Bisbee Pride 2015

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June 19, 2015

June 21, 2015

Bisbee Pride – Bisbee’s Annual GLBT Pride Festival raises money to support, provide education and outreach to the local community. A 3 day celebration of LGBT Pride in the mile high mountains of Bisbee, Arizona!

Bisbee Pride was formed in 2005 when a small group began discussing how to bring people to town in the summer.

What started as a small group of LGBT people has grown into a Pride Festival that draws hundreds of people from around the Country. Bisbee was the first town in Arizona to pass Civil Union ordinance. Bisbee, AZ.

Bisbee was the first town in Arizona to pass Civil Union ordinance.

Mission Statement

Bisbee Pride, Inc. is a non-profit organization that produces and promotes educational, cultural, and recreational events for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and extended Bisbee community. Bisbee Pride supports other non-profits in the local community.

Community Support

Over the past 10 years Bisbee Pride has provided support to the community in various ways. For example:

Ongoing financial support to the Ryan White Program, a federally funded program providing services to people with HIV/AIDS.

Financial support to local food banks and homeless shelters including the Bisbee Coalition for the Homeless and St John Episcopal Church lunch program.

Financial support to Cochise Community Clinic’s Domestic Violence Program.

Financial support to Bisbee Mining and Historical Society for the Grassy Park Renovation in 2014.

Local Events

Annual Bisbee Pride 3 day Festival held father’s day weekend each year.

2008 Bisbee Pride brought the AIDS Memorial Quilt “The Names Project Foundation” Old Bisbee bringing AIDS awareness and education to Cochise County. This was the first time that the quilt was shown in Southeastern Arizona.

2013 Bisbee Pride hosted “An Evening with Stuart Milk” providing our community with an opportunity to hear about the fight for Equality throughout the world.