Pride Month

The monthlong celebration of LGBTQ+ Pride will reach its exuberant grand finale as multitudes of rainbow-laden revelers hit the streets for marquee parades in New York, Chicago, San Francisco and elsewhere across the globe. The wide-ranging festivities Sunday will function as both jubilant parties and political protests. This year, tensions over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza have colored the celebrations,...

Director of Events and Programming Ashley McHugh and Drag Ambassador Xiomarie LeBeija shared how you can participate in the Pride celebrations at Parkville Market.

The Family Fare cake decorator said the nationwide support brought her to tears and that what’s most important is people knowing there are others standing up for them.

Several people were injured after a “possible chemical agent” was released during the Baltimore Pride parade Saturday evening, according to the Baltimore Police Department.

With Pride Month in full gear, U.S. shoppers can find the usual merchandise many stores stock for the June celebration of LGBTQ+ culture and rights. But analysts and advocates say the marketing is toned down compared to previous years, and at some chains, there’s no trace of Pride at all.

After a lifetime of secrecy, a decorated veteran came out as gay in his obituary.

“Raising the flag here is not just for the LGBTQ community, it’s really for the whole state community to say you belong here, we welcome you and Connecticut is an accepting place,” said Connecticut Office of Early Childhood commissioner Beth Bye.  Connecticut has raised the Pride flag above the State Capitol every June since 2019. “This is a signal...

The Pride flag was raised at the State Capitol Monday, a symbol, supporters say, that everyone is welcome in Connecticut.

Do not bring your anti-Pride rhetoric to an Adele concert.

The iconic yellow and green of Brazil’s flag mixed with a sea of rainbow-colored tutus, hand fans and drag queen hairdos at Sunday’s LGBTQ+ pride parade in Sao Paulo. The event along the city’s main thoroughfare is among the biggest gay pride celebrations in the world.

Jessica Madsen is celebrating her “love” this month, and her “Bridgerton” co-stars are showing their support.

Local and state leaders raised the Pride flag outside Middletown City Hall as part of the city’s annual kick off to Pridefest. “Pridefest is absolutely incredible. We are largest Pride parade in the State of Connecticut, said Christopher Forte, founder and lead organizer of Middletown Pride. “You know, we at Middletown Pride always believe that pride is both a...

PrideFEST will be held on Main Street in Middletown on Saturday. 

Middletown PrideFEST is June 1st.

The state’s largest Pride event is returning to Downton Middletown!  We are excited to announce that for the seventh consecutive year, NBC CT and Telemundo CT are the exclusive media partners of the Middletown PrideFEST!  On Saturday, June 1, from 12 p.m. to 10 pm, the well-attended street festival will offer free fun entertainment for the entire family! Main Street,…

As the staff and community gathered at the New Haven Pride Center ribbon cutting Thursday, it was a moment in time to reflect, board co-chair Hope Chávez said. “Fourteen months ago, the board took a big deep breath as we dug into some real challenges and real failures of this organization that was not on the part of the...

The New Haven Pride Center has relocated and is welcoming people into a vibrant new space in the city’s Ninth Square. The old space was in a basement office that was becoming too small.

On Friday, June 30, it will be home to all kinds of food, entertainment, and the first Out and About Market, which aims to highlight LGBTQ-owned businesses in Connecticut and beyond.

Hartford’s Parkville Market is wrapping up Pride Month with a big celebration.  On Friday, June 30, it will be home to all kinds of food, entertainment, and the first Out and About Market, which aims to highlight LGBTQ-owned businesses in Connecticut and beyond. One of the vendors is Hartford resident and artist Majesty Reyes. “I’ve been doing art since...

On June 26, 1982, Hartford Community Television, now Hartford Public Access Television, covered the “First Lesbian and Gay Pride Festival” which was held by the “Lesbian and Gay Task Force,” according to the GLBTQ Archives. This special collection, located in Central Connecticut State University’s Elihu Burritt Library, says the event drew hundreds of participants to the Old Statehouse—where they marched,…