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Your Guide to Philadelphia Event 2023
June is Pride Month everywhere, but here in Philly, home of Philadelphia Freedom, we do Identity festival especially well. LGBTQIA+ events and activities taking place across the city, from the Gayborhood to Germantown, include festivals, parties, sporting events, and arts and culture for all ages and backgrounds.
XL Pride Events in Philly
LOVE A Celebration, A FESTIVAL, AND A STREET PARTY. This is the big one. GALAEI is behind the 2023 centerpiece: Philly Pride 365. It starts June 4 at 10:30am with the Love, Light and Liberation march from Independence Mall (5th and Arch streets) to the Gayborhood (12th and Locust). That’s where the daylong (from noon to 7pm) festival takes place, replete with a family zone, sober zone, food trucks, and performances — including featured Latino and Afro-Latino performers — on two stages. Free.
JOIN THE ULTIMATE PRIDE BLOCK PARTY. Iconic LGBTQIA+ bookstore Giovanni’s Room (named after the James Baldwin novel) celebrates its 50th anniversary during QUEERAPALOOZA on June 10 from noon to 5pm. The block party and music festival takes place on Pine Highway and includes nonstop kingly performances, live queer ba
Under the Gaydar (July 2025 Event Calendar)
Let freedom ring! In NOLA, we grab pride in all months of the year, but especially in July. So celebrate the month with lots of festivals, parties and events. Here are just some of the hot events in July. If you want your event listed, send me an email at ledgemgp@gmail.com.
Weekly Events
Monday:
· NOAGE New Orleans Walking Group; Audubon Park; 6500 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA; 4 p.m. NOAGE’s weekly walking group meets on Mondays at 4:00 PM at the Magazine Street entrance to Audubon Zoo. They start walking promptly at 4:00, so be sure to come a few minutes early. Please consult with your primary care physician before beginning any new fitness regimen, especially if you are not used to regular exercise. PLEASE NOTE: The walking group will be AUTOMATICALLY CANCELED in the event of inclement weather.
· Cooking with Monica: The Golden Lantern; 1239 Royal St., New Orleans, LA; 5 p.m. Come adore delicious food cooked by Monica every Monday at 5 p.m. and wait and enjoy cocktails with her till her switch ends at 2 a.m.
· B
DTWOF Archive Episode #11
It was twenty years ago today…
I can imagine what the 1987 Mo would perform with current-era Pride celebrations, with so much glorification of marriage and corporate diversity initiatives.
Not that I was able to attend a single city-wide pride event this year, being all caught up in the end of Little League season among other things.
Even though I have (most) of the Dykes books, I really really really love seeing the old strips here, on the web, on my laptop screen. There’s something about the juxtaposition of nostalgia and technology that warps the time-space continuum. (my mother dug up a delightful photo of me in my own little league uniform from 30 years ago and scanned it in, which has the same warpy effect as the classic strips, if not more so…)
I’m feeling wistful for my first pride celebrations, dancing down the streets of Boston after the Batucada Belles (or however that is spelled)…
interestingly enough, the sf pride theme this year was “pride not prejudice.”
the dyke march?
“healthcare for all”
oh, pride season. it really is a national holiday. emphasis on the national.