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Pride

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.
​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.

watermarked footage still a pro-LGBTQ musician on stage at hetero awesome festival in downtown Boise ID
News

'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.
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.

U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia (left) and Andry Hernández Romero
Politics

Coalition of 52 Democrats push for proof of life for deported gay asylum-seeker Andry Hernández Romero

“I think Pride Month is an opportunity to highlight his story even more,” U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia told The Advocate.

Christian Karlsson / Galantis
Arts & Entertainment

Galantis says 'love will conquer always' as he gears up for special WorldPride performance

The popular music producer is promising a DJ set that'll be unlike any other.

Delta A330 taking off from airport alongside Azores at sunset lakes forest mountains Sete Cidades Portugal Europe
News

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.
Void Chicago flier mocking chicfila
News

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.

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!

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.
​Central Alabama Pride celebration 2024
Exclusives

Sweet Pride Alabama: Celebrating LGBTQ+ lives in the Deep South

Central Alabama Pride has been awarded The Advocate’s inaugural Communities of Pride Award.

Walker Memorial Baptist Church Washington DC alongside a row of rainbow LGBTQIA pride flags on a fence
News

A D.C. couple hung flags outside for Pride Month. The church next door cut them down

While outdoor decorations are technically against the couple's lease, they feel the rule was unequally enforced.

dupont circle fountain washington DC
News

The National Park Service closes iconic Dupont Circle Park during WorldPride

Organizers told The Advocate they were “frustrated” with the sudden and unannounced determination to barricade the area.

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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.

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.

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
News

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.

Budapest Hungary LGBTQIA Pride March across the Széchenyi Chain Bridge June 2021
News

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.

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.

broken house window alongside rainbow LGBTQIA pride flags on a black iron fence
Crime

A gay man in D.C. was attacked in his home with a rock. He believes it was a hate crime

Addam Schauer-Mayhew was watching tennis on his couch Friday when a man threw a rock through his window.