On Saturday, August 26th, 2017, Gayborhood Jersey City & Human Pride Productions will host the 17th Annual Jersey City LGBT Pride Festival at Newark Pedestrian Plaza in Downtown Jersey City. One of the largest festivals in Northern New Jersey, LGBT Pride serves to highlight the significance of diversity in the community through a variety of fun, celebratory, and informative events.
According to Lakeside Pride Music Ensembles co-founder Mary Wallace, “If music is your thing, you’ve really got to do it, or else you’re miserable.” Lakeside Pride celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2017. The organization boasts about 210 members and consists of several units: the Freedom Band, which marches in local parades; the symphonic band, which usually mounts two concert performances annually; a jazz band; and several smaller ensembles. The organization unveiled a new logo in conjunction with the milestone, according to Board Chair Bradley Fritz.
Last year, sensing a need to celebrate Downtown Los Angeles’ LGBTQ community, a group of activists and bar owners teamed up to organize a day-long party. They expected 4,000 people to show up for the happening in Pershing Square. More than 9,000 people ended up thronging the park. That response prompted the organizers of the DTLA Proud Festival to extend and enhance the celebration this year with live music, DJs, dancers and even a micro-waterpark. It takes place again at Pershing Square on Saturday-Sunday, Aug. 26-27.
The Arc Mercer, Capitol County’s premier provider of programs and services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD), has launched a groundbreaking LGBTQ community organization for people with special needs. The group, the Special Needs Alliance for Pride (SNAP), is not just the first organization of its kind in the state of New Jersey – but the first in the entire country!
This week is Gender Odyssey, the country’s largest transgender conference, and it’s right here in Seattle. Founder Aidan Key started the conference in 2001. “To help me personally find and connect with people who are going through gender transition because I was just starting my transition from female to male,” Key explained. It has since grown from 300 attendees to about 1,700. And one of the most important additions has been including programming for teens, children, and their families.
Did you know that gay and bisexual men get less routine health care than other men do? That lesbian and bisexual women are less likely to have a usual place to go for medical care? According to the US Transgender Survey, almost a quarter of transgender people avoid going to the doctor for needed medical care out of the fear of being mistreated.
When Worcester pride kicks off next month, downtown crosswalks are getting a makeover ahead of the parade and festival. This year, Worcester Pride is not only painting a rainbow flag on a downtown crosswalk, but also the transgender flag and a new rainbow flag with added colors. It’s the first time the group has painted a crosswalk during its pride celebration, something done in other cities, like Boston.
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