While PRIDE is a celebration, it has always been an act of resistance. This year, as LGBTQ+ rights face relentless attacks from those in power, our theme—“Protesting with PRIDE”—honors the courageous legacy of the Stonewall Riots of 1969, the uprising that ignited the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement.
Join us for one final party at McClain’s Pizzeria as we close out PRIDE with DJ Killahouse. Dance your ass off, eat some ‘Za, and enjoy specialty PRIDE cocktails knowing that 20% of the proceeds from each featured PRIDE cocktail will be donated to Queer Northshore (a 501c3 Nonprofit).
How do we make space for community in a political and social climate that is hostile to LGBTQ+ people? Join Queer Northshore founders Mel Manuel and Jeremy JF Thompson for a conversation about joyful world building in the face of oppression.
This is Queer Northshore’s monthly meetup where LGBTQ+ peeps and allies come together at various bars to hangout and have a drink together. For this special PRIDE edition of Two Beer Queers, we’ll be meeting at Tandem Coffee & Cocktails! Come visit us and support a venue that is giving back to our community by donating a percentage of sales from their signature PRIDE cocktail for the month.
Come out from 8pm - till for Drag Queens, a DJ, and a signature PRIDE Cocktail at Hammond’s Unofficial Gay Bar, Benny’s Place! 20% of proceeds from this night will go to benefit Queer Northshore’s mission of increasing LGBTQ+ visibility, community and acceptance across the Northshore.
Dope AF QNS members Jenny Smith and Melanie Mann have organized a monthly book club at 1126 Commercial Drive Ste. 5, Hammond. This book club follows the Read Harder Challenge, which is designed to expose readers to a wide variety of books. You can read more about this challenge here. Come check it out!
Come be amazed at 30 by Ninety Theater by the MissLEADING Lady'z on June 22! Starring Drag Queens, Gia Giavanni, Dominique Delorean, and Taze Ya Balls! A percentage of proceeds from this show will be donated to Queer Northshore! Claim your seat via the link below!
Play games at Tandem to support our LGBTQ+ community! As our Patrons of PRIDE Partner, Tandem Coffee and Cocktails is donating 5% of Sales from this Game Night to Queer Northshore, so go but yourself some drinks and delicious food and play some board games to help support our community!
Paint the town rainbow with Teal Camillia, a mobile paint party company hosting an exclusive PRIDE Northshore event at the Hilton Garden Inn. No experience is needed. Just register via the link below, show up, meet some awesome people, enjoy some cocktails and food, and learn to paint a fun PRIDE-themed painting of your own. Teal Camillia is donating 5% of all proceeds from this class to Queer Northshore!
Please join us for a Queer Northshore LGBTQ+ Peer Support Group Session at the Abita Women’s Center on from 6:30-7:30pm.
Yoga instructor Kristin Ashley is donating her time to offer safe space yoga classes for PRIDE Northshore. Pay what you can ($10 suggested donation). 100% of proceeds will be donated to Queer Northshore! Absolutely all levels of experience and body types are welcome, including no experience and the "yoga-curious.” Ashley can always offer modifications and keep the practice accessible for everyone.
On Saturday, June 15th, PRIDE Northshore’s Ponchatoula PRIDE Party will take place at Twin Steeples, featuring drag performances, a resource fair, vendors, and food trucks.
Come learn how to decorate cookies with The DociaMack! (as seen on Food Network!) while being highly entertained by Northshore Queens, Tuffy Love and Lana O’Day! Guaranteed to be the best shit show ever! So bring a drink, a sense of humor and some singles to make it rain!!! 20% of ticket sales will be donated to Queer Northshore.
LGBTQ+ owned Cutting Edge Theater in Slidell invites you to a special PRIDE Northshore performance of the award-winning musical, “The Prom.” For one night only, 50% of proceeds will be donated to Queer Northshore!
Dope AF QNS librarian Jenny Smith has organized a monthly book club in Hammond. This book club follows the Read Harder Challenge, which is designed to expose readers to a wide variety of books. You can read more about this challenge here. Come check it out!
Yoga instructor Kristin Ashley is donating her time to offer safe space yoga classes for PRIDE Northshore. Pay what you can ($10 suggested donation). 100% of proceeds will be donated to Queer Northshore! Absolutely all levels of experience and body types are welcome, including no experience and the "yoga-curious.” Ashley can always offer modifications and keep the practice accessible for everyone.
Have your official Pride Northshore 2024 Portraits taken by Queer Northshore’s official photographer, Leyla’s Photo Magic, to celebrate our region's first Pride Parade and other Pride celebrations!
Please join us for a Queer Northshore LGBTQ+ Peer Support Group Session at the Abita Women’s Center on from 6:30-7:30pm.
Yoga instructor Kristin Ashley is donating her time to offer safe space yoga classes for PRIDE Northshore. Pay what you can ($10 suggested donation). 100% of proceeds will be donated to Queer Northshore! Absolutely all levels of experience and body types are welcome, including no experience and the "yoga-curious.” Ashley can always offer modifications and keep the practice accessible for everyone.
Join us after the PRIDE Northshore Parade for an After Party at Pat’s Rest Awhile on the Lakefront. Pat’s is located right on the lakefront directly on the Parade Route. Pat’s is proud to be one of our Rainbow Sponsors and a supporter of the LGBTQ+ community. There are 4 bars, a deck, a patio and plenty of outdoor and indoor lounging areas to dine, drink and hangout.
PRIDE Northshore’s inaugural celebration will kick off June 1st, 2024 at 5pm with an all ages PRIDE Parade on the Mandeville Lakefront.
PRIDE Northshore is raising funds to cover the cost of a 5-week billboard ad in St Tammany. The billboard will be up from May 27 - June 30, and will serve to remind folks that St Tammany is home to thousands of LGBTQ+ people, and to invite more LGBTQ+ folks and allies to join in and help build a stronger, more inclusive community.
