InterPride


InterPride is an international organization representing and composed of producers of pride events for the LGBT community that celebrate lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender culture and pride.

History

InterPride was incorporated as a 501 non-profit organization in Texas in the 1980s. The organization was originally known as the National Association of Lesbian/Gay Pride Coordinators, before changing the name to International Association of Lesbian/Gay Pride Coordinators in October 1985, the International Association of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Coordinators at the conference in West Hollywood, California, and eventually to InterPride in the late 1990s.

Formation of InterPride

In April 1981, Pride Coordinators Rick Turner and Marsha H. Levine, from San Francisco and Boston respectively, met at the "call to unite" – a gay and lesbian leadership conference in Los Angeles, and the start of an organization then known as NOLAG. While discussing common issues that their individual pride organizations faced, and remarking that their connections with the New York Pride and Los Angeles Pride committees were helpful for problem-solving, Rick and Marsha felt this trading of information was important and could develop into a potential network.
More than a year later in August 1982, Levine sent out a call for the First Annual Conference of the National Association of Lesbian/Gay Pride Coordinators, to meet in Boston. Rick Turner declined joining in establishing the organization, due to his deteriorating health. With the aid of San Diego Pride Committee and chairperson Doug Moore, who had been collecting a list of national pride organizations, and with small donations from the Los Angeles and Boston Pride Committees, the mailing list from Moore was used to distribute a self-mailing registration form designed and produced by Levine. Though many committees expressed an interest in attending, most didn't have the funds to send delegates at that time.
On October 9, 1982, in Hill House on Beacon Hill, members from the Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Diego, and San Francisco Pride committees gathered in response to Levine's mailing. Three long tables were pushed together to make a triangular seating area. For two days many topics concerning coordinating LGBT prides was discussed, and while each city had different events, they discovered much of the planning and logistics was surprisingly similar. They voted to hold a second conference in San Diego the next year.
The 15 people in attendance at that first gathering were:

Milestones

Officers

† term ends October 2020

‡ term ends October 2023

Membership

Please refer to the .

Activities

InterPride's programs and activities are geared towards networking, education, and mentoring.

Conferences

During the last 29 years, pride organizations from almost every continent have participated in InterPride's annual world conference.
The conference is held each year in a different city, with the location of upcoming conferences being voted on two years prior to their occurrence. To demonstrate a commitment to support and empower the global LGBT Pride community, the conference is now frequently held outside North America, with scholarships available for member organizations that cannot afford to attend through the Pamela O'Brien Memorial Scholarship Fund. O'Brien was a longtime member of Cape Cod Pride in Massachusetts, USA and served InterPride as a Regional Director and Vice President of Operations.
In addition, several of the regions into which InterPride is divided hold their own conferences independent of the worldwide conference.
YearThemeHost city
1982- Boston, MA, USA
1983- San Diego, CA, USA
1984Unity & More in '84 Wichita, KS, USA
1985Alive with Pride in '85 Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
1986Forward Together San Francisco, CA, USA
1987Proud, Strong, United Baltimore, MD, USA
1988Rightfully Proud St. Louis, MO, USA
1989Stonewall 20 – A Generation of Pride Vancouver, BC, Canada
1990Look to the Future Minneapolis, MN, USA
1991Together in Pride Boston, MA, USA
1992Pride = Power Long Beach, CA, USA
1993A Family of Pride Houston, TX, USA
1994Stonewall 25 – A Global Celebration of Lesbian & Gay Pride & Protest Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
1995Pride – From Silence to Celebration Phoenix, AZ, USA
1996Pride Without Borders Kansas City, KS, USA
1997Equality Through Visibility New York City, NY, USA
1998Unity Through Diversity West Hollywood, CA, USA
1999Prideful Past, Powerful Future Glasgow, Scotland
2000Take Pride, Take Joy, Take Action Atlanta, GA, USA
2001Embrace Diversity Auckland, New Zealand
2002Pride Worldwide San Francisco, CA, USA
2003Peace Through Pride Montreal, QC, Canada
2004Vive La Difference Reykjavik, Iceland
2005Equal Rights. No More. No Less. Minneapolis, MN, USA
2006Pride – Not Prejudice Portland, ME, USA
2007United For Equality Zurich, Switzerland
2008Live Love Be Vancouver, BC, Canada
2009Your Rights, Our Rights, Human Rights St. Petersburg, FL, USA
2010One Heart, One World, One Pride Long Beach, CA, USA
2011Pride Around the World Brussels, Belgium
2012Pride Links Us Together Boston, MA, USA
2013Pride 365 Montreal, QC, Canada
2014Reflections of Pride – Stonewall 45 Pittsburgh, PA, USA
2015Color Our World with Pride Las Vegas, NV, USA
2016Solidarity Through Pride Montpellier, France
2017Viva la Vida Indianapolis, IN, USA
2018Remember the Past, Create the Future Saskatoon, SK, Canada
2019Millions of Moments of Pride Athens, Greece
2020Exist. Persist. Resist. Oslo, Norway
2021 Guadalajara, Mexico

WorldPride

WorldPride is a title awarded by InterPride to local prides that seek the title to promotes lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues on an international level through parades, festivals and other cultural activities. WorldPrides are held at least two years apart.
DateHost cityNotes
July 2000 Rome, ItalyCoincided with the Great Jubilee
August 2006 Jerusalem, IsraelTook place after a year of delays. The scheduled parade was denied a permit owing to the 2006 Lebanon War.
July 2012 London, United Kingdom
June 2014 Toronto, Canada
June 2017 Madrid, Spain
June 2019 New York City, United StatesOn October 19, 2015, NYC Pride announced that the city would host WorldPride to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots
August 2021 Copenhagen, DenmarkFor the first time WorldPride will be shared by two neighboring cities in the Øresund Region and coincide with the EuroGames in that same area.
TBD 2023 Sydney, Australia