Rose City Pride

06/17/2026

Happening now until 1pm- the Rose City Pride Be You, Be Well: Self-Care is Self-Love Wellness Fair at Otis Library. Stop by and say hi! Plenty of vendors and swag!

06/15/2026

💖🌈 Join Rose City Pride for our Be You, Be Well: Self-Care is Self-Love Wellness Fair! 🌈💖

Take a break, connect with your community, and discover resources designed to support your well-being, self-expression, and authentic self.

📅 Wednesday, June 17, 2026
🕚 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
📍 Otis Library Community Room (Second Floor)
261 Main Street, Norwich

This free community event will feature local nonprofits, healthcare providers, advocacy organizations, and community resources dedicated to uplifting and empowering LGBTQIA+ individuals, families, and allies.

Whether you are looking for wellness resources, community connections, information, support, or simply a welcoming space to be yourself, we invite you to stop by and join us.

At a time when many people are seeking connection, understanding, and belonging, events like this remind us that we are stronger when we come together in community.

✨ Be You.
✨ Be Well.
✨ Self-Care is Self-Love.

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📧 [email protected]
📱 860-501-5122

Love is American. Celebrating 250 Years of Freedom, Diversity and Pride.

06/09/2026

❤️ LOVE LIVES HERE ❤️
Join the Norwich Area Interfaith Association on Sunday, June 14, 2026, at 1:00 PM at Castle Church, 4 Broadway, Norwich, as we officially launch the Love Lives Here Campaign: One Norwich, Many Stories, One Community.

This campaign is about building belonging, celebrating our diversity, and creating a Norwich where everyone feels seen, heard, valued, and welcomed.

Come meet your neighbors, learn about the campaign, sign the Community Pledge Against Hate and Racism, and help us build a stronger, more connected community.
This is just the beginning. The launch marks the start of a growing movement of storytelling, community conversations, partnerships, and initiatives designed to bring people together and strengthen the bonds that unite us.

Because love is louder than hate.

And together, we are Norwich.

📍 Castle Church, 4 Broadway, Norwich
📅 Sunday, June 14, 2026
🕐 1:00 PM

06/06/2026

Thank you, Sam!

06/05/2026

♥️🧡💛💚💙💜
 We are less than 24 hours away from the start of our Pride Month Festivities!

Starting at 6pm, please join us outside City Hall as we raise the Pride Flag. At 7pm head to Foundry 66 for our festivities there- including performances by the Feisty Fourstringers.

Afterward, stop in at Strange Brew Pub for their Pride Party, which starts at 9.

There are other First Friday events happening downtown so as you walk around stop and visit the other events happening.

06/01/2026

🌈🌈🌈 Happy Pride! 🌈🌈🌈

Our Pride month festivities begin on First Friday, June 5! Start the festivities off by joining the Rose City Singers at 5:30 and learning the song, “We Are Here” by Sarina Partridge.

At 6pm, please join us for our annual flag raising, in the David Ruggles Courtyard, Norwich City Hall.

Following the flag raising, stop by Foundry 66, for art, crafts, history and games. Be entertained by the Feisty Fourstringers, as they play their ukuleles.

Enjoy the activities afterward of all First Friday Norwich has to offer- antique car show, jeep show, the many restaurants and pubs.

End the night at Strange Brew Pub as they celebrate Pride night!

06/01/2026

🌈🌈 Happy Pride Month! 🌈🌈

Thank you, Office of Governor Ned Lamont

FROM THE WINY RADIO NEWSROOM: GOVERNOR LAMONT ISSUES PROCLAMATION DECLARING PRIDE MONTH

(HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has signed a proclamation designating June as LGBTQ Pride Month in recognition of the contributions of Connecticut’s LGBTQ community and to emphasize that the state supports the rights of every person to live their lives free of discrimination, fear, and prejudice, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity.



“Connecticut has a legacy of leading the nation on critical issues facing the LGBTQ+ community and being one of the most welcoming states in the country, and I am proud to let everyone know that in this state we celebrate the rights of everyone to be themselves and live openly, no matter their sexual orientation or gender identity,” Governor Lamont said. “I am committed to ensuring that our laws and regulations continue to provide everyone with equal protection, and I vow to stand up to any efforts to turn back the clock on equality.”



“Throughout our history, here in Connecticut and across the nation, the LGBTQ+ community has shown extraordinary resilience, courage, and leadership,” Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz said. “As we declare June as Pride Month, we honor the individuals, families, and organizations who continue to stand for equality, visibility, and dignity for all. Connecticut remains steadfast in our commitment to ensuring every LGBTQ+ person feels safe, supported, and celebrated.”



This Pride Month, Governor Lamont is proud to highlight two significant steps forward from the 2026 legislative session. The passage of Public Act 26-77 consolidates Connecticut’s hate crimes laws, eliminating procedural barriers that have historically impeded prosecution of bias-motivated crimes against LGBTQ+ individuals. Additionally, with the passage of Public Act 26-33, Connecticut now requires private insurers to cover fertility care for LGBTQ+ couples and single individuals by removing a longstanding inequity in the definition of infertility.



These achievements build on Governor Lamont’s legacy as a champion for LGBTQ+ rights since taking office in 2019: banning the gay and transgender panic defense in criminal cases, expanding access to HIV prevention medication for at-risk youth, and creating the state’s LGBTQ+ Health and Human Services Network. In 2021, he signed the Connecticut Parentage Act, ensuring both parents in LGBTQ+ families are automatically recognized as legal parents. In 2022, he signed the Reproductive Freedom Defense Act, shielding gender-affirming care providers from legal action by other states. And in 2025, he signed Public Act 25-154, making it expressly illegal for any health care provider to discriminate on the basis of gender identity or expression.



As states across the country have moved to roll back LGBTQ+ rights, Connecticut has moved in the opposite direction by strengthening protections, expanding access to care, and reaffirming that every person deserves to live, work, and raise a family free from discrimination.

05/26/2026

The Rose City Pride Singers invite you to join us for an impromptu rehearsal before the flag raising.

The rehearsal will be at 5:30pm on June 5 in the David Ruggles Courtyard.

05/19/2026

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11/20/2025

Today we pause with reverence and love as we honor Transgender Day of Remembrance. This is a day that calls us to remember the transgender lives lost to violence, hatred, and indifference. Their names deserve to be spoken. Their stories deserve to be held with tenderness. Their humanity deserves to be affirmed by all of us.

As a community, we carry their memories forward. We commit ourselves to creating a world where every transgender person can live safely, openly, and joyfully. A world where they are not just tolerated but embraced. A world where their light is seen and protected.

To our transgender family in Rose City and beyond, we see you. We cherish you. We stand beside you today and every day. Your courage strengthens us. Your truth inspires us. Your presence enriches our community.

May this day stir our hearts and move us toward deeper compassion, action, and solidarity. May we honor those we have lost by fiercely loving and fiercely protecting those who are still here.

Together, we remember. Together, we rise.