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Austin Pride Parade 2025 to close streets this weekend: See map of downtown road closures

Austin is celebrating its 35th annual Pride Parade and Festival this weekend. Various streets will be closed beginning at 1 p ...

Austin Pride Festival spotlights local talent amid funding shift

As a result, the 2025 festival will shift its focus to 100% local entertainment, moving away from highlighting ...

Why Austin's Pride Month is different from other Texas cities

While queer Houstonians celebrated Pride in June (just one this year), Austin's official 2025 Pride celebration will get ...
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Why is Austin Pride celebrated in August? Everything you need to know

In 2002, the Austin Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce expanded the festivities by adding a Pride parade along Congress Avenue. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

'We need to remember our past' | AIDS Memorial Quilt exhibit honors lives lost as Austin Pride Parade approaches

As Austin gathers to celebrate Pride, the quilt exhibit offers a moment for remembrance — ensuring that the stories of those ...
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Silence Equals Death: Austin Pride 2025 emphasizes power of community, protest

Amidst the height of the AIDS crisis in 1987, a six-person collective in New York City founded the SILENCE=DEATH Project and ...

Austin Pride faced organizational & financial challenges, still, LGBTQ+ community showed up, celebrated

The Austin Pride Foundation (TAPF) put on Austin’s 35th annual Pride Festival and Parade Saturday, making the most of ...
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Austin Pride returns with fewer sponsors

Amid a national pullback in corporate support for LGBTQ+ events, organizers of this weekend's Austin Pride tell Axios they'll ...