You are invited to participate in the first annual PRIDE Northshore Parade!

WHAT IS THE GOAL OF PRIDE NORTHSHORE?

In the past 2 years, the LGBTQ+ community has been targeted here in St Tammany and across Louisiana. In our own parish, far right groups succeeded in having Pride displays removed from our libraries, torched a billboard made by a local trans teenager and continue to seek removal of LGBTQ+ books from public spaces. In our state legislature, Republican lawmakers continue to push through bills supporting the erasure of queer and trans identities from our communities. 

Our nonprofit, Queer Northshore, is launching PRIDE Northshore as a celebration of the LGBTQ+ community and our allies, and to push back on anti-LGBTQ+ agendas and legislation by publicly advocating for diversity and equality with an inclusive and all-ages PRIDE parade.

To that end we would like to officially invite you to participate in our first annual PRIDE parade on June 1st from 5-6pm on the Mandeville Lakefront from Jackson Avenue to Coffee Street. LINEUP is at 4pm! Afterparty to follow.

WHAT IF WE HAVE A GROUP THAT WANTS TO PARTICIPATE:

If you would like to participate as a group, please have your members acquire tickets individually. We ask that you have a walking banner featuring your group’s name (this doesn’t have to be fancy and can be homemade), and that you reach out to us at info@queernorthshore.org to tell use the name of your group so we can include you in our media kit. Otherwise, you are welcome to join Queer Northshore’s general group. 

WHAT DO THE FUNDS GO TOWARDS?

The price to participate is “pay what you can.” 100% of proceeds will go towards PRIDE programming for the month of June including police details, permits and clean up crews for the parade, a large billboard in Covington on HWY 190 featuring a “Show Us Your PRIDE” message, and all costs associated with the PRIDE Party at Twin Steeples. 

PARADE ATTIRE:

While we would prefer to let clothing choices be left up to individuals, the reality is that we have to keep the parade appropriate for all ages if we want to get an event permit next year. Feel free to wear expressive, colorful clothing but keep in mind where we live.