9 Trans Pride events you won't want to miss in 2025
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Feeling a lack of trans representation at Pride Month events? You're not alone in feeling like sometimes the T in LGBTQ+ gets ignored, but that's why people across the country are coming together to organize, protest, and celebrate the trans community. Whether you're trans yourself or any ally looking to show up in solidarity, there is a Trans Pride event for you.
Trans women of color fought back at Stonewall and have continued to be instrumental in leading the charge to demand LGBTQ+ civil rights, so take some time this month to celebrate a community of people who continue to fight despite being marginalized by the rest of society. And if you are trans, nonbinary, or gender diverse yourself, Pride Month is the perfect time to check out a local Trans Pride event so you can party, fight back against systemic injustices, and find community with other trans people.
So, this year, when you're planning your Pride Month calendar, don't forget to celebrate Trans Pride too.
Don't see an event you're excited about? Email us at news@equalpide.com and we'll add it to the calendar.
Keep scrolling to see all of the exciting Trans Pride Month events happening in America!
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This year, Santa Cruz, California is celebrating their 50th Pride parade, but the day before the big Pride Parade and Pride Festival, there will be a Dyke Trans March, which the city has been celebrating for 33 years.
More details at Santa Cruz Santa Pride.
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This year, celebrate Pride Month by protesting for trans human rights. Join Gender Equality New York to stand together in solidarity and raise your collective voices against the onslaught of attacks on trans rights. NYC Pride will be a huge march and celebration, but kick it off with this rally.
More details at Gender Equality New York Instagram.
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Sparkle, shine, and start the season right with the Trans Pride Diamonds are Forever Party at WorldPride. This Trans Pride welcome party encourages attendees to dress up in their most glamorous looks, so grab your sparkliest fits and party the night away with the trans community.
More details at Trans Pride Washington DC.
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WorldPride is taking over Washington, DC this year, with celebrations for every segment of the LGBTQ+ community. The National Trans Visibility March is a platform for collective action to challenge injustice, build policy power, and fight for a future that centers safety, dignity, and leadership for all trans people.
More details at NTV March.
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Part of the larger Indy Pride celebration, Trans Pride Fest will draw crowds in with free gender affirming services (like facial waxing, haircuts, and makeup classes), a free clothing closet, free refreshments, free testing with the Damien Underground Center, community art projects, live DJs, and a drag show.
More details at Indy Pride.
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Come celebrate the trans, gender diverse, and intersex community at Trans Pride LA, where there will be resource tables, workshops, a Trans Pride Talent Showcase, and food vendors. Then, stay and dance the night away at the Trans Pride After Dark dance party.
More details at Trans Pride LA Instagram.
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The James Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida is celebrating the vibrancy of the trans and nonbinary local community with a Transtastic celebration. The uplifting evening of solidarity will feature entertainment, community, live performances by local artists, and a cash bar.
More details at St. Pete Pride.
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San Francisco Pride is a huge celebration that brings more than a million people to the city every year, including for the Trans Pride March starting in Dolores Park on June 27. The SF Trans Pride March is the largest trans Pride event in the city and one of the largest celebrations in the entire SF Pride calendar.
More details at Trans March
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Genderbands, a nonprofit organization that provides grants for gender affirming care, free binders and education, and clothing for the trans community, puts on the Utah Trans Pride-N-Joy Festival every year. This year, there will be live entertainment, food, and vendors to keep you busy all day.
More details at Genderbands.
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