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Special Activities
It’s Pride Month!!! Denver Pride is next weekend!
Department / Organization: LGBTQ+ MCA
Some history of LGBTQ+/pride in Colorado. Spoiler: we’ve always been here!
While the history of LGBTQ+ people is sparse before the 1970s, there is no denying that wherever there are people, there are LGBTQ+ people.
June 1974 saw the first Denver pride celebration (1976 for the first parade), but it was nothing like the giant event it is now – it is 10,000+ times bigger! Literally! According to History Colorado, our state’s Historical Society, only 50 people came to the first Denver pride celebration, and Denver’s largest pride had more than 525,000 people!
People travel from all over to come to Denver’s pride, and this year will likely be the biggest in history with the recent 2-year hiatus. Denver Pride is June 25-26, and it brings lots of fun for everyone! Denver Pride info: https://denverpride.org/
References and read more: https://www.historycolorado.org/story/hc/2017/06/15/pridefest-a-history-of-denvers-gay-pride-celebration