Lee Pride

06/17/2026

More photos from last Saturday’s Lee Pride Festival 2026 from Drag Story Hour Berkshires.

06/16/2026

06/15/2026

06/15/2026

Wednesday, June 17, 5:30-7:30 at the Devonfield Inn.

LGBTQ business, professional, community leaders get to know one another & celebrate contributions of 75 Berkshire LGBTQ-owned businesses

06/15/2026

06/14/2026

06/14/2026

Did you know the first couple in Lee to apply for a same-sex marriage license was married in 2004, just two weeks after gay marriage was legalized in Massachusetts?

02/14/2026

Peter’s story will be featured as part as the second annual Lee Pride in June 2026. His story appears in a new Scrapbook of Lee LGBTQ+ History that will be contributed to the Lee Library Historical Collection and told as part of a free “Secret LGBTQ+ History Of Lee” Walking Tour on Saturday, June 13, 2026 from 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm that starts ands at the Lee Congregational Church, UCC Park. All are welcome!

🇺🇸 “My uncle, Peter Ceanga (1953 - 1985), a man I have nearly no memory of as he passed from AIDS when I was little. He’s the gorgeous man in the fierce leather shirt you see above. My Mom tells me everytime I say something inappropriate or make sick jokes (which is all the time) that I remind her of my uncle Peter.

To be able to share uncle Peter’s story means so much to my mom and to me. She tells me all the time that him and I would’ve been thick as thieves if he was still here.

We’ve come so far since the days he bravely came out as a gay man. In the early 1980’s, uncle Peter came home to the Berkshires from his Christopher Street apartment in NYC. He was battling AIDS and was treated horribly by the community. The local radio station made it public he was in the area with AIDS and my Grandparents would receive phone calls that their “f #$$*t son got what he deserved.”

My mom sad it was hard enough to know she was losing her brother, but to see her parents endure such vile comments from the community … she said it was brutal.

While uncle Peter was at the local hospital, his dining tray would be kicked into his hospital room and my family would have to bring it to him. Only one nurse would come into his room and treat him with the dignity that he deserved and rub lotion on his lesion covered legs.

We’ve come a long way in this country to show support for the LGBTQ+ community, but we have a long way to go.” 📖 by Keelin

01/13/2026

Throughout the month of January, when you shop at Big Y in Lee (10 Pleasant Street, Lee MA), Berkshire Pride will receive $1.00 of every purchase of a $2.50 reusable Community Bag!