March to the Franklin Park Playstead and enjoy a festival featuring queer performers and artists at this years Trans Resistanace March and Festival. (Lamplighter Brewing Co.’s CX Upstairs Taproom, June 16) Questions can cover anything from queer history and gay icons to music and pop culture - and there are prizes to win. Test your LGBTQ knowledge at Lamplighter Brewing Co.’s special edition trivia night June 16. to 5 p.m., will have a rally followed by a festival. In the absence of a large Pride parade in Boston, organizers have laid plans for a Pop-Up Pride on the Boston Common, a day of “celebrating all LGBTQ+ identities, honoring the work of our ancestors, and giving back to our Boston community.” The event, which runs from 11 a.m. Time Out Market is the designated venue for those under 21 who still want to attend. Take in drag shows, themed drinks, and more during this seven-hour bar crawl that spans 10 venues and features more than 20 performers.
After the race, there will be a festival with local drag queens, musicians and more. Run your way around the Boston Common for the Boston Theater Company’s second annual Pride 5k. The march is ASL interpreted and wheelchair, stroller, and scooter accessible, and will be livestreamed for those at high risk of contracting COVID. The celebration will feature musicians, poets, and other speakers. (Massachusetts State House steps, June 9-23)Ĭentered at the Parkman Bandstand, this year’s event is the 25th Boston Dyke March. The one to two mile walk starts at the Massachusetts State House steps and is offered five times this month. This Pride walking tour will let you follow the footsteps of LGBTQ people from Boston’s history and learn about gay and lesbian culture in the city. The series, called “A Very Proud City” kicks off Wednesday June 8 with BOP-ley Square, a dance block party in front of the Trinity Church in Copley Square Park.
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On every remaining Wednesday in June, the city is hosting a series of free and open-to-the-public events in downtown to celebrate Pride. Here are some Pride events happening in Boston this month: If you are looking for Pride celebrations to replace the large parade of years past, there are many options and opportunities as the month goes on. “We’re not trying to help the people that are in the middle, we’re trying to help the people that are the most disadvantaged, that’s what Pride really needs to be about.” … I think that if you’re just focusing to the middle, then you’re missing the whole point of Pride,” Trigilio said. “I just don’t think that it’s okay to leave people behind. Many of these local events focus on making sure specific people within the LGBTQ community are included, something Trigilio said they think is important to the spirit of Pride. “Pride really should be about commemorating the Stonewall Riots, political awareness and education, and celebration of our culture and community.” I think that more local Prides focus on community, draw in more of your community members,” Trigilio said. “There are a lot of little Pride’s now, … which I don’t necessarily think is a bad thing. Instead, the Greater Boston area has many local Pride events and smaller scale celebrations this summer.
There is a group working in the background, they said, to rebuild a bigger Pride, but not in time for this year’s Pride month. Unfortunately, Trigilio said, no other organization has yet been able to step up to fill Boston Pride’s shoes because building something from scratch during the pandemic is a big challenge. The board of Boston Pride dissolved in July 2021, leaving the landscape open.