Cincinnati Pride
cincinnati pride parade festival weeklong celebration city lesbian gay bisexual transgender queer identity lgbtq community festivity typically held annually end june happened early april late july various location cincinnati ohio cincinnati pride started event approximately attendee pride parade serf anchor event event corporate nonprofit sponsor including presenting sponsor delta air line well others including pg u bank fifth third bank kroger co trihealth various lgbt affinity group involved including human right campaign pflag glsen dyke bike imperial court system various bdsm group church entertainer politician also involved festival formed political rally held fountain square cincinnati today festival take place sawyer point park yeatmans cove last weekend june cincinnati pride festival along pride parade commemorates stonewall riot new york city previously first pride april event held second sunday june addition parade festival event organizer expanded celebration include numerous fundraiser gaythemed city bike ride movie screening fashion show featuring work local designer brunch local event cincinnati art museum th anniversary festival cincinnati pride incorporated nonprofit organization state ohio granted tax exempt status public charity november irs governed volunteer board trustee ran entirely volunteer becoming independent pride organization event run various local lgbt group including greater cincinnati gay lesbian coalition gay lesbian center greater cincinnati greater cincinnati gay chamber commerce cincinnati’s first gay organization cincinnati gay community cgc established michael weyand terry flanagan carol kipp richard dick jazwinski ronald carter jack ferguson karl owen april four year initial event surrounding stonewall riot cgc organizer planned carried cincinnati’s first gay march rhine otr rally fountain square although original detail unclear report state initial attendance ranged individual shortly rally march cgc disbanded next citywide pride revived fell auspex newly created greater cincinnati gay coalition gcgc became greater cincinnati gay lesbian coalition subsequently gcglc became gay lesbian community center greater cincinnati center cincinnati passed notoriously antigay issue article city’s new ordinance lgbt activism dropped sharply citywide pride event longer seemed feasible result smaller event popped liberal neighborhood across metropolitan area including festival lunken playfield mt washington michael blankenship local activist held small rally city hall northside cincinnati’s first gayborhood began holding parade rally burnet wood festival hoffner park independent committee chaired chris good ken colegrove advised michael goose chanak gay lesbian community center greater cincinnati carried twoday festival effort make event accessible greater tristate area organizer moved parade downtown cincinnati festival fountain square stewardship greater cincinnati gay chamber commerce although northside host official cincinnati pride festival northside pride continued host event later summer year pride parade festival attendance surged estimated attend annually greater cincinnati gay chamber commerce worked city official move event fountain square sawyer point park yeatmans cove bank ohio river following festivity th anniversary city first pride event cincinnati pride registered independent nonprofit organization becoming cincinnati pride inc festival marked first celebration executed entirely organization newly incorporated board trustee planning committee result covid pandemic cincinnati pride canceled initially event scheduled june reset october canceled due covid concern annual fundraiser pride night king island held generally first friday september year also canceled due pandemic february cincinnati pride committee announced inperson pride parade festival canceled due covid event planned appropriate cincinnatiprideorg facebook cincinnati pride cincinnatipridehistoryorg updated pride history new site ohio lesbian archive collaboration replacing old glbt center site foxcom wcpo coverage cincinnati enquirer june stonewall yr later