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Championing joy and community year-round 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
Florida’s largest LGBTQ+ Pride celebration
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We need your help. And we need it now. 🚨🌈

Yesterday, the Tampa Bay Times reported that St Pete Pride raised only $16,000 (16%) of our $100,000 goal for last weekend.

At the same time, we’ve lost $200,000 in sponsorship funding this year while the cost of producing Florida’s largest Pride celebration continues to climb.

The reality is simple: St Pete Pride cannot continue without community support.

Your donation doesn’t just help pay for this year’s events. It helps protect the future of an organization that has brought our community together for nearly 25 years.

If you’ve marched in our parade, attended our festival, celebrated with friends, found your chosen family, or simply believe our LGBTQ+ community deserves to be seen, now is the time to give back.

No donation is too small. Every dollar moves us closer to ensuring St Pete Pride returns in 2027 to celebrate our 25th anniversary, and for many years beyond.

Please make a tax-deductible donation today at the link in our bio. And help spread the word!

#StPetePride #SupportPride #SupportLocal #Pride taken in St. Petersburg, FL by @stpetepride

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25 days ago

Go behind the scenes of Florida’s largest Pride celebration on the latest episode of The Skittle Squad Podcast. 🎙️🌈

Vice President Trent Brock shared what it takes to bring St Pete Pride events to life, the impact of this year’s $200,000 sponsorship shortfall, and why community support is more important than ever.

🎧 Give the episode a listen (or watch!) at the link in our bio.

If you believe in St Pete Pride’s future, please donate. The link is also in our bio. Every contribution helps us continue creating the events, spaces, and moments that bring our LGBTQ+ community together.

#StPetePride #TheSkittleSquadPodcast #SupportPride #Pride #Podcast taken in St. Petersburg, FL by @stpetepride

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Wednesday feels like the perfect day for a trip down memory lane. 🌈💜

It’s hard to believe it’s been nearly a month since we filled downtown St. Pete with joy, love, and unapologetic Pride. Whether you marched, danced, or cheered from the sidelines, we hope it’s a day you’ll never forget.

If this was your very first St Pete Pride (or your very first Pride ever!), we’d love to hear from you. What did the experience mean to you? What was your favorite moment? Share your story in the comments.

This year’s celebration happened despite a $200,000 sponsorship shortfall, and our work isn’t over. We’re still raising funds to help close that gap, pay for this year’s Pride season, and ensure we can continue creating these moments for our community.

🔗 Please consider donating today at the link in our bio. Every dollar makes a difference.

#StPetePride #HereComesTheSun #SupportPride #Pride taken in St. Petersburg, FL by @stpetepride

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She’s more than a member of a legendary drag family. She’s building a legacy that’s uniquely her own. ✨

Before she lit up South Straub at St Pete Pride 2026, we caught up with Sam Star from RuPaul’s Drag Race (Season 17 and All Stars 11) to talk about what it means to be a drag artist in the South and forging her own path beyond her legendary drag mother, Trinity The Tuck.

Bringing incredible entertainers like Sam Star to St Pete Pride is possible because of the support of our community. This year, we’re facing significant financial challenges, and we need your help to continue creating unforgettable moments.

If St Pete Pride has ever made you feel seen, celebrated, or connected, please consider donating today. Every gift, no matter the size, helps secure the future of Pride in our community.

❤️ Donate at the link in our bio.

#StPetePride #DragRace #SamStar #SupportPride #Pride taken in St. Petersburg, FL by @stpetepride

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St Pete Pride entered the 2026 season facing a $200,000 sponsorship shortfall. To continue serving our community, we need to make up that gap through individual donations.

In the last month, you’ve helped us raise more than $55,000. That’s an incredible start, but we’re only about 28% of the way to our goal.

The truth is simple: without community support, St Pete Pride cannot continue. The events, safe spaces, advocacy, and celebrations our community depends on only exist because people choose to invest in them.

A one-time gift or a monthly donation can make a meaningful difference as we work to close this funding gap and ensure St Pete Pride has a future.

✨ Please consider making a tax-deductible donation today using the link in our bio. Every dollar moves us closer to our goal.

And if you’re not in a position to give, you can still make an impact by sharing this post to help us reach others.

#StPetePride #SupportPride #Pride taken in St. Petersburg, FL by @stpetepride

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No rain delays. No melting in the Florida heat. Just Pride and pickleball. 🏓🌈

Join us for July’s Pride Night at Dill Dinkers, where the courts are indoors and air-conditioned, so you can rally, laugh, and connect with the community in comfort.

🗓️ Sunday, July 19
🕓 4-6 p.m.
📍 Dill Dinkers (2000 34th St N, St. Petersburg, FL 33713)

Whether you’re a seasoned player or picking up a paddle for the first time, everyone is welcome.

Best of all, a portion of the evening’s proceeds will benefit St Pete Pride, helping us continue creating LGBTQ+ events, advocacy, and community all year long.

#StPetePride #Pickleball #SupportLocal #SupportPride #Pride taken in St. Petersburg, FL by @stpetepride

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Drag is art. Drag is activism. Drag is resilience. Drag is joy. 👑✨

This International Drag Day, we celebrate the artists who turn self-expression into an art form and remind us that authenticity is always worth celebrating. Drag has long been at the heart of LGBTQ+ culture, bringing laughter, creativity, visibility, and fearlessness to our community.

Whether they’re commanding the main stage, hosting bingo, performing at your favorite local bar, or inspiring the next generation, drag performers help make our community more vibrant every single day.

👇 Tag your favorite drag artist below and tell us why they’re iconic.

#StPetePride #InternationalDragDay #SupportPride #Pride taken in St. Petersburg, FL by @stpetepride

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The energy. The joy. The cheers. The love. 🌈✨

A few weeks ago, hundreds of thousands of people lined Bayshore Dr for this year’s St Pete Pride parade.

But here’s the truth: a parade like this isn’t promised. It only exists because our community shows up. Not just to celebrate, but to sustain it.

If you want to stand on those sidewalks, wave your flag, march with friends, and celebrate together again next year, we need your help now. Your donation helps fund the permits, staging, safety, entertainment, and everything else it takes to create Florida’s largest Pride celebration.

Please consider making a tax-deductible gift today through the link in our bio.

#StPetePride #HereComesTheSun #SupportPride #Pride taken in St. Petersburg, FL by @stpetepride

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It’s Nonbinary Awareness Week! 💛🤍💜🖤

This week is dedicated to celebrating, uplifting, and increasing visibility for nonbinary people and their experiences.

And today, we’re also celebrating International Nonbinary People’s Day, a time to recognize the resilience, joy, and contributions of nonbinary people in our community and around the world.

At St Pete Pride, we’re committed to creating spaces where everyone can be seen, celebrated, and belong. Happy Nonbinary Awareness Week and International Nonbinary People’s Day!

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12 days ago

What makes Transtastic so special? The people. 🩵🩷🤍

Thank you to everyone who joined St Pete Pride and our friends at TransNetwork a couple of weeks ago for an incredible evening of community, connection, and celebration. We loved seeing so many beautiful souls stop by our photo booth.

Creating welcoming, affirming spaces like this takes all of us. If Transtastic, St Pete Pride, and events that uplift our LGBTQ+ community matter to you, please consider making a tax-deductible donation today. Every gift helps us continue this work and build toward our 25th anniversary in 2027.

🔗 Donate at the link in our bio.

#StPetePride #HereComesTheSun #Transtastic #SupportPride #Pride taken in St. Petersburg, FL by @stpetepride

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A huge condragulations to St. Pete’s own Discord Addams for being Emmy-nominated! 🏆🌈

We’re incredibly proud to celebrate this well-deserved recognition and the success of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 18. It was an honor to have Discord serve as one of St Pete Pride’s 2026 Grand Marshals and light up the stage with an unforgettable performance at this year’s festival.

Your talent, creativity, and authenticity continue to inspire our community, and we can’t wait to see what’s next. Tampa Bay is cheering you on every step of the way!

Condragulations, Discord! 🖤

#StPetePride #RuPaulsDragRace #DragRace #Emmys #Pride taken in St. Petersburg, FL by @stpetepride

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Thank you for standing with St Pete Pride. We still need you. 🌈❤️

Last week, our community stepped up in a big way. Because of your generosity, we’ve made progress toward closing our funding gap.

But over the past several days, donations have slowed, and we still have a ways to go.

Without continued community support, St Pete Pride will look different in the years ahead.

Earlier this week, St Pete Pride Vice President Trent Brock spoke with Spectrum Bay News 9 about the challenges we’re facing and why your support matters now more than ever.

The future of St Pete Pride is in our community’s hands. If you want these celebrations, safe spaces, and traditions to continue for years to come, please donate today. Every dollar matters, and every gift moves us closer to our 25th anniversary in 2027.

Donate at the link in our bio.

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