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Your guide to all things Pride 2024, from survival tips to the best memes and more!

Pride 2024
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Here's everything you need to know — and don't want to miss — about this year's Pride celebration, all in one helpful guide!

Pull those rainbow crop tops out of your closet, put on some sunscreen and hit the streets -- Pride season is here! All month long, PRIDE.com is bringing you the best, most complete coverage of Pride Month celebrations. We've compiled everything you need to know about Pride 2024 into one place. Check it out!

🗓️ Your guide to every Pride celebration in the U.S.

First things first: Where should you celebrate Pride? There are so many options! We've got a collection of the biggest and best Pride celebrations across the U.S. in 2024. Check it out!

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👑 Our Grand Marshals

Anthony Bowens is the future of Pride and a shining example of the power of being out & proud

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When you think of professional wrestling, queer acceptance might not be the first thing that comes to mind. In reality, progress towards changing that perception is being made, in large part thanks to PRIDE’s Grand Marshal, Anthony Bowens Anthony Bowens, and his decision to be out and proud — in and out of the ring.

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They don't call Sasha Colby a goddess for no reason.

When people think of Colby, their minds immediately turn to her mesmerizing lip syncs, breathtakingly gorgeous looks, contagious laugh, and iconic titles including Miss Continental and winner of RuPaul's Drag Race season 15.

That's why we named her our first PRIDE.com Grand Marshal of 2024!

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💊 10 health and sex tips for PRIDE to play and party safely according to an expert

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Health is wealth! That includes your sexual well-being and being fully equipped with the knowledge to take complete control of your sexual care. PRIDE recently caught up withMen's Health Magazine's 2024 Ultimate Guyand medical expert Dr. Leo Moore to talk about all the basics you need to know, from contraceptives, prevention tools, and getting tested for STIs and HIV.

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☀️ Tips for surviving your first-ever Pride

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It’s the time of year to celebrate your queerness and find a Pride event near you to join with your fellow community to do so.

If you’re heading into this Pride season as a virgin to the experience, Andrew Stillman has five tips to help you make the most of it.

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💅11 Rainbow fashion items you’ll actually WANT to wear this month

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We love our rainbow flag; it’s meaningful, it’s bright, and, above all else, it’s visible. All of which make it a perfect symbol for Pride month. And since we love a theme, of course it’s also something we want to put on our body. But let’s be honest, it can also be tacky as hell.

Here’s what to put on your body this month that screams I have Pride… and style.

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👩‍👧‍👧 Family-friendly ways to celebrate Pride

While, in some ways, the world is a vastly better place for the LGBTQ+ community than it was decades ago, far-right conservatives are now systematically attacking those hard-won rights.

But for one month a year, the queer community comes together to protest, celebrate, and party. So ignore right-wing zealots who say that Pride isn't for kids, and get out there and celebrate with the kiddos in your life!

Ariel Messman-Rucker has tips on how to make Pride fun for the whole family.

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🤩 Here’s how your favorite celebs are celebrating Pride

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We aren’t the only ones getting in the Pride spirit -- some of our favorite out-and-proud celebs and allies are already in their full (metaphorical) rainbow gear and getting into it!

Rachel Shatto has a roundup of how our favorite famous cuties are celebrating the LGBTQ+ community this month!

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😉 Here's 5 top tips to flirting at Pride (even if you're shy)

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Pride Month is in full effect and queer joy is in the air! Plus, Pride serves are the perfect time to shoot your shot and make a move on someone you've been eyeing at the exciting parade or all night at the club.

🧱 What is the Stonewall Uprising and where would we be without it?

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It's important to know the history of Pride. In the 1950s and 60s, a homosexual kiss or two men holding hands was a jail sentence, and police constantly raided gay spaces, with some bars shut down by state liquor authorities for violating the law.

All of that changed one fateful night on June 28, 1969, when a six-day protest outside the Stonewall Inn changed the course of gay and lesbian life forever. Andrew Stillman has thebreakdown of the Stonewall Uprising.

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😂 Pride Month memes that have us CACKLING

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Looking to celebrate Pride Month by regularly reminding everyone in your life that you love tasting the rainbow? There's no need to bother trying to hunt down whatever scraps are left from Target's goofy Pride collection to get your message across.

No, you can reach far more people with way less effort with the help of these handy dandy Pride memes, compiled by Rachel Kiley.

Bookmark this page and keep checking back all month long for the latest stories and photos from Pride celebrations all across the country!

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