Pride Month in Orlando: Events celebrate LGBTQ+ culture in Central Florida

Pride Month in Orlando: Events celebrate LGBTQ+ culture in Central Florida

June marks the start of summer across the country and the celebration of Pride Month, highlighting the LGBTQ+ community. The commemoration coincides with the first Pride March in New York City in June of 1970 on the one-year anniversary of the protests against police outside Stonewall Inn, one of the city’s most popular gay bars. In June 1969, police raided the bar and roughed up patrons before herding them into police vans, causing the crowd ou…

Lynn LGBTQ+ history documentary premieres June 8

LYNN — “Finding Refuge, Demanding Equality: A Century of LGBTQ+ Lynn,” a documentary film that spans over a century of city history, explores the joys, successes, challenges, and hardships experienced by Lynn’s gay, lesbian, transgender, and queer community in their ongoing fight for equality. It illustrates their journey from secrecy and danger to freely celebrating […]

City, chamber celebrate Dunedin’s LGBTQ+ community

DUNEDIN — Dunedin Pride is a week-long celebration of love, identity, and community, running Friday May 30 through Friday, June 6.

Orihuela Opens €16K Tender for 2025–26 LGBTQ+ Pride Events

The Orihuela City Council has announced a public tender valued at €16,405.12 (VAT included) to organize LGBTQ+ Pride Day celebrations for the years 2025 and 2026. The contract covers the planning, coordination, and execution of the annual events, which are scheduled to take place each June. The festivities will feature a vibrant parade led by a protest-style batucada drum band of at least 20 musicians, accompanied by five stilt walkers to energi…