Can I perform at Pride this year?

Part of our mission is to actively include a large range of our diverse and wonderful community. We are continuing with our tradition of a rather varied stage line-up, which includes live bands, drag queens, drag kings, a children’s magician, and of course local treasure Reading Time with the Queens. Due to the enthusiastic support from a wide range of our community, the stage gets full quickly! If we are not able to include you, please know we are so very grateful that you are excited to support your local Pride festival! Please email Pattie@gatecitypride.org to be considered in the selection process!

Who will enjoy this Pride event?

We have made a very active attempt to include as many kid-specific, youth-specific, and family-friendly (but mainly of interest to adults) booths at Pride this year. In other words, there is plenty there with you in mind. We also have free activities scattered all over, and many booths that are non-profits or resource based booths.

We have a cutely named Rainbow Tots Corner with most of our kiddo specific things right in one central location, and we built out from there. We also have the entire first hour on stage specifically for kiddos!

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Will Pride have ASL interpreters this year?

Yes! We were so very proud to have been able to pay a licensed ASL interpreter last year! We will have at least one licensed ASL interpreter freely available to you, fully paid by Gate City Pride this year!

I heard you are adding year round projects? Something about a Closet??

Yes! We are thrilled to announce that we have merged with The Closet! We have no doubt that both organizations will be stronger for it, and we will be on the lookout for anything else that so beautifully fits our goal of community building.

Check out More Pride to see all the fabulous Prides that The Closet will be attending!

We have already rolled out a few of our other plans, including a tabletop roleplaying club for 6-12 graders! You can find out more on our Programs page!

Will there be local churches represented at Pride?

Absolutely. We so appreciated the way the efforts of the multi-church booth last year. We are thrilled to include them again to further include all aspects of LGBTQ life in Idaho. Pride-approved free activities will again be at the church booths for you to enjoy and to make it clear why they are included in our Pride.

We found it inspiring to see so many faith traditions standing together and leading by example to protect our community. They will be happy to meet you just the way you are.

What is the best way to stay up to date with Gate City Pride events?

You can follow us on Facebook and Instagram! This website might be the easiest place to find specific details. Anything you can’t track down you can email us at info@gatecitypride.org

What about updates for The Closet?

You can follow The Closet’s own accounts on Facebook and Instagram! Anything you can’t track down you can email us about at info@gatecitypride.org

I am very excited to get involved, how can I help?

The best way to help is by filling out our volunteer form. We love that you want to help, and we know we can’t get all the necessary info from you unless we stay organized. That’s why we have a tidy little form!

How can my business support Gate City Pride?

We have a sponsor page with a lot of beautiful logos. We would love to add your beautiful logo! We humbly believe you would be in the absolute best of company there. You can find info about sponsor tiers in the same place!

I have a question you haven’t addressed.

We appreciate your dedication to the question, and that might mean it should be answered somewhere others can find too. Please email us at info@gatecitypride.org

I just want to talk to someone.

If you are facing a life-threatening situation, call 9-1-1 immediately.

• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255

• Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860

• National LGBTQ Hotline: 1-888-843-4564

• LGBT National Youth Talkline: 800-246-7743

We will be so honored to see you at your local Pride this year. We’ve been working very hard to include important local resources, maybe some you didn’t know about.

Mental health, physical health, and community building are the things which began all of our Pride endeavors. It can be lonely and scary out there, and we hope you find connections and support at Pride this year.

We are still working on our own local resources page for this website, but we have linked to other organizations doing wonderful work in Southeast Idaho, so please check out our Resources page for links to some of them.