pride

Pride returns to its activist roots, elevates people of color

It was April 1 when Stephanie Seeger told her then-fiancee that a cast member of Netflix’s Queer Eye and host of the popular podcast Getting Curious would be officiating their wedding. Although skeptical at first—this was April Fool’s Day, after all—Samantha Seeger soon saw for herself the Instagram message confirming that Jonathan Van Ness would […]

Scenes from the 2019 Cadillac Barbie Pride Parade.

Just make time for a disco nap.

“You have a wide array of personalities who celebrate as a community. People from so many different backgrounds gather together, and for that day, become a family.”

… Like new digs this year, with a move from the American Legion Mall to the larger (and shadier!) Military Park. Four headlining acts instead of the usual one. A reversed route for the Cadillac Barbie Pride Parade. And a new $5 admission fee (more on that later). Relatively new Indy Pride, Inc., president Jason H. Nolen-Doerr briefed IM on the changes to this year’s fest, his Lady Gaga aspirations for Pride, fishing revelers out of fountains, and how Pride is like The Nightmare Before Christmas (in the best way possible).

A pug with a rainbow tail and a pit bull in a purple tutu were just a few of the sights at this year’s Indy Pet Pride at Riverside Park.

Four locals—some who married before the ban was lifted, some who wed afterward—on what their big days meant to them.