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Pride Month
The Jacksonville LGBT Chamber of Commerce and the AIDS Memorial Project AMP are proud to host the 3rd Annual Big Gay Picnic.
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Jax LGBT Chamber offers free vendor spots for upcoming annual ‘Big Gay Picnic’ at Willowbranch Park

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Next weekend, the annual “Big Gay Picnic” returns to Willowbranch Park in Riverside. The family and pet-friendly event, hosted by the Jacksonville LGBT Chamber of Commerce and the AIDS Memorial Project AMP, celebrates community and inclusivity.

TOL is also accepting submissions now for November’s film festival

Through Our Lenses hosts Arts in the Garden event focused on mental wellness within the Black & brown LGBTQ+ community

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Through Our Lenses’ LGBTQ Black & Brown Film Festival 2025 will feature up-and-coming Black and Brown LGBTQ film artists, content creators, film producers and LGBTQ allies who are committed to raising awareness around various social topics pertaining to this community.

Christine Leinonen, whose son, Christopher "Drew" Leinonen was killed in the Pulse nightclub massacre in 2016, talks to reporters after walking through the venue as part of a group of survivors and family members of those killed, on Wednesday June 11, 2025 in Orlando, Florida. (AP Photo/Mike Schneider)

Pulse massacre survivors are set to revisit the nightclub before it’s razed

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Survivors and family members of the Pulse nightclub massacre nine years ago are getting a chance to walk through the long-shuttered, gay-friendly venue this week.

People attend the World Pride Rally and March at the Lincoln Memorial, Sunday, June 8, 2025, on the National Mall in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

‘Not just a party:’ World Pride celebrations end with defiant politics on display

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After the raucous rainbow-hued festivities of Saturday’s parade, the final day of World Pride 2025 in the nation’s capital kicked off on a more downbeat note.

Steven Muleme, of Uganda, Executive Director of Visual Echoes for Human Rights Advocacy (VEHRA), Essy Adhiambo, of Kenya, founder and Executive Director of INEND, a human rights organization for gender minorities in Kenya, and Gilbert Mitullah, of Kenya, Executive Director of the Alliance for Strategic Minority Leadership, attend a forum about the African Continent, Wednesday, June 4, 2025, during the Human Rights Conference at World Pride, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Global LGBTQ+ advocates gather ‘on Trump’s doorstep’ at World Pride despite travel anxiety

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Many LGBTQ+ travelers have expressed concerns about or decided to skip the World Pride gathering going on in Washington due to anxieties about safety, border policies and a hostile political climate.

The LGBTQ Community Fund has made more than 90 grants to 30 nonprofits totaling $1.2 million since it began in 2014.
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Celebrating Pride: How the LGBTQ Community Fund is making a lasting difference for local nonprofits

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News4JAX is celebrating Pride Month this June by highlighting our unique and vibrant local LGBTQ+ community, and Wednesday, we’re shining a light on the LGBTQ Community Fund.

Audrey Campos poses for The Associated Press while hosting a Loteria game night at Jackie O's Cocktail Club in Fort Worth, Texas, Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Ronaldo Bolaos)

Most LGBTQ+ adults feel Americans don’t accept transgender people, Pew poll finds

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LGBTQ+ people in the U.S. see lower social acceptance for transgender people than those who are lesbian, gay or bisexual, a new Pew Research Center poll found.

A National Park Service sign marks the Stonewall National Monument outside the Stonewall Inn, Monday, June 17, 2024, in New York. The building will open as the new visitor center for the Stonewall National Monument on Friday, June 28, the anniversary of the 1969 rebellion that helped reshape LGBTQ+ life in the United States. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)

Long-vacant storefront that once housed part of the Stonewall Inn reclaims place in LGBTQ+ history

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It was once half of the Stonewall Inn, the dive bar where a police raid exploded into a landmark moment for LGBTQ+ rights movement.

FILE - A flag supporting LGBTQ+ rights decorates a desk on the Democratic side of the Kansas House of Representatives during a debate, March 28, 2023, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider whether a Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for minors is constitutional. (AP Photo/John Hanna, File)

Things to know about the gender-affirming care case as the Supreme Court prepares to weigh in

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The Supreme Court is planning to weigh in on whether states can ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors.

FILE - Rainwater seeps down into the Christopher Street-Sheridan Square subway station, March 30, 2010, in New York. The New York City subway station would be renamed to commemorate the Stonewall Inn protests that galvanized the modern LGBTQ rights movement, under legislation approved by state lawmakers as they wrapped up their session in June 2024. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin, File)

Bill would rename NYC subway stop after Stonewall, a landmark in LGBTQ+ rights movement

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Lawmakers have approved legislation that would rename a New York City subway station in honor of the Stonewall riots.

Photo: Duval Folx Pride & The Cummer Museum: Event is on Friday, June 28: All ages are welcome to attend Duval Folx Pride at The Cummer Museum. “Time to celebrate! Boogie over to the Cummer Gardens and get your groove on in celebration of Pride Month. GeeXella, a DJ, rapper, community organizer, and social justice champion, created Duval Folx to be an inclusive dance party for BIPOC and LGBTQAI+ communities.”

List: Here are the Pride events happening in Northeast Florida in June 2024

Read full article: List: Here are the Pride events happening in Northeast Florida in June 2024

Events, parades, and parties are taking place all over Northeast Florida. News4JAX has compiled a list of events below.