Hampton Roads Pride

🌈 A huge THANK YOU to our all-volunteer board for their heart and hard work in making this year’s Pride programming amazing! 💪✨ Show your love—drop a comment to appreciate these incredible volunteers! Want to join us? Visit HamptonRoadsPride.org/join. 🌟🙌

🏃‍♀️🌈 Get ready to Run the Rainbow this November! It’s time to lace up, show out, and celebrate pride in every stride. 🏅✨ Don’t miss your chance to be part of this years race—register early at RaceRoster.com and secure your spot! Let’s make this year’s run the most colorful one yet! 🎉

🌟 This year at PrideFest, we celebrated the future by awarding $35,000 in scholarships to our rising leaders and trailblazers! 🎓✨This is what it’s all about—empowering our community to reach new heights.

To our scholarship recipients, we see you, we believe in you, and we can’t wait to watch you soar! 🌈💪

In the face of adversity, we stand stronger together. Hampton Roads Pride sends love and unwavering support to the LGBT Life Center following the recent vandalism of their facility.

Want to help create memories? Join our team and volunteer with us! �� Help build YOUR community—visit pride.volunteerhub.com to get involved!

United in Love ❤️

The 11th Annual Camp Pride Block Party was a full-on slay, OK! Catch all the pics at the link in our bio! 📸✨

Hampton Roads Pride sends a huge THANK YOU to our Pride Night partners— Virginia Opera, Virginia Arts Festival, Virginia Stage Company, Virginia Symphony Orchestra , and Little Theatre of Virginia Beach!✨🌈These incredible organizations didn’t just bring our community together for the love of arts—they also raised thousands to support our mission. And guess what? The 2024-2025 season lineup is about to drop, and it’s gonna be fire! 👀🔥

We don’t just serve the community in June. Come see us today at the Big HOMIES Back to School Bash in the Festival Park in Portsmouth.

Pride Weekend 2024 Dump ..... LOADING 💬

Did you enjoy PrideFest and want to get more involved in your community? Join a committee and volunteer with Hampton Roads Pride and become an integral part of our community!

Click the link in our bio to learn more or visit hamptonroadspride.org/join ❤️ 🧡 💛 💚 💙 💜

Mark your calendars for VA Pride on September 14, 2024! Don't miss headliners Tank and the Bangas, Robin S, and Crystal Waters!

VA PRIDEFEST 2024 HEADLINER and MAIN STAGE ARTISTS ANNOUNCEMENT

VA Pride is thrilled to announce our 2024 Pridefest Mainstage headliner: Grammy nominee, Tank and the Bangas… WITH additional performances by 90s dance divas, Crystal Waters and Robin S.

Please note that ASL interpretation will be available on the Pridefest main stage. VA Pride thanks our accessibly partner, Capital One, for making this possible.

VA Pridefest, presented by OutRVA, will be on Saturday, September 14 at the Bon Secours Training Center from Noon-8:00 pm. Stay tuned for more blockbuster entertainment announcements soon!

Learn more at www.vapride.org

Beat the Heat this August with Virginia Stage Company's Fabulous Summer Movie Nights! Stay cool in one of the coolest hidden gems of Hampton Roads, and celebrate some excellent feel-good films among friends across Hampton Roads. Enjoy classic 🍿🍫 Sip on fabulous original 🍸 and learn more about this beautiful venue.

Hampton Roads Pride is excited to partner with the Virginia Stage Company and invites you to show up to DEATH BECOMES HER - make your plans and visit the VSC website for more information TODAY https://www.vastage.org/blog/2024/6/10/summer-movie-nights

💀➡️💁‍♀️ It's never too early to get in the Halloween mood a little early. Make your plans to stay cool this Summer in the Historic Wells Theatre for a ghostly comical screening of the ageless (pun intended) movie classic DEATH BECOMES HER. Win your chance for a beautiful grab bag courtesy of VSC and HR Pride along with 4 tickets to the screening!

Includes: A Hamilton Perkins bag crafted from canvas and a piece of banner from Virginia Stage Company's past shows, a collection of Pride VSC stickers, two VSC subscriber pins, a Sherpa-Fleece VSC blanket, a steel pride VSC branded water bottle, and a VSC windbreaker (size will be customized for winner)

To enter:

💀 Follow Hampton Roads Pride and Virginia Stage Company

💀 Tag your best friend in the comments



A winner will be chosen at noon on August 2. Good Luck!

Tickets and Information Available at https://www.vastage.org/blog/2024/6/10/summer-movie-nights

Virginia Beach Public Library and Hampton Roads Pride are sponsoring a Teen Pride Night with dancing, escape challenges, games, and crafts at the TCC/City Joint-Use Library. Resources and swag will be on site. The library is located at 1700 College Crescent, Virginia Beach, VA 23453. Registration is required, Teens, grades 6-12.

https://libraries.virginiabeach.gov/programs-events

Virginia Beach Public Library and Hampton Roads Pride are sponsoring a Family Pride Day full of activities and meet and greets with community partners at the TCC/City Join-Use Library. The library is located at 1700 College Crescent, Virginia Beach, VA 23453. Join us on Saturday, August 17th from 1 to 3 pm!

Register at https://libraries.virginiabeach.gov/programs-events

We had a great time debriefing on pride month at our membership meeting tonight. Thanks to Smartmouth for hosting us. Mark your calendar for August 27th at 6:30pm to join us for the next membership meeting.

VA Pride 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Get ready for VA Pridefest 2024, presented by Richmond Region Toruism’s OutRVA campaign, on Saturday, September 14 at the Bon Secours Training Center!!!

More than 130 vendors, food, fun and fabulousness are in store for you!

And, our Allianz Youth Pride Pavilion is back with fun for the entire family!

Stay tuned for more announcements coming soon! But here’s a tease: we have not one, not two, but THREE headlining acts for you!

Diversity Richmond
vapride.org

🗒️Member Meeting is TONIGHT!!🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Member Meeting is TONIGHT!!🗒️

Hampton Roads Pride invites you to our July Member meeting, which will be held at Smartmouth Brewing Pilot House Tonight, Tuesday, July 23rd at 6:30pm!

Meet with Execs for a roundtable discussion that will shape next year’s experience!

This meeting will be an opportunity for us to help build a more inclusive future for all members of our community.

Not a member yet? We would love to have you as an official member! You can still attend the meeting as a guest. Membership has its benefits - being a member comes with the ability to vote for new Board members, gives you eligibility to serve as a Board member, and helps build advocacy and momentum in our community at large.

Would you like to apply to serve on the Board? Remember, you must be a member first. You can become a member or apply to be on our Board at our website, hamptonroadspride.org.

Smartmouth Brewing Pilot House is located at 313 32nd St, Virginia Beach, VA 23451

Cheers to an amazing Pride celebration! Here are a few of our favorite moments captured by our wonderful attendees. 📸

🌈 WELCOME to our new followers! We hope you had an amazing Pride month! 🎉

We are Hampton Roads Pride – a volunteer-led & driven non-profit organization dedicated to uniting the LGBTQIAP+ communities in support of inclusion, dignity, and equality for ALL PEOPLE.

To learn more about our organization and priorities, click the link in our bio!

Wow, you all really captured some amazing moments during Pride Weekend! It was truly an unforgettable weekend filled with so much love and celebration.

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Oh, how we long to relive the joy and celebration of PRIDE weekend all over again!

We can't thank our sponsors, volunteers, performers, and community enough for coming together to make such an amazing event!

We were truly moved by the outpouring of love and support from everyone who attended. The energy and positivity were infectious, and we were reminded once again of the power of unity and acceptance.

Let's keep the spirit of PRIDE alive throughout the year, spreading love and acceptance wherever we go. Thank you for making PRIDE weekend and the entire month a huge success, and we can't wait to see you all again next year!

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Celebrate Independence Day with a bang!

Wishing you all a happy and safe Fourth of July. Take a moment to reflect on the blessings of freedom and the endless possibilities it brings.

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Pride month isn’t over yet! Come see us at the Virginia Beach Sportsplex tonight.

Here's the entertainer schedule for Pride at the Beach on both the Beach Stage and Neptune Stage happening on 31st Street today. 🏳️‍🌈 🎶

https://www.hamptonroadspride.org/events/beach

Here's the entertainer schedule for Pride Fest on both the Main Stage and Club Stage happening from 12pm-7pm. 🏳️‍🌈 🎶

We can't wait to celebrate with you all, See ya soon!

https://www.hamptonroadspride.org/events/pridefest

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PrideFest returns to Town Point Park tomorrow! Make sure you're aware of street closures, inclement weather and emergency updates - text PRIDEFEST24 to 888-777 to receive important festival-related alerts. Hampton Roads Pride

We're expecting extreme heat this weekend. Remember to stay hydrated, use sunscreen and take rest in shady areas.

Thanks for the shout out VA Pride 🌈❤️

VA Pride wishes our friends at Hampton Roads Pride a joyful and safe Pridefest weekend!