DAY OF DECISION – The Rally.  The Day.  The Location.

Regardless of the Prop 8 decision meet at Forever Marilyn at 6:00pm (corner of Palm Canyon Drive and Tahquitz Canyon Way).

The US Supreme Court is about to make its decision on the legality of CA’s Prop 8 and the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). The date is unknown at this time, so be prepared to mobilize and join us at Forever Marilyn for a rally on the day when the Prop 8 decision is announced.

Presenting Organizations:  Bloom in the Desert, Center for Spiritual Living, Coachella Valley Transgender Community, College of the Desert GSA, Desert Mirage High School GLOW, Desert Stonewall Democrats, Equality California, Equality Pledge, Greater Palm Springs Pride, Human Rights Campaign, Indio High School GSA, Lambda Legal, LULU, Metropolitan Community Church, National Center for Lesbian Rights, Palm Desert High School GSA, PFLAG, Safe Schools, Shadow Hills High School GSA, The Center, Yucca Valley High School GSA

March w/ Palm Springs at San Diego Pride

Represent Palm Springs in the San Diego Pride Parade

Show your Pride and walk with us in the San Diego Pride Parade on Saturday, July 13. Join the Palm Springs Pride parade contingent in San Diego.  March with us receive a Palm Springs Pride T-shirt and entry into the San Diego Pride Festival after the parade.

Plan to find our floats (balloons) in the parade staging area located between University and Washington on Normal St.  Check in to the staging area no later than 10:30am July 13.  You can arrive as early as 8:30 and help set up but must be in by 10:30am (Earlier the better.  It gets a little crazy).  Don’t Forget sunblock and wear comfortable walking shoes.

Invite your friends to come along!   Email us at volunteer@pspride.org if you want to join us.

Harvey Milk Diversity Breakfast

Thank you for supporting the 2013 Harvey Milk Diversity Breakfast.

Exclusive appearance by Judge Vaughn Walker!  Judge Walker ruled that Proposition 8 was unconstitutional “under both the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses” of the United States Constitution and prohibited its enforcement.  Walker’s decision was affirmed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and was recently reviewed by the United States Supreme Court with a decision expected shortly.  See the video highlights that include comments from Judge Walker who delivered the keynote address at the breakfast.

During the breakfast the Harvey B. Milk Leadership Award of the Coachella Valley was awarded to Mattie Leyden, former Marine and transgender activist. A member of Palm Springs LGBT Community Outreach Committee for the Palm Springs Police Department, Leyden started the Coachella Valley Transgender Community Group at The LGBT Community Center of the Desert, and also serves as the Diversity Co-Chair on the Orange County/Long Beach/Palm Springs Chapter of the Human Rights Campaign.

Celebrate the Start of Pride Season and Enter to Win

Check out our free Lube Lovers Gift Basket sweeps! Four gift baskets will be given away as we celebrate the start of the Pride season.  Like our Facebook page and you are entered automatically.  Share our page with friends and together we will stay up to speed on all things Gay and Proud.  Be the first to hear about all the new events and entertainment options that will be featured at this year’s Pride.

Volunteering is all about making a difference…

Palm Springs Pride relies on hundreds of volunteer hours to make our unique festival and parade the success that they are year after year. Click Here to Sign Up.  When you volunteer you’ll be making not only a difference for the organization but also the wider community for which we serve.  Click Here for more information!

It’s Time

The Greater Palm Springs Pride board of directors announced “It’s Time’ will be the theme for the annual Palm Springs Pride Celebration scheduled for November 2 and 3, 2013. A nod to the past, the theme also represents new hope, new beginnings, and future progress toward equality.  The theme sets the tone for the 27^th annual celebration and will be a call for the community to step off the sidewalk and into the street and march for equality in the annual Pride parade.

2013 Palm Springs Pride Festival
Saturday & Sunday Nov. 2-3, 2013

2013 Pride Parade
Sunday Nov. 3, 2013 10AM

About Pride in the Coachella Valley -  Greater Palm Springs Pride (pspride.org) is a non-profit organization founded to promote the public education and awareness of individual rights and civil liberties of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and to promote the history, diversity and future prosperity of the Coachella Valley’s LGBT community. The organization produces the annual Palm Springs Pride Festival, Pride Parade, Block Parties, OUTday PSP, and the Harvey Milk Diversity Breakfast.

Official 2012 Pride Guide Online!

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