Thank you to every member of our global LGBTQ+ community for helping make WorldPride Washington, DC 2025 a celebration of freedom, resilience, and joy. We first learned that we would play host to this incredible gathering in November of 2022. The two and half years since then have brought together scores of new friends, colleagues, […]
THANK YOU FOR AN AMAZING CAPITAL PRIDE 2024! The Capital Pride Alliance (CPA) extends a heartfelt thank you to the hundreds of thousands LGBTQ+ community members and allies who joined us in celebrating love, diversity, equity, and equality during the Capital Pride 2024 Celebration. Your unwavering support and participation are what make these celebrations […]
To our wonderful LGBTQ+ community: We want to thank you for bringing your individuality, intersectionality, and bravery to the 2023 Capital Pride Celebration. Together we had a record-breaking year and beat our own record for the largest one-day Parade AND Festival EVER in DC. The Parade attendance was about 220,000 people with 295 Parade contingents, […]
The Capital Pride Alliance condemns newly enacted legislation by the Ugandan parliament that imposes on that country’s citizens some of the harshest anti-gay laws in existence. Uganda already had in place extremely draconian restrictions on same-sex relations, making them illegal and punishable by life imprisonment. The new law now includes a ban on promoting and abetting […]
Washington, DC, March 17, 2023…Yesterday, the Capital Pride Alliance (CPA) held its annual “Capital Pride Reveal,” hosted and presented by the Kimpton Hotel Monaco. Over 300 people gathered for reveal of the theme for Capital Pride 2023, Peace, Love, Revolution, and listened to Japer Bowles, Director of LGBTQ+ Affairs for the Executive Office of Mayor […]
The Capital Pride Alliance condemns the recently enacted Tennessee ban on public drag performances that Governor William Lee signed into law on March 2. This unconstitutional legislation violates the First Amendment rights of Tennessee citizens and should be challenged in court. Public drag performances have been around for thousands of years, from ancient Greece through […]
The Capital Pride Alliance mourns the victims of several mass shootings in California, Washington state, and elsewhere over the last week. We extend our deepest condolences to all who have been affected by these senseless acts of violence. In 2023, there have been more mass shootings in the United States — 44 — than there […]
Members and representatives from the Capital Pride Alliance (CPA), Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser’s office, Events DC, and the Equality Chamber of Commerce DC (ECCDC) traveled to Sydney, Australia to support WorldPride 2023, hosted by Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras and Sydney WorldPride. Destination DC provided in-destination Australian representation in support of our venture. […]
The video evidence of the brutal beating of Tyre Nichols is difficult to watch because the illegal actions undertaken by members of the Memphis Police Department are both horrific and outrageous. None of the law enforcement officers, who were allegedly making a traffic stop for reckless driving, were authorized to unilaterally become prosecutor, judge, jury, […]
The Capital Pride Alliance, through its stewardship of diverse programming and events, specifically year-round LGBTQ+ Pride festivities centered in Washington, DC and the National Capital Region, serves to celebrate, educate, support, and inspire our multi-faceted communities in order to grow and preserve our history and protect our rights for current and future generations. Learn More