The mission of the New Haven Pride Center is to provide a safe and welcoming space for the LGBTQ community in New Haven and to provide events, resources, advocacy, and opportunities for connection to the LGBTQ community living in the greater New Haven area. John D. Allen, Ed. A modest grant allowed Allen to bring such speakers as Stonewall pioneer Sylvia Rae Rivera, writer-author-activist Urvashi Vaid, journalist Jonathan Capehart, gay advocate and Boy Scout David Knapp, and gay marketer Michael Wilke.
Gay guide to New Haven. Up to date information about gay bars, club, events, gay Pride and more in New Haven. Gay New Haven. In college, I became used to being surrounded by people who shared not just similar values and political beliefs, but I found friends, especially queer friends of color who had experiences with family, coming out or not , the Internet cheers to being closeted in high school and endless scrolling through Quinn Fabray and Calzona GIFs on Tumblr , and the overall landscape of the United States and beyond that resonated with mine. I worked at the campus bar that held queer dance parties every Thursday night; I was part of the board that helped bring artists like Kehlani to campus; and I embraced new sides of myself by playing Rocky in Rocky Horror Halloween my senior year. Once the fateful day in June rolled around and the administration demanded seniors leave by 3 p.
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The New Haven Pride Center is a community focused organization co-creating a space to empower Greater New Haven LGBTQIA+ individuals to not just survive, but thrive and uplift each other and our voices. We do this by providing essential case management, support, educational and cultural programming that stands at the intersection of advocacy, arts, and community. We champion collective impact. Beyond being home to Yale, however, it is also home to many diverse neighborhoods, each unique in its own way and full of friendly, and welcoming people. It is a beautiful, tree-filled city that sits on the north shore of Long Island Sound on New Haven Harbor, and it offers plenty to see and do for visitors and residents alike. New Haven has a long and interesting history, beginning in the s when the English Puritans traveled to the area and founded New Haven Colony as part of their search for religious freedom.