Speaking of Women's Rights: #PROUD: Our List of Pride Parades, Festivals & Events in the Northwest

Tuesday, June 4, 2019

#PROUD: Our List of Pride Parades, Festivals & Events in the Northwest


There are so many opportunities throughout the Northwest to celebrate the LGBTQ community, including several events that center the transgender, gender non-conforming, and queer and trans people of color (QTPOC) communities.

Here are our picks for 2019 Pride parades and festivals in the Northwest! We'll be at the events marked with an asterisk (*)—be sure to stop by and say hi!

WASHINGTON
June 8 - Volunteer Park Pride (Seattle, WA)*
June 8 - Spokane Pride Rainbow Festival (Spokane, WA)
June 28 - Trans Pride Seattle (Seattle, WA)*
July 13 - Tacoma Pride (Tacoma, WA)*
July 20 - Seattle Latinx Pride Festival (Seattle, WA)
August 22–25 - Pacific Northwest Black Pride (Seattle, WA)

Click here for a list of events happening in and around South Seattle, including inaugural events in White Center and Tukwila.

Idaho
June 8 - Magic Valley Pride Festival (Twin Falls, ID)*
June 15 - Boise Pride Fest (Boise, ID)*
June 15 - Alt-Pride (Boise, ID)*
June 29 - Idaho Falls Pride (Idaho Falls, ID)*
July 13 - Celebrate Love 2019 (Lewiston, ID)*
August 24 - Palouse Pride Festival in the Park (Moscow, ID)*

Special thanks to Add the Words, Idaho for sponsoring us at these Idaho events!

Alaska
June 15 - Juneau Pride (Juneau, AK) 
June 29 - Anchorage PrideFestival (Anchorage, AK)

Montana
June 22 - Big Sky Pride Parade (Helena, MT)

Oregon
June 7 - Astoria Pride (Astoria, OR) 
June 15 - Portland Trans Pride (Portland, OR)
June 22 - Central Oregon Pride (Bend, OR)

Click here for a more events happening in Oregon.

Of course, Pride isn’t all about parades and festivals! Check out these workshops, forums, art events, and learning opportunities happening around the region:

June 5–29 - Rainbow Story Times (Seattle, WA) hosted by The Seattle Public Library
June 6 - Interrupting Racism Actionshop (Portland, OR) hosted by Resolutions Northwest
June 7–July 2 - PRIDE Multimedia Art Show (Portland, OR) hosted by Multnomah Arts Center 
June 8 - Generations of Pride (Portland, OR) hosted by Our Bold Voices
June 9 - Don’t Be Self-Conchas Poetry Open Mic (Seattle, WA) hosted by Aviona Rodriguez Brown
June 15 - Pride Antakshari (Seattle, WA) hosted by Trikone Northwest
June 21 - Navigating the Allyship thruthe Genderverse (Helena, MT) hosted by TransVisible
June 22 - Gender Expansive GroomingWorkshop (Anchorage, AK) hosted by the Anchorage Transgender Community
June 22 - Backyard Comedy with Mattio Martinez (Boise, ID) benefiting The Pride Foundation
June 25 - Intersections of Displacement:Transportation and LGBTQ Seattle (Seattle, WA) hosted by GSBA
6/29 LGBTQ Youth Forum (Idaho Falls, ID) hosted by Idaho Falls Pride


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