Pride Celebrations Around the Country

By BEQ Editorial Team

This Pride season we are embarking on an ambitious goal to virtually meet as many LGBTQ+/SGL business owners as humanly possible.  Here’s your chance to highlight the LGBTQ businesses in your community.

BEQ Pride is looking for BIG personalities, and social butterflies willing to take on this challenge. We need you!

Small businesses are the heart and soul of our economy, the backbone of our communities and  America’s largest employer. We want to celebrate all that they’ve accomplished and the foundation they’ve built for the community to thrive.

With your charm, you will help us tell the stories of the people who are out and proud to be business owners. Put your city on the map (see the list below), their business in the spotlight and grow your personal brand with BEQ Pride.

For more information visit: BusinessEqualityMagazine.com/Pride-in-Business

Pride Events

April

Mobile, AL ~Mobile PrideFest

Phoenix, AZ ~Phoenix Pride

Miami, FL ~Miami Beach Gay Pride

Tallahassee, FL ~Tallahassee Pridefest

Jasper, Canada ~Jasper Pride Festival

May

Davis, CA ~Davis Pride

Long Beach, CA ~Long Beach Pride

Washington, D.C. ~Capital Trans Pride

Washington, D.C. ~DC Black Pride

Pensacola, FL ~Sexacola Pride

Buffalo, NY ~Buffalo Pride Fest

New Hope, PA ~New Hope Pride

Salt Lake City, UT ~Utah Pride

Guelph, Canada ~Guelph Pride

Winnipeg, Canada ~Pride Winnipeg

Puerto Vallarta, Mex. ~Puerto Vallarta Pride

June

Birmingham, AL ~Central Alabama Pride

Huntsville, AL ~Huntsville: Rocket City Pride

Conway, AR ~Conway Pride

Fayetteville, AR ~NWA Pride

Bisbee, AZ ~Bisbee Pride

Flagstaff, AZ ~Flagstaff: N. Arizona Pride

Los Angeles, CA ~Los Angeles Pride

Orange County, CA ~OC Pride

Sacramento, CA ~Sacramento Pride

San Francisco, CA ~San Francisco Pride

San Mateo, CA ~San Mateo Pride

Santa Ana, CA ~OC Pride

Santa Cruz, CA ~Santa Cruz Pride

Sonoma, CA ~Sonoma County Pride

West Hollywood, CA ~Los Angeles Pride

Denver, CO ~Denver Pridefest

Washington, D.C. ~Capital Pride

Key West, FL ~Key West Pride

St. Petersburg, FL ~St. Pete Pride

Wilton Manors, FL ~Wilton Manors Pride

Des Moines, IA ~Des Moines: Capital Pride

Boise, ID ~Boise Pride

Chicago, IL ~Chicago Pride Fest

Chicago, IL ~Chicago Pride Parade

Indianapolis, IN ~Indy Pridefest

Wichita, KS ~Wichita Pride

Lexington, KY ~Lexington Pride

Louisville, KY ~Kentuckiana Pride Louisville

Baton Rouge, LA ~Baton Rouge Pride

New Orleans, LA ~New Orleans Pride

Boston, MA ~Boston Pride

Provincetown, MA ~P-Town Pride

Baltimore, MD ~Baltimore Pride

Detroit, MI ~Detroit: Motor City Pride

Ferndale, MI ~Ferndale Pride

Kalamazoo, MI ~Kalamazoo Pride

Minneapolis, MN ~Twin Cities Pride

Pine City, MN ~East Central Minnesota Pride

St. Louis, MO ~Pride St. Louis

Biloxi, MS ~Gulf Coast Pride

Salisbury, NC ~Salisbury Pride

Omaha, NE ~Heartland Pride

Santa Fe, NM ~Santa Fe Pride

Brooklyn, NY ~Brooklyn Pride

Harlem, NY ~Harlem Pride

Huntington, NY ~Long Island Pride

Kingston, NY ~Hudson Valley Pride

Long Island, NY ~Long Island Pride

New York, NY ~New York City Pride

Queens, NY ~Queens LGBT Pride

Syracuse, NY ~Central New York Pride

Warwick, NY ~Warwick: OC Pride

Yonkers, NY ~Yonkers Pride

Cincinnati, OH ~Cincinnati Pride

Cleveland, OH ~Cleveland Pride

Columbus, OH ~Stonewall Columbus Pride

Sandusky, OH ~Sandusky Pride

Oklahoma City, OK ~Oklahoma City Pride

Bend, OR ~Central Oregon Pride

Portland, OR ~Pride Northwest

Philadelphia, PA ~Philly Pride

Pittsburgh, PA ~Pittsburgh Pride

Providence, RI ~Rhode Island Pride

Nashville, TN ~Nashville Pride

El Paso, TX ~Sun City Pride

Houston, TX ~Gay Pride Houston

San Antonio, TX ~Pride San Antonio

Norfolk, VA ~Hampton Roads Pride

Olympia, WA ~Olympia Capital Pride

Seattle, WA ~Seattle Pride

Spokane, WA ~Spokane Pride: Outspokane

Milwaukee, WI ~Milwaukee Pride

Edmonton, Canada ~Edmonton Pride

Ontario, Canada ~Thunder Bay Pride

Regina, Canada ~Regina: Queen City Pride

Saskatoon, Canada ~Saskatoon Pride

Surrey, Canada ~Surrey Pride

Toronto, Canada ~Pride Toronto

Victoria, B.C., Canada ~Victoria Pride

Mexico City, Mexico ~Mexico City Pride

Boqueron, Puer. Rico ~Boqueron Pride

Puerto Rico ~San Juan: Puerto Rico Pride

Puerto Rico ~Boqueron: Puerto Rico Pride

San Juan, Puerto Rico ~Puerto Rico Pride

July

Sedona, AZ ~Sedona Gay Art Show

San Diego, CA ~San Diego Pride

San Diego, CA ~San Diego SheFest

Colorado Springs, CO ~Colorado Springs Pride

Deming, NM ~Deming Pride

Reno, NV ~Reno Pride

Pittsburgh, PA ~Pittsburgh Black Pride

Bellingham, WA ~Bellingham Pride

Bremerton, WA ~Bremerton: Kitsap Pride

Tacoma, WA ~Tacoma Pride

Green Bay, WI ~Green Bay Pride

International Pride Events

Halifax, Canada ~Halifax Pride

Lethbridge, Canada ~Lethbridge Pride

Montreal, Canada ~Montreal: Divers/Cite

Toronto, Canada ~Global Black Pride

World Pride Feb 2023 in Sydney, Australia

Additional Black Pride Events  Visit Center for Black Equity https://centerforblackequity.org/black-lgbtq-prides