Reading Pride

03/19/2025

We've finally regained access to the original Reading Pride page!

Exciting news! We've regained access to our page. That means that this original page is once again the official Facebook home of Reading Pride Celebration! We'll be making some updates to the page over the next few weeks and will post all of our official announcements here. 🥳

03/14/2025

Let us know if you’re coming to tomorrow’s volunteer meeting: https://forms.office.com/r/Yqj3L2qvjX

03/14/2025

Tickets are now available for the 2025 Berks Pride Fest at Jim Deitrich Park! Get yours here: https://www.eventeny.com/events/berks-pride-fest-2025-15887/

03/07/2025

📢 We're hiring! 📢​
Trans Lifeline is looking for a Staff Operator to join our peer support hotline team! This full-time, remote role is an opportunity to provide confidential, nonjudgmental support to our community.

✨ $63K salary, 4-day workweek, 100% employer-paid healthcare, & generous PTO

📅 Application window opens March 12 at 10 AM PT—closes once we hit 100 applications!

🎥 Instead of a cover letter, we’re asking for a short self-tape submission.

Trans and non-binary people are strongly encouraged to apply. Please note, due to limited team capacity, we will close the application window after receiving the first 100 applications. In the spirit of fairness, we will not begin accepting application submissions until the following day and time: Wednesday, March 12th at 10am PT. Any applications received before this time will not be considered.

Learn more & apply:
https://jobs.lever.co/translifeline/76adf8eb-e949-4ef2-8dac-3170ae3b83eb



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03/07/2025

Don’t know much about this camp, but it was shared with us as it in Berks County. Sharing in case this information is helpful for any parents of LGBTQ+ youth looking for something to do this summer.

02/15/2025

02/14/2025

On behalf of Reading Pride, I’d like to wish everyone a Happy Valentine’s Day. On this day we celebrate the act of expressing love to those that are most important to us. We also must remember that being able to proudly and publicly love who we want is the result of the efforts and sacrifices of those that came before us. As we face a daunting and uncertain future, those filled with fear and hate will try to attack our right to express our love and silence our collective voice. Now more than ever, this voice needs to be heard.

The current political climate is unashamedly hostile to our community and organizations like ours. As a result, much of the funding (grants, corporate donations, etc.) that we count on to fund our programming and operations has been cut or is unavailable. Therefore, we are counting on our community and its allies for our very existence. Our programs have allowed us to have a presence and voice and to openly celebrate who we love. When organizations like ours are forced to shut down, we are silenced and those who aim to take away our rights win.

In the face of the landscape that lies before us, we must have hope. Historically, our greatest victories have been won in the face of great oppression; strength comes from adversity. We can be strong together. We have been called upon to face adversity again. How will history remember Reading Pride?

We ask that you help us to be a voice against opposition and hate. Whether it is a financial contribution (no donation is too small) or volunteering some of your time. Together, we are a strong family and can do great things.

♥️ Sean
President of the Board

02/12/2025

Happy National Freedom to Marry Day.

Same-sex couples began marrying in Pennsylvania in 2014 after U.S. District Court Judge John E. Jones III ruled in favor of the freedom to marry in a federal legal case challenging the state’s anti-marriage laws.

As Governor Shapiro says, "No matter who you marry, who you love, or who you are, you have a place here in PA."

Happy National Freedom to Marry Day!

02/12/2025

Friendly reminder that our volunteer meetings are the third Saturday of each month. Please join us for our second volunteer meeting of the year!

02/01/2025

Vendor applications for Berks Pride Fest 2025 are now live! Sponsor, entertainment, and admissions will be available as soon as they are ready. Please share with anyone you think would be interested. We can't wait to see you there! https://www.eventeny.com/events/berks-pride-fest-2025-15887/

02/01/2025

We offer several different training and education courses for organizations looking to learn more about the LGBTQ+ experience.

If you are interested in receiving LGBTQ+ sensitivity training & education for your organization, please contact Laura Biancone at [email protected]