To honor Pride Month in San Diego, they are hosting PROUD+, the fourth edition of national LGBTQ+ artists, presenting contemporary works celebrating diversity and featuring guest artist Tom Acevedo. The current exhibit, HYPE!, celebrates street art with more than 25 artists’ works and runs through June 26. The Studio Door is a Nicky Award-winning art gallery in Hillcrest that includes a 4,300-square foot gallery space, 16 working artist studios, and a small museum store featuring invitation-only, locally created art works, such as jewelry, scarves, ceramics, glass and art books. The Diversionary Theatre is the third-oldest LBGTQ+ theatre in the country and continues to host online events, this month featuring And We Danced, part of the SAY IT LOUD FEST.
We can all thank the artists, musicians, and actors who took to the internet and streaming services for helping us all cope with the boredom, isolation, and loneliness of the pandemic lockdowns. And while last year COVID-19 forced the cancellation of live Pride events worldwide, it’s a new year and we’re ready for Pride 2021! Here are some of our favorite ways to celebrate and support San Diego’s queer community this month, and all year long: San Diego LGBT Community Center
San Diego’s Pride movement began in 1970, just months after the historic Stonewall Uprising, when LGBTQ+ students at San Diego State College organized to form the Gay Liberation Front, which later that year hosted a “Gay-In” in Presido Park, likely the first Pride event in San Diego history.
This year’s event, appropriately themed “Resilient”, takes place July 10-18, and will have a virtual parade, as well as live events. June is Pride Month, but here in San Diego, we celebrate Pride twice-this month along with the rest of the world, and again in July, when we have another week of festivities hosted by San Diego Pride. If there’s one thing we’ve learned from 2020, it’s that Pride cannot, and will never be, canceled.