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The gay pride parade is one of the biggest events of the year for the LGBT calendar. Founded in 1970 for the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, gay pride parades are a symbol of LGBT people's unwillingness to remain in the closet any longer. And they aren't all jockstraps and drag queens either--for their entire history, gay pride parades have always been a site of civic engagement, with a marked uptick in corporate participation in recent years. The Advocate has the best coverage of events the world over.

​Freddie Lutz and Johnny Cervantes in formal wedding attire standing under a rainbow umbrella
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Meet the Virginia gay bar owner who married his partner in front of 100,000 strangers

Freddie Lutz and his longtime partner, Johnny Cervantes, got hitched during WorldPride…on a float.

Delta A330 taking off from airport alongside Azores at sunset lakes forest mountains Sete Cidades Portugal Europe
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Delta passenger recounts harrowing JFK-bound flight’s emergency landing in remote North Atlantic islands

Ken Elder set out for a vacation in Spain. He didn’t expect to spend 30 hours stranded on his way back.

Early NYC Pride Marches exhibit at The Hispanic Society Museum called Out of the Closets Into the Streets original vintage photography by Francisco Alvarado Juarez
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These 22 pics from 1970s NYC Pride marches show 'a moment without society’s prejudices'

An exhibition is showcasing the early marches of the LGBTQ+ liberation movement in 1970s New York City.

WeHo West Hollywood Los Angeles 2025 LGBTQIA pride parade celebration
Pride

Queer joy marches on in these 37 photos of WeHo Pride 2025

We're here and queer, get into it!

This Juneteenth, we celebrate the progress and power of Black Pride
History

This Juneteenth, we celebrate the progress and power of Black Pride

While the first Black Pride happened in D.C., cities across the country now celebrate with events centering Black queer experiences.

Pride Rally and Sashay to Tea 2025 LGBTQIA pride celebration Provincetown ptown MA
Pride

Pride in Provincetown: 22 joyful pics of the beach town's rally & sashay to tea

For a city that's been supportive of the LGBTQ+ community long before official Pride events, they still prove they know how to get down and celebrate.

LGBTQ+ publications are losing advertisers amid DEI purge
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LGBTQ+ publications are losing advertisers amid DEI purge

Even journalism is suffering as conservatives wage war on DEI.

Nashville Tennessee LGBTQIA pride parade and festival 2019
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Nashville Pride needs $250k to survive after losing corporate sponsors

"Nashville Pride is in a state of emergency," the group said.

NYC LGBTQIA Pride Parade Protest 2025
News

100 pics from NYC Pride Parade 2025 that prove Pride is still a protest

Queer joy is radical in the big apple.

​Ricky Cornish at Electric Forest with friends.
Travel

Electric Forest is a once-in-a-lifetime experience for everyone in the LGBTQ+ community

This staple Michigan festival also serves as a magical Pride event that'll blow you away.

Budapest Hungary LGBTQIA Pride March across the Széchenyi Chain Bridge June 2021
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Budapest Pride to proceed despite Hungary's LGBTQ+ event ban

A Pride parade protesting Hungary's LGBTQ+ crack down has been backed by over 30 foreign embassies – but not the United States.

Juneteenth celebration Brooklyn Public Library Grand Army Plaza New York City
News

Juneteenth and LGBTQ+ Pride celebrations lose sponsors as companies drop DEI

Several Juneteenth celebrations have been scaled down or cancelled this year due to companies and governments dropping DEI.

under the L train trestle at 52nd street Philadelphia alongside Temple University Burn Center
Crime

Strangers raise more than $70K for transgender woman hospitalized after shocking West Philly acid attack

Diana was on her way to a Pride celebration when three kids attacked her.

WorldPride 2025: A global get-together in photos
Photography

WorldPride 2025: A global get-together in photos

WorldPride came to Washington this year for a joyous and peaceful celebration.

Former Australian police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon is facing murder charges.
Crime

Ex-police officer pleads not guilty in killing of gay TV reporter and his boyfriend

Beau Lamarre-Condon has pleaded not guilty for the murders of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies.

Andry Hernandez Romero with his parents
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Andry Hernández Romero on surviving CECOT: 'They told us we would die there'

“I want the world to know that being Venezuelan is not a crime,” the gay makeup artist told The Advocate in an exclusive interview.

Police "do not cross" tape with police car blurred behind it
Crime

16-year-old girl in critical condition after shooting after New York Pride

Police said it is too early to know if the shooting after NYC Pride was a hate crime.

Void Chicago flier mocking chicfila
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Chicago restaurant parodies Chick-fil-A with 'Chick-Feel-Gay' Pride Month sandwich

Void's "Chick-Feel-Gay" event pledged 20 percent of proceeds to Brave Space Alliance, an LGBTQ+ group that shares a building with Chick-fil-A.

watermarked footage still a pro-LGBTQ musician on stage at hetero awesome festival in downtown Boise ID
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'Hetero Awesome Fest' in Idaho concludes with fighting, low attendance, and racism scandal

A so-called "Hetero Awesome Fest" in Idaho managed to draw attention over the weekend for all the wrong reasons.

Activist, actor, and Stonewall Inn Gives Back board member Angelica Christina
Exclusives

As companies stop sponsoring Pride, this NYC brewery is giving money directly to trans people

"We want to be very clear: our support isn’t conditional, and it’s not new," Brooklyn Brewery President Robin Ottaway tells The Advocate.