Boston Pride Parade and Festival take place June 8, this year themed “Looking Back, Loving Forward,” in honor of Stonewall 50, with other events like panel discussions and film screenings throughout June. Rhode Island Pride in Providence on June 15 features an illuminated nighttime parade. Twin Cities Pride takes place June 22-23 in Loring Park in Minneapolis, while the main Pride Houston events, including a festival and evening parade, are scheduled for June 22.ĭenver PrideFest, June 15-16, at Civic Center Park, offers a 5K race and live entertainment as well as a parade. Drag shows and a pet parade are part of the fun.
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(Getty)Ĭhicago’s parade is June 30 and themed “Stonewall 50: Millions of Moments of Pride.” Pre-parade events include the Chicago Pride Fest, June 22-23, billed as a “love-filled celebration” of diversity and equality in the East Lakeview neighborhood of Boystown. People march with banners and balloons during the 2017 San Francisco Pride Parade, one of the country’s oldest and largest pride events. The National Park Service’s Stonewall National Monument is across the street in Christopher Park, with lifesize sculptures of same-sex couples. Magical Pride is the latest of Disney’s efforts to encourage acceptance and inclusivity. daily at its original Christopher Street location. According to the official website, Disney wants guests who show up on June 1 to dress like a dream, feel fabulous and experience the Walt Disney Studios Park like never before loud, proud, and alive with all the colors of the rainbow. Noteworthy LGBTQ spots around the city include the venerable Stonewall Inn itself, a National Historic Landmark, open noon to 4 a.m. The Brooklyn Historical Society offers a fascinating look at LGBTQ communities on the Brooklyn waterfront from the 19th century through World War II, while the Brooklyn Museum hosts a show called “ Nobody Promised You Tomorrow: Art 50 Years After Stonewall.” The New-York Historical Society recently opened three Stonewall 50 exhibitions: one on LGBTQ nightlife, another featuring highlights from the Lesbian Herstory Archives, and a third looking at five decades of NYC Pride marches. The Guggenheim Museum has a Robert Mapplethorpe retrospective. At the New York Public Library’s main branch at Bryant Park, “ Love & Resistance: Stonewall 50,” features photos of the LGBTQ rights movement from the 1960s and ’70s.
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Many of the shows will remain on view long after the parade. A number of LGBTQ-themed cultural events and exhibitions are taking place around the city to coincide with Stonewall 50.