Houston may not have been able to celebrate LGBTQ Pride with a festival and parade this summer, but COVID-19 hasn’t stopped Pride Houston from uplifting the community with several online events. The organization, which puts together Space City’s queer celebration every June, has made sure we can still enjoy the LGBTQ festivities from home.
In response to the unjust murder of George Floyd, Pride Houston hosted It Started With A Riot, a virtual LGBTQ Black Lives Matter rally on June 27. The group continued its digital outreach with Rights Are Human, a July 25 online roundtable that aimed to raise awareness on community issues.
Pride Houston’s next virtual soiree is its upcoming Heritage Gala fundraiser. The star-studded event, which takes place via Zoom at 8 p.m. on October 17, helps to ensure the future of Houston’s queer community by awarding scholarships to local LGBTQ students.
And the organization isn’t stopping there to recognize queer Houston activists. Pride Houston’s 2020 grand marshals, who represen
