2024 North Dakota Prides
Introduction
This page will host all the information on prides that occur all over North Dakota. We're still very early in the year, with event planning that is ongoing, so we'll be updating this as things go! Check out how festive last year got!
Guidelines
This page will host all the information on prides that occur all over North Dakota. We're still very early in the year, with event planning that is ongoing, so we'll be updating this as things go! Check out how festive last year got!
Guidelines
- All information should be confirmed by checking out an organization website + talking with event planners!
- Some events may have limited capacity, age restrictions, or charge admission
- Some opportunities may have deadlines that have expired
- Please email me at [email protected] to CORRECT or ADD any Information!
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Minot Pride Festival '24
June 7th
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UND Pride Week
June 10th
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Capital Pride
June 14th
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Fargo-Moorhead Pride Week
August 8th
August 9th August 10th August 11th Contact: [email protected] |
FM PRide 2024 Slideshow
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The stories of FM PRide
Trans joy at Pride
This was my 4th pride ever, but my first time experiencing Fargo-Moorhead Pride. Growing up in small conservative towns my whole life, I was terrified to be openly queer and trans. At pride I got to walk around in public for the first time after top surgery and didn't have a single fear of being attacked or harassed.
I was given nothing but compliments, both on my scars, transition journey, and my outfit. I've never been so confident and happy in public ever.
Hearing the trans kids at Pride in the Park and during the parade admiring my visible scars gave me hope. It gave me hope that they'd continue to survive like I did and they'd make it to where I am and be free.
Pride events bring a sense of belonging and community that you don't experience everywhere. It was warm, it was inviting, and it was such a self esteem boost.
I grew up thinking I would never be accepted and that my state would never recognize me for who I am. But Fargo-Moorhead over the weekend proved to me that there is acceptance for trans people in this state.
There is hope for us. We deserve to be happy and confident in our bodies. I hope with every pride there is larger attendance, and even more kids see that we can be happy and we aren't monsters.
This is our home too, and we do belong. You just need to find that community and embrace it
->Summited by Sage Cotton
I was given nothing but compliments, both on my scars, transition journey, and my outfit. I've never been so confident and happy in public ever.
Hearing the trans kids at Pride in the Park and during the parade admiring my visible scars gave me hope. It gave me hope that they'd continue to survive like I did and they'd make it to where I am and be free.
Pride events bring a sense of belonging and community that you don't experience everywhere. It was warm, it was inviting, and it was such a self esteem boost.
I grew up thinking I would never be accepted and that my state would never recognize me for who I am. But Fargo-Moorhead over the weekend proved to me that there is acceptance for trans people in this state.
There is hope for us. We deserve to be happy and confident in our bodies. I hope with every pride there is larger attendance, and even more kids see that we can be happy and we aren't monsters.
This is our home too, and we do belong. You just need to find that community and embrace it
->Summited by Sage Cotton
a furry's journey through pride
I came down Thursday (8/8) running off of just 2.5 hours of sleep (queer people don't sleep. that's why coffeehouses are so queercore -- it's cuz we live off caffeine). After dropping my suitcase off at my friend Caleb's house (with whom I stayed), I went to the West Acres mall to primarily go shopping for some dress pants for my new paraprofessional job, and secondarily to meet up with people from the Red River Valley Furry group that I was planning to walk with in the parade. One person, a pup named Zephyr, showed up and we walked around a few other clothing stores and Best Buy for a little bit, talking about tech and life and such. Afterwards, I went back to my friend Caleb's place and relaxed a little, falling asleep while reading a book.
The next morning, Caleb and I went to go get breakfast and walked to a park to eat. Throughout the day, I debated going to the All-Ages Drag Show and ended up not going, as I was still feeling tired and was worried about getting overstimulated. Caleb went, though, and told me about it when he got home.
Then, on Saturday, Zephyr picked Caleb and I up to go to Pride in the Park. It took a little bit to find the Red River Valley Furry (RRVF) group, but eventually we found it and settled down, hanging out with fursuiters, pups, and people alike. I had my pup hood on the majority of the day, donning my glasses on it as well. I've learned that for some reason it takes a whole lot longer to get overstimulated in my pup hood if I can see, and I think wearing glasses on my pup hood looked pretty gas :).
One of the furs, Oakley, is known for two things: his ducks and balls. Considering ducks, he had hid them all over our booth and the booth of one of the RRVF leaders, Lola, next door. And when I say balls, I mean *beach* balls. He had two at this event, a small one, and then he also blew up a giant one that captured all of our attentions immediately. We played with it throughout the event; "kneading" it, hitting it up and down, rolling it, and tossing it at each other to play catch. It was very entertaining and fun.
Aside from the giant beach ball attraction, the RRVF table had places to sit, coloring sheets to color, and crayons to color with, courtesy of Ajax Starlight (who was also instrumental in organizing the group for all of pride weekend). There was also a rainbow wall available for picture purposes. I sat there and colored until one of my boyfriends, Brandon, showed up. After I finished coloring we walked the park and got some food.
We took a lot of pictures nearing the end of Pride in the Park. One with all of the fursuiters together, one with all of the hooded pups together, and then at the very end we all went to the Pride sign and took a giant all-call photo. Even the giant beach ball was included. After the big photo, we took a few pictures of chasing Lola around with the beach ball, which was really fun(ny). And even though it was sad having to deflate it, a mini-furpile was made doing so, which made it a little less unfortunate.
I went back up to Grand Forks for a couple hours with Brandon to cool off and recuperate some of my energy, and then we headed back down with our partner, Myka, who's a drag queen as well, as he was performing at a drag brunch in the morning, which Brandon and I went to and supported, of course. Unfortunately, the venue didn't have enough $1 bills to trade in $20s for, so I wasn't able to support the queens performing as much as I'd've liked to. After brunch, we headed to a parking garage somewhat nearby the parade start and as we were parking, we saw a car full of furries parking nearby. Though we didn't walk together, as Myka was marching with the FM drag group and wanted to get there a little bit beforehand. We took an (admittedly self-described) iconic picture of us 3 together and then Brandon and I left to go towards the furry group. We marched in the parade, looking pretty awesome while doing it, and had some pictures taken as well! Afterwards, we all hung around and talked a little bit and finally went home. It was an amazing time overall and I loved every minute that I spent with this ultra-accepting and safe group of people.
Story submitted by Johnathan Schilling with full permission for names.
The next morning, Caleb and I went to go get breakfast and walked to a park to eat. Throughout the day, I debated going to the All-Ages Drag Show and ended up not going, as I was still feeling tired and was worried about getting overstimulated. Caleb went, though, and told me about it when he got home.
Then, on Saturday, Zephyr picked Caleb and I up to go to Pride in the Park. It took a little bit to find the Red River Valley Furry (RRVF) group, but eventually we found it and settled down, hanging out with fursuiters, pups, and people alike. I had my pup hood on the majority of the day, donning my glasses on it as well. I've learned that for some reason it takes a whole lot longer to get overstimulated in my pup hood if I can see, and I think wearing glasses on my pup hood looked pretty gas :).
One of the furs, Oakley, is known for two things: his ducks and balls. Considering ducks, he had hid them all over our booth and the booth of one of the RRVF leaders, Lola, next door. And when I say balls, I mean *beach* balls. He had two at this event, a small one, and then he also blew up a giant one that captured all of our attentions immediately. We played with it throughout the event; "kneading" it, hitting it up and down, rolling it, and tossing it at each other to play catch. It was very entertaining and fun.
Aside from the giant beach ball attraction, the RRVF table had places to sit, coloring sheets to color, and crayons to color with, courtesy of Ajax Starlight (who was also instrumental in organizing the group for all of pride weekend). There was also a rainbow wall available for picture purposes. I sat there and colored until one of my boyfriends, Brandon, showed up. After I finished coloring we walked the park and got some food.
We took a lot of pictures nearing the end of Pride in the Park. One with all of the fursuiters together, one with all of the hooded pups together, and then at the very end we all went to the Pride sign and took a giant all-call photo. Even the giant beach ball was included. After the big photo, we took a few pictures of chasing Lola around with the beach ball, which was really fun(ny). And even though it was sad having to deflate it, a mini-furpile was made doing so, which made it a little less unfortunate.
I went back up to Grand Forks for a couple hours with Brandon to cool off and recuperate some of my energy, and then we headed back down with our partner, Myka, who's a drag queen as well, as he was performing at a drag brunch in the morning, which Brandon and I went to and supported, of course. Unfortunately, the venue didn't have enough $1 bills to trade in $20s for, so I wasn't able to support the queens performing as much as I'd've liked to. After brunch, we headed to a parking garage somewhat nearby the parade start and as we were parking, we saw a car full of furries parking nearby. Though we didn't walk together, as Myka was marching with the FM drag group and wanted to get there a little bit beforehand. We took an (admittedly self-described) iconic picture of us 3 together and then Brandon and I left to go towards the furry group. We marched in the parade, looking pretty awesome while doing it, and had some pictures taken as well! Afterwards, we all hung around and talked a little bit and finally went home. It was an amazing time overall and I loved every minute that I spent with this ultra-accepting and safe group of people.
Story submitted by Johnathan Schilling with full permission for names.
Videos of Pride
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Grand Forks PRIDE
Sept 4th
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Jamestown Pride
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Jamestown PRide 2024 Slideshow
Pride Complete List
UND Gaypril
NDSU Gaypril
June 4th June 6th
Minot State University Pride Week (Link)
Public Messaging
NDSU - Happy #PrideMonth from NDSU!
UND Gaypril
- April 2, 11am-1pm | Pride Swag Table, MU Main Floor
- April 9, 1pm - 3pm | Tea & Tarot, Pride Center
- April 10, 12pm- 2pm | Stuff with Pride, MU 200
- April 15, 5pm | Lavender Graduation, MU 220 - Ballroom
- April 26, 11am - 3pm | Pride Fest, MU Backyard
NDSU Gaypril
- Wear Your Rainbow Days: Every Friday in April
- Pizza with Pride Wednesday, April 10 at 6 p.m.
- Taylor Brorby Author Visit Friday, April 12 at 2 p.m.
- Pride Bowling Monday, April 15 at 6:30 p.m.
June 4th June 6th
- Minot - Planned Parenthood - Parent Workshop for LGBTQ+ Youth Sex ED at 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Fargo - Dragged to Space Drag Show at 7:00 PM
- Minot Pride - Magic City Equality
- Moorhead - Recovery Engaged Communities - Pride Slip-N-Slide at 1:00 PM
- Minot - Youth Workshop for LGBTQ+ Youth Sex ED at 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
- Grand Forks - UND Pride
- Fargo - LGBTQ+ Legislative Candidate Fundraiser at 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM
- Bismarck Pride - Dakota Outright
- Bismarck -Show Kindness Project - 10:00 AM
- Grand Forks - BJ Armani Cabaret - Can't Stop Pride Drag Show - At 7:00 PM
- Fargo - PCCC - LGBTQ+ Trivia at 8:00 PM
- Fargo - FM Drag United - Unity+ Love Pride: Drag Show at 8:00 PM
- Fargo - LGBTQ+ Inclusion Night - 10:00 PM
- Bismarck - Qspace - Queerly Bingo at 7:00 PM
- Online - Queer Book Club Prairie Silence at 7:00 PM (NDLA ONLY!)
- Fargo - Pride Night - Drekker Brewing Company 4:00 PM to 10:00 PM
- Fargo - Trans-portation - ND Friendship Bracelet Party 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
- Bismarck - Qspace - Gender Clothes Swap at 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Fargo - Enlightened Beauty - Adult Trans and Queer Beauty Night - 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
- Fargo - Parachigo - If you Are Trans It is Your Birthday Party at 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Cando - First Annual Stonewall Observation at 11:00 to 3:00 PM
- Minot - Main Street Books - Pride Open Mic at 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
- Deadline to Nominate Grand Marshal for Pride Week
- Williston - Rainbow Rendezvous - Picnic Celebration 1:00 PM
- Grand Forks - GF Out and Proud Ice Cream Social - 12:00 PM
- Fargo - Make America Queer Again - Corner of Queer - 8:00 PM
- Fargo - FM Derby Girls Pride Bout 5:00 PM
- Williston - Ice Cream Social - Rainbow Rendezvous - 6:00 PM
- Fargo - Pride Collective and Community Center Open House - 6:00 PM
- Fargo - Little Gay Art Exhibition - 6:00 PM
- Fargo-Moorhead Pride - FM Pride
- Moorhead - Color Me Proud Rock Painting - 5:00 PM
- Fargo/Moorhead - Red River Rainbow Seniors Pride Social 5:30 PM
- Turtle Mountain - Turtle Mountain Two-Spirit Society Drag Show 6:00 PM
- Fargo - Gender Justice Benefit Show at Aquarium - 6:00 PM
- Bismarck - AARP + Missouri River Rainbow Seniors - 4:30 PM
- Grand Forks Pride - GF Pride
- Jamestown Pride - Save the Date
- Fargo - FM LGBT Film Festival Sept 26th to 29th
- Minot - Queer Christians Concern and Q&A 6:00 PM
- Bismarck - 7th LGBTQ+ Summit Oct 11th to 13th
Minot State University Pride Week (Link)
- Sept 30th - Flag Raising + Pajama and a Movie At 3:00 PM/7:00 PM
- Oct 1st - Town Hall + Craft Night at 3:00 PM/7:00 PM
- Oct 2nd - Mario Kart Tournament at 7:00 PM
- Oct 3rd - Karaoke at 7:00 PM
- Oct 4th - Trivia Night at 7:00 PM
Public Messaging
NDSU - Happy #PrideMonth from NDSU!
- NDSU Pride Alliance: ndsu.edu/lgbtq/groups/pride_alliance/
- GradPRISM: ndsu.edu/lgbtq/groups/gradprism/
- Belonging: ndsu.edu/lgbtq/groups/ Awareness & Events: ndsu.edu/lgbtq/awareness_and_events/
- More resources: ndsu.edu/lgbtq
Assorted media
QSPACE events!
