Jun 26

Jun 26 Our picks this Pride Weekend

Ways to support and celebrate the LGBTQ+ community the last weekend of Pride Month.

The backstory

How is it the end of June already?

We’d be lying if we said this Pride Month has been the happiest yet. On top of the pandemic, recent events sparked by the racial injustices in our communities has sobered the usual celebratory sentiments around Pride and reminded us that Pride started as a protest and still is a protest as equality for all LGBTQIA people is not the reality.

For us, we’ve had highs and lows. We’ve had dance parties for two and quiet moments of reflection. We’re grateful, hopeful, frustrated and impatient. We’re on edge, energized, focused and isolated. We’re alive and privileged.

By now, we hope, you know everyone’s on their own journey to coming to terms with how they’ve hurt or have been hurt by others and the systems designed to divide us. So, before we share the ways we intend to mark this final weekend of Pride Month, we leave you with this quote from Marsha P. Johnson.

"You never completely have your rights, one person, until you all have your rights."

Picks for Pride Weekend

Advocate:
Join the Taking Back Pride march in support of #Justice4GeorgeFloyd and #DefendBlackTransFolx: Sunday (6/28), 10:30am-12pm

Write to your local, state and federal legislators to call for a ban on conversion therapy. Only 20 states have bans against the practice of conversion therapy.

Support:
Vote with your wallet during the Twin Cities Pride Virtual Marketplace weekend of live hangouts with LGBTQ+ and ally artisans, businesses and non-profits: Saturday, (6/27), 9am-7pm, and Sunday (6/28), 1-7pm

Sweat:
Walk, jog, run or dance to one of Eric’s Pride playlists composed of LGBTQ+ artists. Find them on Spotify and Apple Music.

Eat & Drink: Try these LGBTQ+ owned and operated restaurants.
Hot Indian Foods: E likes the Vegan Aloo Gobi rice bowl.

Urban Growler: A swears by the Southern Fried Chicken Sandwich

PinKU: Check out their seasonal specials.

Sara’s Table (Duluth, MN): Biscuits & Gravy and the Burrito are our brunch favorites.

Watch & Learn: These picks are based on range of representation, depth of characters and variety of genre - from documentary to drama to comedy and competition.