by Kati Nalbandian   We’ve always been proud of our LGBTQIA+ team members, community members, friends and family. With so much at stake across the country for queer and trans youth and folx of all ages in our LGBTQIA+ communities, we are also proud to celebrate with all of you here across the North Shore. We have dozens of events

The Inaugural Panorama Film Festival: A Revolutionary Existence presented by Cinema Salem in partnership with Mutant Kid Creative and Queer Videography will take place on June 16th, 2022 in Salem, Massachusetts.  Get tickets Panorama is a new short film festival dedicated to giving a platform to LGBTQIA+ youth filmmakers. After receiving 154 submissions and over 30 hours of footage in

By Joey Phoenix  Click here to read Part 2 Sherry Gagne (Metis, Abenaki, Mohawk, Algonquin, Choctaw – Board Member for North Shore Pride), Makademakwa Ikwe (Odawa, Potawatomi, and Metis), and Jessie Little Feather (White Mountain Apache and Navajo), three Two-Spirited individuals living in New England, have formed a small chosen queer Two-Spirit community.  In this interview they talk about LGBTQIA2+

Lynn Pride Flag Raising – Lynn City Hall | Tuesday, June 22 Event Link Join Mayor Tom McGee and LGBTQI+ Leaders of Lynn to celebrate Pride Month. The Rainbow / Progress Pride flag representing the Lynn community will be raised over Lynn City Hall on Tuesday, June 22nd, 5pm at the front steps of Lynn City Hall, and will be

by Joey Phoenix (They/Them) Originally Published June 2020. Editorial Note: I will not be using the LGBTQIA+ acronym in this article because I personally find it outdated, specifically because the T, which stands for transgender, and the I, which stands for Intersex, are gender identities whereas the rest are orientations – which is just confusing. Instead, I will group the

Last year, North Shore Pride announced the date for this year’s 9th Annual North Shore Pride Parade and Festival as Saturday, June 27th 2020, so when COVID-19 restrictions went into place, and an in-person event was no longer possible, Pride went virtual. This past Saturday, North Shore Pride held their first-ever Virtual Pride Parade, featuring submissions from the North Shore

After difficult deliberation, North Shore Pride’s Board of Directors has decided to cancel the in-person 2020 North Shore Pride Parade & Festival events (originally scheduled for June 25th-28th) due to public safety concerns around COVID-19. In the days following the cancellation, North Shore Pride also announced a new Virtual Pride Parade and Festival to occur in its place.  “While we

Video by Koeun North Shore Pride Parade and Festival 2019 from Creative Collective MA on Vimeo. The North Shore Pride Parade and Festival were on June 22, 2019. This was a particularly special year as it was the 50 year anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. The Parade also kicked off a new route, starting at Shetland Park and traveling to Salem Common, as

Images by Creative CollectiveClick here for the full gallery. The North Shore Pride Parade and Festival were on June 22, 2019. This was a particularly special year as it was the 50 year anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. The Parade also kicked off a new route, starting at Shetland Park and traveling to Salem Common, as opposed to commencing at

Here on the North Shore, we love the month of June and one of the main reasons is PRIDE MONTH! We even get our own celebration!  The North Shore Pride Parade & Festival takes place on June 23, 2018 in Salem, MA.