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Gay Pride Parades & Festivals – 2012 Guide Summer is here, which means it’s time for Gay Pride.

From parades and festivals to tips and tricks for navigating this super cool season, Gay.net is your ultimate destination for all things related to Gay Pride in 2012.

We’re bringing the party to you, so whether you live in a major city or small town, we want you to be a part of the experience.

Submit your fun photos for our Gay Pride Photo Gallery , and upload Pride videos from your phone or computer so we can share your Pride experiences with other Gay.net visitors.

To start the summer celebrations, here’s our annual Pride events list.

Find your city and mark the date down.

All cities should have active links to each Pride’s website for more info, and we’ll also spotlight some of the major destinations throughout the next two months.

Don’t see your city’s event? Tell us in the comments below! ALABAMA Birmingham, Ala.

Central Alabama Pride June 3-10, 2012 http://www.centralalabamapride.org/ ALASKA Anchorage, Alaska – Alaska PrideFest – June 2-10, 2012 http://alaskapride.org/ ARIZONA Tucson, AZ – Pride in the Desert – October 6, 2012 http://www.visittucson.org/visitor/events/majorevents/?e_action=displayDetail&eventid=1135 Flagstaff, AZ Pride in the Pines June 16, 2012 http://flagstaffpride.org/ ARKANSAS Fayetteville, Ark.

- Northwest Arkansas Pride – June 30, 2012 http://www.nwapride.org/ CALIFORNIA Los Angeles, CA – LA Gay Pride – June 8-10, 2012 http://lapride.org/ Antelope Valley, CA – Antelope Valley Pride – June 30, 2012 http://outreachcenterav.org/pride-2012.html Los Angeles, CA – LA Black Pride – July 4-8, 2012 http://www.myblackpridela.com/ Palm Springs, CA – Greater Palm Springs Pride – November 3-4, 2012 http://www.pspride.org/ Sacramento, CA – California s Capital Pride – June 2, 2012 http://www.sacramentopride.org/ San Diego, CA – Pride – July 20-22, 2012 http://www.sdpride.org/ San Francisco, CA – San Francisco Pride – June 23-24, 2012 http://www.sfpride.org/ San Jose, CA – San Jose Pride – August 17-19, 2012 http://www.sanjosepride.com/index.html San Luis Obispo, CA – Pride – July 5-8, 2012 http://slopride.com/ Santa Cruz, CA – Santa Cruz Pride – June 3, 2012 http://diversitycenter.org/programs/santa-cruz-glbtiq-pride/ Sonoma, CA – Sonoma County Pride – June 3, 2012 http://www.sonomacountypride.org/calendar.html COLORADO Bolder, CO – Bolder Pride – September 16, 2012 http://www.outboulder.org Fort Collins, CO – PrideFest Ft.

Collins – September 8, 2012 http://www.pridefestdenver.org/FortCollinsPrideFest.aspx Denver, CO – PrideFest – June 16-17, 2012 http://www.glbtcolorado.org/PrideFest.aspx CONNECTICUT Hartford / New Haven, Conn.

- Connecticut Pride September 13-30, 2012 http://www.connecticutpride.org/index.html FLORIDA Key West, FL – Key West Pride – June 6-10, 2012 http://www.pridefestkeywest.com/ St.

Petersburg, FL – St.

Pete Pride – June 30, 2012 http://www.stpetepride.com/index.php? GEORGIA Augusta, Ga.

- Augusta Pride – June 21-24, 2012 http://www.prideaugusta.org/ HAWAII Honolulu, Hawaii – Honolulu Pride Festival June 2, 2012 http://honolulupff.org/ Honolulu, Hawaii – Honolulu Pride Parade – June 2, 2012 http://www.honoluluprideparade.org/ ILLINOIS Chicago, Ill.

- Pride Chicago Parade June is Gay Pride Month with many events, but the actual parade is on June 24, 2012 http://www.chicagopridecalendar.org/ INDIANA Indianapolis, Ind.

- Circle City IN Pride – June 2-9, 2012 http://www.indyprideinc.org/ Fort Wayne, Ind.

Fort Wayne Pride July 27-28, 2012 http://www.fwpride.org/ Spencer, Ind.

Spencer Pride Festival June 2, 2012 http://sites.google.com/site/ruralpride/home IOWA Davenport, Iowa Quad-Cities Pride – June 2-3, 2012 http://www.qcpride.org/ Iowa City, Iowa – Iowa City Pride – June 2-3, 2012 http://www.qcpride.org/ Des Moines, Iowa – Stand Up for Pride 2011 – June 8-11, 2012 http://capitalcitypride.org/ KANSAS Wichita, Kan.

- Wichita Pride Festival – September 29-30, 2012 http://www.wichitapride.org/ KENTUCKY Lexington, KY – Lexington Pride Festival – June 30, 2012 http://www.lexpridefest.org/site/ Louisville, KY – Kentuckiana Pride Festival – June 15-16, 2012 http://www.kypride.com/ Northern Kentucky Pride – MainStrasse Village-Goebel Park Covington, KY – July 1, 2012 http://www.nkypride.org/ and Facebook LOUISIANA New Orleans, La.

New Orleans Pride Festival – June 22-24, 2012 http://www.gayprideneworleans.com/ MAINE Portland, Maine – Southern Main Pride – June 16, 2012 http://www.southernmainepride.org/ MARYLAND Baltimore, Md.

- Baltimore Pride – June 15-17, 2012 http://www.baltimorepride.org/ MASSACHUSETTS Boston, Mass.

- Boston Pride Week – June 1-10, 2012 http://www.bostonpride.org/ MICHIGAN Detroit (Ferndale), Mich.

- Motor City Pride – June 2-3, 2012 http://motorcitypride.org/ Grand Rapids, Mich.

- West Michigan Pride – June 16, 2012 http://www.westmipride.org/ Lansing, Mich.

- Michigan Pride – June 15-16, 2012 http://www.michiganpride.org/Events.aspx MINNESOTA Duluth, MN – Duluth Superior Pride – August 30-September 2, 2012 http://www.dspride.com Minneapolis / St.

Paul, MN – Twin Cities Pride – June 23, 2012 http://www.tcpride.org/ MISSOURI Kansas City, MO.

- Kansas City Gay Pride – May 28-June 3, 2012 http://www.gaypridekc.com/ St.

Louis, MO.

- Pride St.

Louis – June 23-24, 2012 http://www.pridestl.org/Pride_Fest_2011.php MONTANA Bozeman, MT – Montana Pride Celebration – June 15-17, 2012 http://www.montanapride.org/ NEW JERSEY Asbury Park, N.J.

- Jersey Pride Celebration – June 3, 2012 http://www.jerseypride.org/ NEW MEXICO Albuquerque, N.M.

- Albuquerque Pride – June 30, 2012 http://abqpride.com/ Las Cruces, N.M.

- Southern New Mexico Pride – June 15-17, 2012 http://www.southernnmpride.org/ Santa Fe, N.M.

Pride at the Railyard Park – June 30, 2012 http://www.santafehra.org/pride.html Los Ranchos, N.M.

- First Annual Los Ranchos Pride – June 3, 2012 http://sinatradevine.org/ NEW YORK Albany N.Y.

- Capital Pride – June 10, 2012 http://www.capitalpridecenter.org/capital-pride/parade-festival.cfm Brooklyn, N.Y.

- Brooklyn Pride – June 9, 2012 http://www.brooklynpride.org/ Buffalo, N.Y.

- Buffalo Pride – June 2-3, 2012 http://pridecenterwny.org/site/prideparade.asp Huntington, NY – Long Island Pride – June 9, 2012 http://lipride.org/ Jackson Heights (Queens), N.Y.

- Queens Pride – June 3, 2012 http://www.queenspride.com/QueensPride2011/prideinfo.php New York City, N.Y.

- NYC Pride – June 16-24, 2012 http://www.nycpride.org/ Syracuse, N.Y.

- Central New York (CNY) Pride – June 16, 2012 http://www.cnypride.com NORTH CAROLINA Charlotte, NC – Pride Charlotte – August 25-26, 2012 http://pridecharlotte.com/ Outer Banks, NC – OBX PrideFest – June 15-18, 2012 http://www.OBXpridefest.com/ Salisbury, NC – Salisbury Pride – June 23, 2012 http://salisburypride.com/ OHIO Cleveland, Ohio – Cleveland Pride – June 23, 2012 http://www.clevelandpride.org Columbus, Ohio – Columbus Pride Festival – June 15-16, 2012 http://www.columbuspride.org/ OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City, OK – OKC Pride – May 18-27, 2012 http://www.okcpride.org/ Tulsa, OK – Tulsa Pride – June 2-3, 2012 http://www.okeq.org/calendar-events/tulsa-pride-2011/ OREGON Eugene, OR – Eugene Springfield Pride Festival – August 11, 2012 http://www.eugenepride.org/ Portland, OR – Pride Northwest – June 15-17, 2012 http://www.pridenw.org/ PENNSYLVANIA Lancaster, PA – Lancaster Pride – June 16, 2012 http://lancasterpride.com/ Philadelphia, PA – Philadelphia Pride – June 10, 2012 http://www.phillypride.org/ Pittsburgh, PA – Pittsburgh Pride – June 10, 2012 http://www.pittsburghpride.org/ Erie, PA – Eerie Pride Picnic – June 16, 2012 http://www.eriegaynews.com PUERTO RICO San Juan – San Juan Gay Pride – June 3, 2012 http://www.puertoricodaytrips.com/calendar-of-events/ (Click the “June” tab for info.) RHODE ISLAND Providence, RI.

- Rhode Island Pride – June 15-17, 2012 http://www.prideri.com/ SOUTH CAROLINA Spartanburg, S.C.

- Upstate Pride – September 22, 2012 http://www.upstatepridesc.org/pride2010/2011_Festival.html TENNESSEE Knoxville, TN – Knoxville PrideFest – June 23, 2012 http://knoxvillepridefest.com/ Memphis, TN – Mid-South Pride – October 6, 2012 http://www.midsouthpride.org/ Nashville, TN – Nashville Pride – June 16, 2012 http://nashvillepride.org/ TEXAS Dallas, TX – Dallas Pride Parade & Festival – September 16, 2012 http://www.dallasprideparade.com/ Houston, TX – Pride Houston – June 17-23, 2012 http://pridehouston.org/events San Antonio, TX – PrideFest San Antonio – June 9, 2012 http://pridefestsatx.com/default.aspx San Antonio, TX – Gay Pride San Antonio Block Party and Parade – June 30, 2012 http://www.gaypridesa.org UTAH Salt Lake City, Utah – Utah Pride Festival – June 1-3, 2012 http://utahpridefestival.org/ VIRGINIA Chesapeake, Va.

- Hampton Roads Pride – Out in the Park – August 18, 2012 hamptonroadspride.shuttlepod.org/ WASHINGTON Olympia, Wash.

- Capital City Pride – June 9-10, 2012 http://capitalcitypride.net/ Seattle, Wash.

- Seattle Pride Parade – June 16, 2012 http://www.seattlepride.org/ Spokane, Wash.

- Spokane Pride Parade & Rainbow Festival – June 9, 2012 http://www.outspokane.org/ Tacoma, Wash.

Out in the Park July 14, 2012 http://outintacoma.com/ Bremerton, Wash.

Kitsap Pride July 22, 2012 http://www.kitsappride.org/ WASHINGTON, DC Washington, DC – Capital Pride – May 30-June 10, 2012 http://www.capitalpride.org/ WISCONSIN Milwaukee, Wis.

- PrideFest Milwaukee – June 8-10, 2012 http://www.pridefest.com/ CANADA BRITISH COLUMBIA Prince George Prince George Pride July 4-8, 2012 http://www.pgpride.com Vancouver, British Columbia – Vancouver Pride Parade & Festival – August 5, 2012 http://www.vancouverpride.ca/ ONTARIO Ottawa – Capital Pride – August 17-26, 2012 http://www.capitalpride.ca/ Toronto – Pride Toronto – June 23-July 1, 2012 http://www.pridetoronto.com/ QUEBEC Montr al – Montr al Pride Celebrations – August 14 – 19, 2012 www.fiertemontrealpride.com/en/ Don’t forget to send us your Gay Pride photos and upload videos from your phone! You could be featured in our Gay Pride Gallery .

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