PRIDE ON PARADE
Atlanta Pride is in October, so you can check out summer Prides in other cities.
DC Black Pride
May 24-26 in Washington, DC
Features R&B star Brandy
www.dcblackpride.org
Capital Pride
May 29-June 9; parade June 8 in Washington, D.C.
www.capitalpride.org
Sao Paulo Pride
May 30 – June 3 in Sao Paulo, Brazil
World’s largest gay Pride parade
www.gaypridebrazil.org
Central Alabama Pride
June 2-9; night parade June 8, festival June 9
Birmingham, Ala.
www.centralalabamapride.org
Key West Pride
June 5-9 in Key West, Fla.
www.keywestpride.org
Nashville Pride Festival
June 15 in Nashville, Tenn.
www.nashvillepride.org
South Carolina Black Pride
June 19-23 in Columbia, S.C.
www.southcarolinablackpride.com
Augusta Pride
June 21-22; festival and parade June 22
Augusta, Ga.
www.prideaugusta.org
St. Pete Pride Street Festival & Promenade
June 29 in St. Petersburg, Fla.
www.stpetepride.com
New York City Pride
June 28-30 in New York City, NY
www.nycpride.org
San Francisco Pride
June 29-30 in San Francisco, Calif.
www.sfpride.org
Savannah Pride
Sept. 14 in Savannah, Ga.
www.savpride.com
CRUISE CONTROL
All aboard for gay and lesbian summer cruises.
Short & Sweet Bahamas Cruise
June 28 – July 1, by lesbian travel company Sweet
www.discoversweet.com
The Broadway Cruise
Sailing from NYC to Bermuda
July 7-14
www.thebroadwaycruise.com
Ireland & Scotland British Isles Cruise
July 18-25, by lesbian travel company Olivia
www.olivia.com
Summer Alaska Cruise
July 21-28, by gay & lesbian RSVP Vacations
www.rsvpvacations.com
Danube Cruises
July 22 – Aug. 2; July 29-Aug. 9
By gay & lesbian RSVP Vacations
www.rsvpvacations.com
Provence to Burgundy Riverboat Cruise
July 30-Aug. 6, by lesbian travel company Olivia
www.olivia.com
All LGBT French Riverboat Cruise
Aug. 4-13, Adults only
Kelli & Gregg’s Adventures
www.rfamilyvacations.com
Venice to Rome Cruise
Aug. 24-Sept. 3, by gay Atlantis Events
www.atlantisevents.com
Amsterdam to Barcelona Cruise
Sept. 5-15, by gay Atlantis Events
www.atlantisevents.com
GIRL POWER
Beyond cruises, more events for women, or, womyn
National Women’s Music Festival
July 4-7 in Middleton, Wisc.
www.wiaonline.org
Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival
Aug. 6-11 in Oceana County, Mich.
www.michfest.com
Key West Womenfest
Sept. 3-8 in Key West, Fla.
www.womenfest.com
FAMILY VACATIONS
For kids with gay parents, and their families and friends
LGBT Family Camp at Club Getaway
June 24-28 in Kent, Conn.
By LGBT kid-friendly R Family Vacations
www.rfamilyvacations.com
Wonder Valley Ranch Resort
Aug. 18-23 in Sanger, Calif.
By LGBT kid-friendly R Family Vacations
www.rfamilyvacations.com
Family Equality ‘Family Week’
Aug. 3-10 in Provincetown, Mass.
www.familyequality.org
OTHER LGBT OPTIONS
Go back to summer camp here in Georgia, get decadent in New Orleans, don your leather in San Francisco, and more…
TransCampOUT
July 17-21 at Long Fork Retreat, Walton, West Va.
For “all people outside the binary gender spectrum and their supporters”
www.transcampout.org
Gay & Lesbian Adults Camp
Women: Aug. 15-19, Men: Aug. 22-26
A full summer camp experience, including group cabins, color wars and more, held in North Georgia.
www.glaclgbt.com
Southern Decadence
Aug. 22-Sept. 2 in New Orleans, La.
www.southerndecadence.net
Splash Days
Aug. 30-Sept. 2 in Austin, Tex.
Circuit event features DJs Gring,
Seth Cooper and Roland Belmares
www.splashdays.com
Folsom Street Fair
Sept. 29 in San Francisco, Calif.
“The grand daddy of all leather events”
www.folsomstreetevents.org
Top photo: Since Atlanta Pride isn’t until October, you can travel this summer to other Pride celebrations. The world’s largest Pride parade takes place each year in Sau Paulo, Brazil, this year on June 2. (Photo Agencia Brazil, CC 3.0)