Band, and the Cleveland Transgender Choir.
Albuquerque, New Mexico is being taken over by PrideFest on June 7. This year, the theme is “Empower, Unite, Fight, Thrive” and the festival will be in a brand new location at Civic Plaza. The PrideFest will feature social events, candlelight vigils, and a main event at Balloon Fiesta Park, and will culminate in a Pride parade with colorful floats, dancers, and classic cars.
Connecticut is celebrating! Middleton Pride is a local organization in Middletown, Connecticut that provides resources, education, services, grants, scholarships, and free events for the LGBTQ+ community year-round, but on June 7, they are also putting on the 7th annual PrideFEST. There will be a street festival, activities for all ages, a Pride March, a Pride Rally, a Pride Showcase Concert, and a Tea Dance.
Utah Pride Fest is a two-day long event that rivals the largest Pride festivals in the country. This year marks the 35th anniversary of the Utah Pride Parade which will bring in approximately 150,000 spectators and participants to the streets of downtown Salt Lake City.
Motor City Pride is Michigan’s largest Pride event with over 65,000 participants. The weekend will have a Pride festival and parade in downtown Detroit with performances on four unique stages, hundreds of vendors, community groups, artisans, and local food trucks.
Long Island Pride is celebrating their 35th anniversary this year with the theme “Defiant Joy.” There will be a vibrant Pride Parade, a beer and wine garden, a family zone, food trucks, vendors and exhibits, and a concert featuring performers like Shye Roberts, Dan Kiernan, Ryan Cassata, and Drag Race stars Kori King and Tina Burner.
The 50th anniversary of Baltimore Pride’s theme for 2025 is “50 Shades of Pride” and will feature a Pride Parade, Pride in the Park Festival, and a Pride Block Party that usually features drag acts, guest DJs, and live performances.
The 50th anniversary of Baltimore Pride’s theme for 2025 is “50 Shades of Pride” and will feature a Pride Parade, Pride in the Park Festival, and a Pride Block Party that usually features drag acts, guest DJs, and live performances.
The first Stonewall Columbus Pride was in 1982 and only had around 200 people in attendance, but in the decades since it has grown to welcome 700,000 visitors. Not only will it have a PRide March and festival, but it’s the organization's largest fundraiser.
Bisbee Pride is celebrating their 21st year in 2025 with the theme “Party with a Purpose.” The three-day celebration will have a Pride parade and festival that will be headlined by Crocodile Rockster, a popular Elton John impersonator and tribute artist.
New Orleans residents and visitors will celebrate Pride Month on June 14 with NOLA Pride. There will be a community festival with live performances and delicious food, a Pride Parade through the famed French Quarter, and a PrideFest with live entertainment and vendors.
This year, Dallas Pride’s theme is “Pride is My Right.” The vibrant two-day event will feature a Pride Music Festival at Fair Park, which will have teen and family vendors, a Pride Parade, a teen pride event, a Pride festival, and a Family Pride Zone.
Indy Pride kicks off with a Pride parade that is regularly attended by at least 60,000 people, and where you can expect to see floats, marching bands, performers, and community leaders marching through downtown Indianapolis. Natasha Bedingfield, Coco & Breezy, Tinashe, Big Wild, and Snow Wife will all be performing over the course of the weekend.
The capital of California celebrates Pride with a march and festival that includes entertainment stages where Drag Race’s Shea Couleé is set to perform, an arts pavilion, a health & wellness zone, the Q-Spot youth area, and exhibitor booths featuring local businesses, community groups, and community partners.
Central Alabama PrideFest will have food and drink and a huge lineup of entertainers ready to perform on the mainstage. From singers and musicians to a DIY drag show to performances by Drag Race stars Sapphira Cristál, Darienne Lake, India Ferrah, Deja Skye, and The Widow Von’ Du, there is something for everyone.
The Portland, Oregon Pride parade and festival will celebrate the LGBTQ+ community with elaborate floats, drag queens, community organizations, good food, and entertainment.
Want to celebrate Pride, but sick of doing it on land? Well, you’re in luck because FLoatarama is America’s biggest on-the-water fundraiser that features a yacht party and brunch cruise before leading to the waterfront where there will be a T-Dance with DJs.
Natasha Bedingfield, Saucy Santana, The Scarlet Opera, Tanner Adell, Molly Grace, and more are all performing at this year’s Kentuckian Pride parade and festival.
Santa Monica Pride has a full day of Pride programming for the whole family to enjoy, including Fabulous Fables at the Santa Monica Pier, a free event for children 10 and under with drag queen storytelling, colorful face painting, poetry, lively performances, and a Pride parade that everyone can join in on.
Rhode Island Pride is New England’s largest Pride celebration. The festival starts at 11:30 am and will feature a Beer, Wine, and Spirits Tent, more than 20 vendors, a PrideFest Kid Zone so that even the kiddies are entertained, and live performances from Grammy Award-winner Thelma Houston, RuPaul’s Drag Race superstars, and American Idol sensations. Then, the night will end with the state’s famed Illuminated Night Parade.
Gay mecca Key West, Florida, is celebrating our favorite month of the year with a week-long Pride festival with an event for every taste. From a Leather & Gear Fetish Event to a Pride Brunch Sail & Swim to a pub crawl to a queer comedy night, and so much more, there is something for everyone.
Nashville Pride not only has an exciting Pride parade, there is also a Friday Concert hosted by Drag Race’s The Princess, with performances by Kim Petras, Estelle, Empress Of, and All Star winner Kylie Sonique Love.
The Cincinnati Pride Festival is a fun event perfect for the whole family. The biggest draw is the three stages, each with full lineups of fantastic performers from DJs, drag queens, and musician, and will be headlined by The Aces and Drag Race’s Priyanka.
Newport Pride’s festival and Pride Parade bring in thousands of visitors and participants every year and is fun for the whole family, then once it gets late, the Pride After Dark Party will be a blast for adults who want to party the night away.
Alaska's biggest Pride Parade takes over downtown Anchorage on June 28 for an unforgettable day filled with colorful floats, lively music, rainbow flags, bold outfits, and an atmosphere of joy and acceptance.
New York City is the birthplace of Pride Month and host the largest Pride parade in the world. There will be the iconic Pride March that is not only a celebration but a civil rights demonstration too, a Youth Pride event, and the PrideFest street fair that combines exhibitors, food, and activities for a day of fun and celebration.
San Francisco is home to one of the oldest and largest Pride celebrations in the country, attracting over a million people to the city every year. The weekend is full of parties and celebrations, including the huge and exciting Pride parade full of elaborate floats, drag queens, and community organizations, and a festival that will have live entertainment, vendors, and good food and drink that everyone can enjoy.
Over 500,000 people gather in Colorado every year for Denver Pride, with a huge Pride parade with colorful floats, marchers, and music. PrideFest also boasts more than 250 exhibitors, 30 food vendors, and captivating live performances, and a there is a Pride 5K which raises money to provide free essential services, programs, and activities to LGBTQ+ individuals and allies year-round.
Twin Cities Pride not only has a huge parade and festival with live performances, vendors, and food, but Minnesota Governor Tim Walz will be this year’s Grand Marshal. There will also be the 2025 Twin Cities Pride Rainbow Run 5k & Kid’s Rainbow Dash, where participants are encouraged to have a blast and dress as colorfully as possible.
Oakland may be just across the Bay from the huge San Francisco Pride event, but Oakland Pride has its own unique flavor and reasons for visitors to attend with a big Pride parade, diverse and colorful festival, and live music all celebrating the local LGBTQ+ community.
Schuyler Bailar speaks onstage during Day 1 of the Clinton Global Initiative 2024 Annual Meeting at New York Hilton Midtown on September 23, 2024 in New York City.
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Author and athlete Schuyler Bailar has been making history for years. In college, he became the first out trans man to compete in a D1 sport while swimming for Harvard, and now he has another accolade under his belt: He kicked off Trans World Pride with a funny and heartwarming keynote speech.
More than two million people from around the world are expected to visit Washington, DC for the WorldPride celebration, and this week, the huge event launched with a Trans Pride event. Throughout the three-week-long event, there will be concerts, performances, parties, protests, advocacy efforts, a huge Pride parade, and a closing weekend festival. The sprawling celebration will also have diverse breakout events for Black Pride, Latinx Pride, and API Pride, and big stars are headlining, with concerts from Shakira, Cynthia Erivo, Reneé Rapp,and Doechii likely to draw huge crowds.
Bailar’s funny and touching keynote speech told the story of his experience of coming out as trans to his traditional Korean American family, and how that impacted him.
The author of He/She/They talked about how scared he was to tell his Catholic grandmother about his transition because she had always made it very clear to Bailar what her expectations were of him as a “granddaughter.”
“She was always asking me like, ‘When are you going to bring home a nice Korean boy?’ And I was always like, ‘Well, little did she know it’s going to be me,’” Bailar joked during his speech, where his father was in the audience.
Trans Pride being the starting place for WorldPride seems fitting at a time when the transgender community is under attack by the Trump administration and conservative politicians across the country. Bailar’s speech about how he came out to his very traditional immigrant family not only was funny and sweet, but charted a clear path forward for young people who are likely scared to come out in the current political climate.
Bailar ended up telling his grandmother that he is trans in a letter that explained everything and ended with, “Grandmother, I’m telling you this because I love you, because I respect you, and because I desperately hope that you will stay in my life.”
He was “pessimistic” that the letter would get through to her, but he ended up reading the letter out loud to his grandparents, and his grandfather clapped when he was done and commented that his grandson had “come out of the closet.”
“I had nothing to say, I didn’t know he knew the words, ‘coming out of the closet,' and he goes, ‘Oh, congratulations,’” Bailar said to laughter from the audience.
But he was still “petrified” to hear his grandmother’s reaction. Luckily for him, her response was simple, but effective: “I know.”
When coming out to all of his family members, Bailar faced hurdles and hiccups along the way, but ultimately got the love and support that everyone in the LGBTQ+ community hopes for.
Pride season is right around the corner, and while that means that your calendar is probably full of parties and parades, there are also Black Pride marches and festivities happening all across the country that should move to the top of your Pride Month calendar.
Pride Month is about demanding space and celebrating marginalized LGBTQ+ identities, but sometimes the Black queer community can be left out of the equation. That’s why Black Pride Month events are so important.
The very first Black Gay Pride event took place in 1991, when DC Black Pride had its inaugural celebration, paving the way for a movement of Black Pride protests and festivals across the United States. What has become a way to celebrate identity and demand a seat at the table started in response to how Black LGBTQ+ communities were disproportionately affected by the AIDS epidemic and encourages Black people to celebrate their own culture and heritage. Since then, events have cropped up all over the country to champion Black rights and joyfully gather in community with one another.
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DC Black Pride (May 23 - 26)
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This year Washington, DC will be home to the WorldPride celebration, but that’s not all. There will also be a four-day-long Black Pride festival that will feature electrifying parties, glamorous balls, health and wellness breakout sessions, and dynamic performances.
Tri-State Black Pride in Memphis, Tennessee will have a drag brunch, “dripping wet” pool party, and a music festival, and although you have to buy tickets the events make it worth the price of admission.
New Orleans knows how to do Pride right! The Black Pride weekend will start with a mixer before the Black Queer summit with panels, workshops, and meaningful conversations. There will also be a country-themed party, a community festival in Armstrong Park, a Nightcap Party with live DJs, and a Gospel Drag Brunch.
Indy Pride’s BLQ+ event is one part Pride celebration and one part Juneteenth event. The day is a way to honor the history of Junneteenth and the resiliency and solidarity of the Black queer and trans community.
On June 28, downtown Greenville, South Carolina, will become the home of the Black Pride Festival. The day will start with a march and end with a festival that is both an opportunity and celebration of the BIPOC LGBTQ+ community.
This year’s Harlem Pride has a “Kween & Qing” theme that will honor the unique contributions of community leaders. There will be a Kween and Qing pageant and crowning ceremony, a Pride Sweet 16 party, and a festival with live performances, local vendors, community resources, and amazing food.
San Francisco Soul of Pride is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. What started as a place to uplift Black LGBTQ+ community in San Francisco has become a vibrant celebration that blends art, activism, and fellowship. There will be performances, art, and activism during Pride weekend that will celebrate the rich diversity of the Black queer community.
Hosted by the Boston LesBiGay Urban Foundation, Boston Black Pride takes place over five days and includes a Pride Parade and music and arts festival. There will also be an open mic night party, a teen party, an R&B brunch, a Black Pride Ball, and a Met Gala.
LA Black Pride is a five-day festival meant to uplift and celebrate the Black LGBTQ+ community, and includes an R&B party, a block party, a brunch, a Soul Sunday event at The Abbey.
The 8th annual Black Pride RVA Festival takes place in Richmond, Virginia, and kicks off with a big party, which is meant to celebrate unity and culture. The rest of the event includes a Root Award ceremony at the Black History Museum, a Day of Purpose festival, a Blacktopia Ball, and a Pride in the Park celebration.
Twin Cities Black Pride celebration will include an awards ceremony recognizing outstanding contributions within the Black LGBTQ+ community, a party boat, and a Sip, Paint, and Smoke event where a relaxed atmosphere, drinks, painting, and socializing.
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