Organized by Pride Northwest, the Portland Pride Festival and Parade are the largest visibility avenues for our region’s LGBTQ+ community. For many of our members, showing up as their authentic selves and hearing the cheers of the crowd is a transformative experience.
Tabling with PFLAG at the Waterfront Festival
This year, we will serve in the PFLAG Parent Café, next to a youth tent occupied by SMYRC (Sexual/Gender Minority Youth Resource Center) with GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network). We’re teaming up so that youth can participate in craft-making and other activities, hosted by SMYRC and GLSEN, while their parents/guardians talk to fellow adults (us!) at the same time.
In addition to helping spread PFLAG’s mission—creating a caring, just, and affirming world for LGBTQ+ people and those who love them—volunteers and board members will hand out stickers, mini-flags, and PFLAG literature. Thanks to everyone who has signed up for a two-hour shift.
Saturday, July19th, noon-8 pm, and Sunday, July 20th, 11:30 am to 6 pm at Tom McCall Waterfront Park
$10 suggested donation at the festival entrance
Marching with PFLAG at the Pride Parade
Kids, parents, grandparents, niblings, partners, spouses, friends, allies …EVERYONE is welcome to march behind the PFLAG Portland banner on Sunday, July 20th.
The parade launches at 11 a.m. from the North Park Blocks. Depending on where our contingent is located in the parade, we can expect to wait 2-3 hours before entering the route. You can walk, strut, skate, or dance your way along the mile-long route, enjoying 20-30 minutes of empowering visibility and community.
When: Sunday, July 20th. Join our PFLAG contingent in the staging area between 10:30-10:45 am. Pride NW asks that everyone be assembled by 10:45 am.
Where: Assemble in Zone 10 of the staging area: Everett between Broadway and NW 8th. PFLAG is contingent #67. See first map below.
What to bring: Water bottle, sunscreen, sunglasses, comfortable footwear, and any rainbow/Pride clothing and gear. Bring a friend! Many participants choose to attend the Pride Waterfront Festival at the end of the parade, so consider bringing your wallet.
Parking considerations: Give yourself plenty of time to find a parking space, and remember that the parade route does not circle back to the starting location. The route is about a half mile long. See second map below.
