Looking for the Move for Black Pride? This List Is for You
By L.G. Parker
Pride ain’t for everybody. As writer Shaan Michael Wade puts it, Pride is “classy, white cissification at its finest.” For those of us who are black and queer, not to mention gender-non-conforming, disabled, women, broke as hell, or any combination of these things and more, pride is a very colorful reenactment of the erasure we face every day.
Which is why we come together and celebrate ourselves for ourselves. Check out this growing list of Black Pride events:
MAY
Washington, D.C.
May 22-25
Washington, D.C.
May 14-24
JUNE
Portland, Oregon
June 17-21
Columbia, South Carolina
June 24-28
Columbus, Ohio
June 19 – 20
Harlem, New York
June 27-29
JULY
Los Angeles, California
July 2- 5
Chicago, Illinois
July 4-6
Charlotte, North Carolina
July 16-19
Indianapolis, Indiana
July 17-19
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
July 20 – 31
Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill, North Carolina
July 24-26
Detroit, Michigan
July 24-28
AUGUST
Jacksonville, Florida
August 7-9
New York City, New York
August 12-16
St. Louis, Missouri
August 12-16
SEPTEMBER
Atlanta, Georgia
August 31 – September 7
OCTOBER
Dallas, Texas
October 1 – 5
Baltimore, Maryland
October 8-11
Nashville Black Pride
Nashville, Tennenssee
October 16-18
NOVEMBER
Jackson, Mississippi
November 11-15