Save the Date!
COLORS OF PRIDE GATHERING 2024
SATURDAY, August 3
Thank you to everyone who participated in our 2nd annual COLORS OF PRIDE GATHERING!
We had a fun, inspiring day of LGBTQIA+ people of color building community.
Please follow @austinoutpost for ways to get involved or sponsor Colors of Pride 2024!
Google presents
Celebrate pride WITH OTHER LGBTQIA+ People of Color at
Colors of Pride Gathering
Saturday, June 24, 2023
Noon-6pm at 2201 Aldrich street in Austin’s Mueller District
FREE! | INDOORS | AIR-CONDITIONED | WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE | ASL INTERPRETERS
MOCKTAIL AND COCKTAIL BARS | FREE COMMUNITY MEAL | SPEED-FRIENDING
AUSTIN LATINX PRIDE + AUSTIN QUEER ASIANS + QWELL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Free Community Meal sponsored by:
ABOUT AUSTIN’S COLORS OF PRIDE FESTIVAL
LGBTQIA+ people of color in Central Texas deserve a Pride gathering that celebrates us - our diverse cultures, heritages, and contributions to the world – and strengthens our resilience individually and as a community.
The Colors of Pride Gathering amplifies the prophetic voices of leaders in our movement for LGBTQIA+ and racial justice, healing, and cultural transformation.
“Rather than have separate Latinx and Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) Pride celebrations, we wanted to combine forces and create an event for all QTPOC people,” says Quỳnh-Hương Nguyễn, co-founder of Austin Queer Asians. “We have to unite and build loving, supportive networks across our differences if we hope to overcome our multiple oppressions and challenges.”
Our Why
Greater Austin has the nation’s 3rd largest population of adults who openly identify as LGBTQIA+.
More than 135,700 openly LGBTQIA+ adults live here and have more than $5.3 Billion in annual buying power. Greater Austin’s LGBTQIA+ youth population is estimated to be almost equal in size to our adult population.
~50% of local LGBTQIA+ residents are people of color.
While 400,000 people attend the Austin Pride festival in August, data from 2021 research studies by the City of Austin and QWELL Community Foundation shows that many LGBTQIA+ people of color in Central Texas feel disconnected and unsupported.
Nationwide, we see queer/trans people of color (QTPOC) struggling with their mental health, oppression, and social isolation. We see movement leaders burning out at an accelerated rate.
WHY you should support A FESTIVAL IN AUSTIN, TEXAS
The Texas capital is ground zero for LGBTQIA+ equality.
The Texas State Legislature has introduced an unprecedented number of anti-LGBTQIA+ bills, creating a toxic environment for queer Texans. QTPOC, especially trans women of color, endure discrimination and threats.
In this environment, QTPOC need events like Austin’s Colors of Pride Festival to build feelings of belonging, community-connectedness, and strength.
Positive or negative, what happens in Texas has repercussions nationwide. We hope the positive impact of Austin’s COLORS OF PRIDE FESTIVAL will be felt across Texas and the USA.
3rd
LARGEST OUT LGBTQIA+ POPULATION
Greater Austin has the nation’s third largest openly LGBTIA+ population in the United States, per capita, according to Gallup and Williams Institute.
$5.3B
IN ANNUAL BUYING POWER
Austin’s more than 135,700 out LGBTQIA+ adults have more than $5.3 Billion in annual buying power.
400K
Annual austin pride attendance
The annual attendance for Austin Pride, in August, is estimated at 400,000.
“The Colors of Pride Festival will inspire and reinvigorate QTPOC in Texas and around the country, providing a powerful pull for QTPOC to join the movement to build a better future.”
Colors of Pride Steering Committee
Get Involved
Please consider sponsoring Austin’s QTPOC Pride Festival, volunteering, or donating!
become a sponsor
Your sponsorship will support, and be recognized at, Colors of Pride Festival and in local, and potentially statewide and national ad campaigns.
Volunteer opportunities
Help to ensure that the day’s events proceed smoothly!
Make a Donation
Your contribution will help to improve LGBTQIA+ wellbeing – physical health, mental health, relationships and community connections, living environment, learning opportunities, and economic condition – in Greater Austin, Texas.
HISTORY
Austin’s first Pride Festival for queer/trans people of color was in June 2022.
Connect with your community at Austin’s Colors of Pride Gathering
by Austin Queer Asians, Austin Latinx Pride, & QWELL Community Foundation
Branch Park Pavilion in Mueller (MAP)
Thank you to Google, the Major Sponsor for the first Colors of Pride Gathering in 2022!
Additional support provided by TheZebra.com, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Planview, Ryan Companies, Jeanne Schultz Design Studio, Studio*gee Architecture, AIA Austin, Bookpeople, and others.
