Phoenix Pride
phoenix pride formerly known phoenix pride march rally desert pride arizona central pride phoenix pride festival parade festival held year phoenix arizona celebrate lesbian gay bisexual transgender lgbtq people ally unlike pride parade major u city held june commemorate stonewall riot phoenix pride held outside summer month arizona since least due high summer temperature phoenix history hosting gay pridethemed event even first pride parade held june first gay pride week organized phoenix city’s lgbtq community time first pride parade phoenix took place organized lesbian gay pride planning committee led kirk baxter bj bud first parade march patriot square park site cityscape arizona state capitol event politically focused march aimed bring awareness lgbt right issue phoenix area newspaper report time estimated people attended evening march although later research put figure people taken part march took place portion phoenix central avenue corridor event became politically focused combined event aimed recalling controversial governor evan mecham nonprofit organization established coordinate pride festival year decade hosting event phoenix pride festival moved tempe diablo stadium event moved margaret hance park phoenix moved steele indian school park still held day parade festival impacted coronavirus pandemic event organizer saying reschedule event time fall day announcement postpone made organizer announced alternative date november parade later rescheduled effect cancelling phoenix pride activist disrupted pride parade criticized phoenix pride overly commercialized present form accused organizer straying original theme standing right people similar criticism leveled pride parade around country official website