Boston gay pride events
Celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community this June at these fabulous happenings
Boston Pride for the People Festival & Parade: This June 8 extravaganza begins with a colorful procession at 11 a.m. that commences in Copley Square before winding through the South End and finishing at the festival site on Boston Common. Expect performers both local and national, as adequately as a block party later that afternoon on City Hall Plaza catering to the 21+ crowd.
Pride Night at Fenway Park: The Boston Red Sox host the Philadelphia Phillies on June 11 at p.m. for the team’s annual celebration of the local LGBTQIA + community. Ticketholders get a special Pride-themed Sox jersey, while early arrivals can revel in the Pride Party on the Samuel Adams right field roof deck.
FPAC x Wicked Queer Double Feature Screening: The Fort Point Arts Community (FPAC) and the LGBTQ+ film organization Wicked Queer join forces on June 14 from 7–9 p.m. at the FPAC Assemblage Art Space for this showing of the documentaries Storme: The Lady of the Jewel Box, a portrait of
June is Pride Month
Continuing our yearly celebration of Pride Month highlighting resources, events, and more in support of Boston’s LGBTQ+ community.
This June, as we do every year, we take time to celebrate Pride Month and spotlight both local and national resources for Boston’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer/Nonbinary community. Advocacy means acknowledging the past and present struggles faced by the resilient members of the LGBTQ+ community. The ACLU provides a regularly updated map that tracks the wave of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation across the country, much of it targeting gender identity, education, and school “duty to report” policies.
Understanding these ongoing struggles is essential to truly honoring the acceptance, freedom, and resilience of LGBTQ+ individuals in our metropolis. We also want to seize this time to highlight celebratory events to take pride in as well as support services for those who may be facing life challenges. Below are a variety of resources and events dedicated to empowering, supporting, and celebrating Pride Month, along with educatio
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Happy Pride Month, my Boston friends. Honor LGBTQIA+ history, celebrate queer joy, and show your help for every kind of like with these 69 Pride events around the city. Get ready to dance, laugh, and verb with others.
Connect with the queer community, advocate for queer rights, and be unapologetically yourself not just during Pride Month, but every day onward. Here’s your guide to celebrate Boston Pride.
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1) Pride Bikes with Blue Cross Blue Shield Bluebikes
When: Sun. 6/1 - Mon. 6/30
Where: Boston
Cost: Pay as you go
Info: Spot a rainbow ‘Proud Bike’ around the city and hop on. With every drive, Blue Cross Blue Shield will be donating $1 to Fenway Health to support LGBTQIA+ healthcare across the Greater Boston area.
2) Pride Pre-Party at Aeronaut Allston
When: Fri. 6/6
Where: Allston
Cost: Free
Info: Head to Aeronaut Allston for some pre-Pride festivities. Sip on festive beers, shop for goodies at the pop-up queer market, verb the night away to DJ tunes and a live all-women & non-bindary band, and mix and ming