The Las Vegas Pride Festival (often stylized Las Vegas PRIDE Festival) is an annual
pride parade and associated festival in
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas ...
produced by the Southern Nevada Association of Pride.
The festival is held each October at Sunset Park. The 2017 festival, which attracted more than 25,000 participants, commemorated the 58 victims of the Las Vegas mass shooting. The 2018 parade will be the 35th annual festival and the 20th annual night parade. Prior year events were held in May and June, but the timing was changed to reduce the impact of seasonal heat.
The Southern Nevada Association of PRIDE also hosts and participates in other related events every year, as part of the wider Las Vegas Pride Festival, including pool parties, bingo, hikes and lectures.
The first festival was held in 1983 and is estimated to have attracted only 200 people.
Controversy
At the 2017 festival,
Chipotle Mexican Grill
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handed out coupons that read "¿Homo estás?", which was interpreted by some as a slur at the LGBTQ community.
See also
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LGBT rights in Nevada
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in the U.S. state of Nevada enjoy most of the same rights as non-LGBT Nevadans. Same-sex marriage has been legal since October 8, 2014, due to the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rul ...
References
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External links
Official Site
LGBT organizations in the United States
LGBT events in the United States
1983 establishments in Nevada