Pikeville Pride

06/10/2026

Ale-8-One donated AGAIN this year!
This was a 🔥 silent auction item last year.
This year’s basket features some different items than the basket they donated last year.

Once again, thank you so much for believing in us and our mission.



More info on our silent auction here
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Y’all showed up BIG for last year’s silent auction, and we’re getting ready to do it again. ✨

We’re now accepting donations for this year’s auction! Every donation helps fund our annual Pikeville Pride Festival and supports our local LGBTQ+ community right here in the mountains.

🗓 Donations must be turned in by June 30
🛍 Silent Auction begins July 10

You can also join last year’s auction group now to get ready for this year 👀

If you would like to make a donation, you can reach out to us here on Facebook, a board member, or via our email [email protected]

Items can be shipped or picked up locally.

Pikeville Pride is a nonprofit organization, and we can provide a tax exemption form upon request.

Thank y’all for always helping us make a difference in our region 🌈

Group link in the comments below ⬇️

06/03/2026

🏳️‍🌈IN HONOR OF PRIDE MONTH…
WE HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT🏳️‍🌈

🌈 PIKEVILLE PRIDE 2026🌈
Celebrating SEVEN years of Pride in Pikeville!
🗓️ 9/12/2026
⏰ 12PM-7PM
📍 Appalachian Wireless Arena Plaza
🎟️ Our *FREE* tickets go up for grabs NEXT WEEK!
🥨👕 VENDOR applications coming SOON👕🥨

🏳️‍🌈GET YOUR FREE TICKETS NOW 🏳️‍🌈

https://tinyurl.com/Pikeville-Pride-2026

Join us for the 7th annual Pikeville Pride!

06/02/2026

Seeing those rainbow lights shining from the Governor’s Mansion means a lot to LGBTQ+ Kentuckians across the commonwealth.

Thank you, Governor Beshear, for helping make Kentucky a place where everyone can feel seen, valued, and welcome. Representation matters.

🏳️‍🌈Happy Pride Month, ya’ll.

We're kicking off Pride Month at the Governor's Mansion tonight and showing that, in Kentucky, we believe every person should be accepted and celebrated for who they are.

06/01/2026

🏳️‍🌈HAPPY PRIDE MONTH🏳️‍🌈

Our June LGBTQ+ History Calendar is here 🌈

This month’s calendar highlights important moments in LGBTQ+ history, awareness days, and community milestones throughout June. We hope it’s a fun way to learn something new and keep q***r history visible all month long.

Feel free to print it out and hang it at your desk, dorm, business, community board, or anywhere else that could use a little extra pride 💙

You’ll also find a QR code on the calendar for anyone who would like to support the work of Pikeville Pride and help us continue building visibility and community here in Appalachia.

Remember,

We love ya ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

05/26/2026

Y’all showed up BIG for last year’s silent auction, and we’re getting ready to do it again. ✨

We’re now accepting donations for this year’s auction! Every donation helps fund our annual Pikeville Pride Festival and supports our local LGBTQ+ community right here in the mountains.

🗓 Donations must be turned in by June 30
🛍 Silent Auction begins July 10

You can also join last year’s auction group now to get ready for this year 👀

If you would like to make a donation, you can reach out to us here on Facebook, a board member, or via our email [email protected]

Items can be shipped or picked up locally.

Pikeville Pride is a nonprofit organization, and we can provide a tax exemption form upon request.

Thank y’all for always helping us make a difference in our region 🌈

Group link in the comments below ⬇️

05/22/2026

Today, on Harvey Milk Day, we remember a life and legacy rooted in courage, visibility, and the belief that LGBTQ+ people deserve to live openly and safely in the places they call home.

Harvey Milk understood that visibility was not symbolic. It was survival. He knew that when LGBTQ+ people are pushed into silence, erased from public life, or treated as threats to their own communities, the harm is not abstract. It touches families, schools, workplaces, churches, small businesses, and neighborhoods.

Nearly five decades after his assassination, LGBTQ+ people are still being asked to defend our right to exist openly. Trans people, q***r youth, drag performers, LGBTQ+ families, and those who stand with us continue to face fear, misinformation, harassment, and political attacks.

For LGBTQ+ people in Appalachia, Harvey’s message still matters. We know what it means to love a place that does not always know how to love us back. We know what it means to stay, to organize, to build community, and to insist that our lives belong here too.

Harvey Milk once said, “Hope will never be silent.”

Today, we honor him not with easy hope, but with active hope! You know, the kind that shows up, speaks clearly, protects one another, and refuses to let LGBTQ+ people be erased.

Pikeville Pride remembers Harvey Milk by continuing the work: building visibility, safety, belonging, and dignity for LGBTQ+ people in Eastern Kentucky and beyond.

05/10/2026

Happy Mother’s Day from all of us at Pikeville Pride 💐

Today we’re celebrating all the moms, mamaws, chosen family, and mother figures who make our community feel like home. Thank you for the love, kindness, and strength you pour into the people around you every single day.

We hope your day is filled with good food, warm hugs (if you’re into that type of thing), and plenty of love. 🌈💖

05/01/2026

Our May LGBTQ+ History Calendar is here 🌈

This month’s calendar highlights important moments in LGBTQ+ history, awareness days, and community milestones throughout May. We hope it’s a fun way to learn something new and keep q***r history visible all month long.

Feel free to print it out and hang it at your desk, dorm, business, community board, or anywhere else that could use a little extra pride 💙

You’ll also find a QR code on the calendar for anyone who would like to support the work of Pikeville Pride and help us continue building visibility and community here in Appalachia.

Remember,

We love ya ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

05/01/2026

We’re excited to start something new for us! 🌈📅

Each month, we’ll be sharing an LGBTQ+ history calendar featuring important moments, milestones, and stories connected to specific days throughout the month.

✨ Print it✨ Keep it at your desk, hang it in a community space, or stick it on the fridge as a fun way to learn and celebrate LGBTQ+ history all year long! 💙

Each calendar will also include a QR code for anyone who’d like to support Pikeville Pride through PayPal.

We hope y’all enjoy our very first (ICYMI) calendar for April!

Keep an eye out for May’s upcoming calendar! These are scheduled to roll out during the first week of each month. 🗓️

Reminder: The historical events listed in this calendar series are NOT the only events that have taken place. We’re just throwing a few dates/facts out there for ya’ll to read!