Naples Pride

Cultural Affairs

Naples PrideFest celebrates a joyful day of community

Cary Barbor

Naples Pridefest celebrated the LGBTQIA community peacefully this weekend.

Health

Naples Pride Center grapples with increasing challenges

Cary Barbor

New legislation as well as damage from Hurricane Ian have taken a toll on the Naples Pride Center.

Alyssa Lemay (far right) poses with contestants at the Miss Naples Pride Pageant at the Naples Women's Club on Sunday, April 23, 2023.

Democracy Watch

Naples Pride moves drag show indoors as opposition grows

Kaitlyn Snook/Democracy Watch

Less than a month after the Naples City Council voted to approve the permit for the 2023 Naples Pride Festival in Cambier Park, Naples Pride announced they will host the drag show portion of the festival indoors due to safety concerns.

Filmmaker Elegance Bratton's documentary "Pier Kids" documents the lives and struggles of homeless queer and trans youth of color at the Christopher Street Pier in New York.

Documentary “Pier Kids” Records the Lives and Struggles of Homeless Queer and Trans Youth of Color in New York

John Davis

A conversation with filmmaker Elegance Bratton and Producer Chester Algernol Gordon about the documentary “Pier Kids,” about the lives and struggles of homeless queer and trans youth of color at the Christopher Street Pier in New York.