The whole month wraps with Taste of PrideFest Week, with a Pride Picnic and fireworks celebration on June 26, again at the Straub parks. The third week, Arts & Music Week, will end with an Arts & Qulture event at the Factory in the Warehouse Arts District on June 19. The second week, Family Week, celebrates LGBTQ families and allies and will end with We Are Family on June 12, where performers, bands and dance companies will perform at North and South Straub parks and at the St. The first week, called Outdoor Adventure Week, will end with Pride OUTside at Vinoy Park on June 5, with 5k races and an untimed 100-yard “diva dash” in heels and diva attire. Each week will culminate in a large “signature” event on Saturday. Petersburg’s waterfront, restaurants, retail and cultural institutions will host events and offer discounts all June to spread out the festivities and smooth out attendance.
Instead of hosting its signature parade, which in 2019 drew an estimated 265,000 people to St. Pete Pride, the largest LGBTQ+ celebration in Florida, is back in person this year after canceling events last summer due to the pandemic, though things will look a little different. PrideFest Kickoff Reception Thursday, June 3. Official Pride Flag Raising Tuesday, June 1. This year most events will be ticketed to enforce capacity regulations. Each weekend, thousands of people will (safely) gather for a number of events in outdoor settings. After a year of isolation and loss experienced by many LGBTQ people because of the pandemic, Sinha felt like they were able to reconnect with their community.Published Apr. St Pete Pride will host 4 themed weeks Pride in St Pete. Sinha, who is attending Pride with their partner, pondered whether or not to get vaccinated, but ultimately decided to so and received the Moderna vaccine. Sinha started training a few months ago in Miami to get ready for the St. That was the reward for winning second place in the nonbinary division of the 5K race with a time of 26 minutes, 28 seconds. That morning, 47-year-old Priyanka Sinha approached the stage to accept their prize: a Trader Joe’s gift card. Pete Pier, North Straub Park and South Straub Park. Next weekend will be family week at the St. Organizers said they expect at least 2,500 to attend the races and festival. The festival wasn’t too crowded, and people were able to socially distance. “I feel like the energy is amazing because everyone’s just been cooped up and they didn’t get the opportunity to really celebrate,” Bowens said. Both he and Rainwater-Moore are healthcare workers in physical therapy who received the Moderna vaccine. This year, he felt like things were returning to normal.
Events include the SP2 concert, nighttime parade, and streetfest. Pete Pride, the largest LGBTQ+ celebration in Florida, is back in person this year after canceling events last summer due to the pandemic, though things will look a little. But he appreciated that it was a space to gather without judgement. Pete, Florida Celebrate Florida's largest LGBT Pride festival with events that promote unity, visibility, self-esteem, and a positive image of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community of Tampa Bay. Sporting a rainbow baseball cap and wristbands, he came to the festival with a coworker, Mikaella Rainwater-Moore, and took part in the morning 5K.īowens didn’t begin celebrating Pride until he was in his mid-20s. Petersburg’s Romone Bowens, 34, said he’s trying to focus on the positive this year. Similar bills have been introduced in 31 states, according to the Human Rights Campaign. Florida joins 10 states that have passed laws targeting transgender youth, banning them from playing sports and from receiving gender-affirming health care. Ron DeSantis signed a transgender sports bill that bars girls and women, who do not identify with the gender assigned to them at birth, from playing girls sports in high school and women’s sports in college. On Tuesday, the first day of Pride month, Gov. But that is not all that weighs on the community. The Pride weekends offer the LGBTQ community and its allies a chance to reconnect after being separated by the pandemic, which enters its 15th month. The Brandon resident attended Pride with her 4-year-old son, Izaiah Interiano, and her friend, Nicole Hawkins, 53, who she met through an ex-girlfriend more than 20 years ago. “It feels phenomenal to be out here amongst our people,” said Evelyn Interiano, 45.
Petersburg, plays with the bubble at the PRIDE OUTside Festival at Vinoy Park on Saturday in St.