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