Olympia LGBTQ Pride/Capital City (WA) LGBTQ Pride – June 4, 2022 Puerto Vallarta Mexico LGBTQ Pride – May 23–30, 2022
The events below are listed in chronological order.Ĭentral California Coast LGBTQ Pride/San Luis Obispo LGBTQ Pride – May 20-22, 2022 Here’s a 20 calendar of West Coast LGBTQ Pride festivals, with links to events throughout western North America, including California, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, and Alaska, along with British Columbia and Alberta in Canada, and Pacific Mexico. And also see my LGBTQ Guides to Big Bear Lake and the San Bernardino Mountains and San Diego for recommendations on vacationing in both of these areas.įor information about Pride Festivals in Vancouver, Victoria, and elsewhere in British Columbia, visit the 2022 Canada LGBTQ Pride Calendar. Quite a few Pride events have also shifted to different times of year than before the pandemic.įor other parts of North America, also check out the following calendars:Ģ022 Florida and the South LGBTQ Pride CalendarĢ022 Midwest and Plains LGBTQ Pride CalendarĢ022 New England and Northeast LGBTQ Pride CalendarĢ022 Rockies and LGBTQ Gay Pride CalendarĪnd if you’re looking for a fun way to visit a few cities in California on the same vacation, have a look at my California Wine Country Road Trip story for inspiration and tips. It’s best to check local websites regularly for the latest details. Keep in mind that many communities that postponed or held virtual Pride gatherings during the pandemic are still determining how best to proceed in 2022. And you’ll find information about several smaller Pride events that take place up and down the West Coast, from Orange County Gay Pride in Santa Ana to Southern Oregon Gay Pride in Ashland. We’ve also got Alaska, Guam, and Hawaii covered in this guide, as well as some events in Pacific Mexico. As do cities farther up the coast, such as Portland and Seattle.
And most of the larger Pride festivals feature community marketplaces or expos at which local organizations and businesses looking to reach out to the LGBTQ community appear.Ĭalifornia’s largest cities-Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Long Beach-all have particularly spirited Pride celebrations that draw participants and spectators from all over the world.
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Some communities hold Pride-related events-including art and history exhibits, concerts, film screenings, workshops, and myriad parties-over a full week or more leading up to the main day or weekend, when there’s typically a Pride parade and festival. The first of these were begun as efforts to express support and solidarity for LGBTQ rights following New York City’s infamous Stonewall Riots of 1969, and over the years they’ve spread into even relatively small cities around the world. "We acknowledge and appreciate the steps that have been taken to heal decades of distrust between law enforcement agencies and the LGBTQ+ communities.California and the West Coast are home to some of the world’s largest and most inspiring LGBTQ Pride festivals. "SF Pride remains committed to practicing radical inclusion, practicing harm reduction in our space, and supporting those who are marginalized within our community," the group said. San Francisco Pride's interim president, Suzanne Ford, and its board of directors said in a statement on Monday that while they have been working with the city's law enforcement to come to an agreement on uniforms at the parade, they have "not come to a solution that is mutually beneficial." "Now they ask us to hide the fact of where we work." "For LGBTQ+ officers, this brings us back to a time when we had to hide at work that we were LGBTQ+," the group added. "This is its own form of prejudice and further erodes the tenuous relationship between peace officers and the communities we keep safe." "The board decided to punish LGBTQ+ peace officers for the failings of others," the group said in a statement.