Ready to get out of town?

Whether you prefer beach or mountains, cruising or camping, check out these big LGBT events to get you on the road this summer.

Travel: LGBT summer getaways


FLORIDA OR BUST

Head south for these LGBT summer traditions. More Florida events listed under other specific categories.

Memorial Day Weekend in Pensacola
May 24-28 in Pensacola, Fla.
www.sexacolabeach.com
www.memorialweekendpensacola.com
www.pensacolaunleashed.com

Sizzle & SizzleHer
May 24-28 in Miami, Fla.
www.sizzlemiami.com, www.sizzleher.com

Gay Days in Orlando
May 29-June 24
Gay Day at Magic Kingdom: June 2
www.gaydays.com
www.markbakerevents.com
www.girlsinwonderland.com

Cruise control

All aboard for gay and lesbian cruises.

Splendor of Scandinavia & Russia
June 20-27 | By lesbian travel company Olivia
www.olivia.com

Mediterranean Cruise
July 1-8 | By lesbian travel company Sweet
www.discoversweet.com

Exotic Mediterranean Cruise
June 29-July 6 | By gay & lesbian RSVP Vacations
www.rsvpvacations.com

Copenhagen to Stockholm Cruise
July 24-31 | By gay Atlantis Events
www.atlantisevents.com

Seabourn Istanbul to Athens Cruise
Aug. 17-24, www.atlantisevents.com

“R Time” LGBT Danube Riverboat Cruise
Aug. 21-30
Adults-only event from R Family Vacations
www.rfamilyvacations.com

FAMILY vacations

For kids with LGBT parents, and their families and friends

LGBT Family Camp at Club Getaway
July 2-6
Kent, Conn.
By LGBT kid-friendly R Family Vacations
www.rfamilyvacations.com

The Broadway Cruise
Sailing from NYC to Bermuda
July 8-15
www.rfamilyvacations.com

Family Equality ‘Family Week’
July 28-Aug.4
Provincetown, Mass.
www.familyequality.org

PRIDE ON PARADE

Atlanta Pride is in October, so you can check out summer Prides in other cities.

DC Black Pride
May 24-28 in Washington, DC
www.dcblackpride.org

Capital Pride
May 30-June 10; parade June 9
Washington, D.C.
www.capitalpride.org

Central Alabama Pride
June 3-10; night parade June 9, festival June 10
Birmingham, Ala.
www.centralalabamapride.org

Key West Pride
June 6-10 in Key West, Fla.
www.keywestpride.org

Memphis Black Pride
June 14-17 in Memphis, Tenn.
www.brothersunited.com

Nashville Pride Festival
June 15-17 in Nashville, Tenn.
www.nashvillepride.org

Sao Paulo Pride
June 7-11 in Sao Paulo, Brazil
World’s largest gay Pride parade
www.gaypridebrazil.org

New York City Pride
June 16-24; main weekend June 22-24
New York City, NY
www.nycpride.org

East Side Pride
June 23 in Clarkston, Ga.
http://eastsidepridenews.blogspot.com

Augusta Pride
June 21-24; festival and parade June 23
Augusta, Ga.
www.prideaugusta.org

WorldPride 2012
June 23-July 8; parade July 7 in London, U.K.
www.pridelondon.org

San Francisco Pride
June 23-24 in San Francisco, Calif.
www.sfpride.org

South Carolina Black Pride
June 22-25 in Columbia, S.C.
www.southcarolinablackpride.com

St. Pete Pride Street Festival & Promenade
June 30 in St. Petersburg, Fla.
www.stpetepride.com

Charlotte Black Gay Pride
July 13-15 in Charlotte, N.C.
www.charlotteblackgaypride.com

Triangle Black Pride
July 26-29 in Raleigh, Durham & Chapel Hill, N.C.
www.triangleblackpride.org

Jacksonville Black Pride
Aug. 10-12 in Jacksonville, Fla.
www.Jaxflblackpride.org

Savannah Pride
Sept. 8 in Savannah, Ga. | www.savpride.com

GIRL POWER

Beyond music fests and cruises, more options for lesbian vacations

Amazing Galapagos Adventure
May 26-June 4 | By lesbian travel company Olivia
www.olivia.com

Machu Picchu Adventure
June 3-9 | By lesbian travel company Olivia
www.olivia.com

Rafting in Westwater Canyon, Utah
July 27-29 | By lesbian travel company Sweet
www.discoversweet.com

Sweet Cozumel Palace Resort
Sept. 1-8
www.discoversweet.com

Womenfest
Sept. 4-9 in Key West, Fla.
www.womenfest.com

MUSIC FESTS

Girls and guitars, usually under the stars

Virginia Women’s Music Festival
May 25-27 at CampOut in Henrico, Va.
www.campoutva.com

National Women’s Music Festival
June 28-July 1 in Middleton, Wisc.
www.wiaonline.com

Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival
Aug. 7-12 in Oceana County, Mich.
www.michfest.com

DECADENCE, DJS & MORE

Get decadent in New Orleans, don your leather in San Francisco, and more…

TransCampOUT
July 11-15 at Long Fork Retreat, Walton, West Va.
For “all people outside the binary gender spectrum and their supporters”
www.transcampout.org

Southern Decadence
Aug. 29-Sept. 3 in New Orleans, La.
www.southerndecadence.net

Splash Days
Aug. 31-Sept. 3 in Austin, Tex.
Circuit event features DJs Randy Bettis, Seth Cooper and Roland Belmares
www.splashdays.com 

Folsom Street Fair
Sept. 23 in San Francisco, Calif.
“The grand daddy of all leather events”
www.folsomstreetevents.org