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What LGBTQ+ Pride Month events will take place this year?Ī number of official events that would normally be held in various cities across the nation throughout the month will now be taking place online. Still, some of the LGBTQ+ events will be a mixture of in-person and online events. states have started to lift stay-at-home orders and other restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus as vaccinations increase and cases decrease. This year's LGBTQ+ Pride Month will be celebrated differently due to the coronavirus pandemic, but after the virus canceled nearly every in-person event in 2020, many are back this year. Milk was assassinated later that year.Īccording to Baker's website, the colors of the LGBT flag each have a meaning: red for life, orange for healing, yellow for sunlight, green for nature, blue for harmony and violet for spirit.īaker died at the age of 65 on March 31, 2017, though his rainbow flag remains an iconic, powerful symbol for LGBT pride. Army veteran, created the flag in 1978 as a new symbol for the gay and lesbian political movement at the suggestion of his friends and colleagues, including Harvey Milk, a San Francisco city supervisor and the first openly gay elected official in California. Gilbert Baker, an American artist, gay rights activist and U.S. The rainbow LGBTQ+ flag is prominently displayed throughout the month. Memorials are also often held for members of the LGBTQ+ community who have lost their lives to hate crimes or HIV/AIDS. Typically, there are monthlong celebrations and in-person gatherings that take place across the nation, including pride parades, marches, parties, concerts, workshops and symposiums. Waco Gay Pride/Out on the Brazos Pride – Usually early to mid-October, but 2022 TBAĪll photography at is by Andrew Collins, unless otherwise noted.LGBTQ+ Pride Month events draw millions of participants from around the world each year. Tarrant County LGBTQ Pride/Fort Worth LGBTQ Pride – Oct. Tyler LGBTQ Pride/Pride in the Park Tyler Texas – Usually late September or early October, but 2022 dates TBA 17, 2022Ībilene LGBTQ Pride – Usually late September, but 2022 dates TBA North Texas LGBTQ Pride (in Plano) – Sept. Wimberley LGBTQ Pride - Usually mid-September, but 2022 dates TBA San Marcos LGBTQ Pride/SMTX Pride – Sept. Lubbock LGBTQ Pride – Usually mid- to late August, but 2022 dates TBA
Permian Basin LGBTQ Pride/Midland LGBTQ Pride/Odessa LGBTQ Pride – July 16, 2022 Panhandle Pride/Amarillo LGBTQ Pride – June 25, 2022 McAllen LGBTQ Pride/Harlingen LGBTQ Pride/Rio Grande Valley LGBTQ Pride – Usually late June, but 2022 dates TBAĮl Paso LGBTQ Pride/Sun City LGBTQ Pride – June 18 and 25, 2022 New Braunfels LGBTQ Pride/Pride NB – Usually early to mid-June, but 2022 dates TBAīoerne LGBTQ Pride ( for more details) – June 11, 2022Ĭorpus Christi LGBTQ Pride – June 3-11, 2022ĭallas Black LGBTQ Pride/Dallas Juneteenth Unity Weekend/Dallas Southern Pride – June 17–19, 2022īrazos Valley Pride/Bryan LGBTQ Pride/College Station LGBTQ Pride – Usually late June, but 2022 dates TBA Laredo Gay Pride – Usually early to mid-June, but 2022 dates TBA 28-May 2, 2022Īustin Black LGBTQ Pride – Usually early to mid-June, but 2022 dates TBA The events below are listed in chronological order. Here’s a 2022 calendar of Texas LGBTQ Pride festivals. One nice aspect of Pride festivals in Texas as that communities around the state consistently avoid staging their events on the same weekend. Finally, the 2022 LGBTQ Canada Pride Calendar has the dates of countless Pride festivals throughout that country, including Montréal, Vancouver, Calgary, Halifax, Ottawa, and Québec City. And for Miami, Orlando, Atlanta, and other events in the southeast, see the 2022 Florida and the South LGBTQ Pride Calendar, and the 2022 Midwest and Plains LGBTQ Pride Calendar and 2022 Rockies and Southwest LGBTQ Pride Calendar have all the details on events in these parts of the country.
And if you’re looking for the dates of Pride in New York City, Baltimore, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington DC, and other Eastern cities, visit my 2022 New England and Mid-Atlantic LGBTQ Pride calendar. Headed West? Check out the California and West Coast 2022 LGBTQ Pride Calendar, with dates and links to Pride events in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle, Portland, Honolulu, and many other popular cities. LGBTQ Pride festivals around Texas have always been provided a great opportunity for LGBTQ Lone Star residents to share a sense of solidarity and-to be sure-let their hair down and march, dance, eat, drink, and celebrate.