Project Pride SRQ

10/15/2026

We can't wait to carry Pride forward with YOU! Join us October 24 in Downtown Sarasota for Gulfcoast Pride. The countdown is ON! 🏳️‍🌈✨

Celebrate diversity and inclusion with Project Pride SRQ, Sarasota's leading LGBTQ+ organization. Through impactful events, community outreach, and advocacy, we promote equality and support for all. Join us in creating a stronger, more vibrant Sarasota where everyone is welcome and celebrated.

10/15/2026

Pride is powered by people — and by the businesses and organizations that choose to show up for our community. 💙🌈

We’re proud to recognize our Friends of Pride and sponsors whose generous support helps make Gulfcoast Pride possible and allows Project Pride SRQ to continue creating connection, visibility, and impact throughout our region.

To every partner who invests in Pride: thank you for helping us Carry Pride Forward.

🗓️ Saturday, October 24
📍 Downtown Sarasota | Rosemary District
🎪 4–8 PM — Vendor Festival + Live Performances
🪩 8–11 PM — Pride Street Party by SRQ BEATS
🎟️ FREE + open to all

10/14/2026

Join us this TOMORROW! Connect. Collaborate. Celebrate. 🌈

Start your morning with Project Pride at our Diversity in Business Network — a welcoming space for LGBTQ+ professionals, allies, entrepreneurs, and community partners to connect and grow together.

Build new relationships, exchange ideas, expand your referral network, and meet local professionals who can help move your business forward.

🗓️ Thursday, October 15
⏰ 9:00–10:00 AM
📍 Community Foundation of Sarasota County
(2635 Fruitville Road, Sarasota)

☕ Casual, professional, welcoming — and full of great conversation.

Join us this TOMORROW!
RSVP: https://www.eventeny.com/events/diversityinbusinessnetworkcommunityfoundation-34635/

10/13/2026

💜 SPONSOR HIGHLIGHT: DREAMLARGE
We’re proud to recognize DreamLarge as a Community Impact Sponsor of Gulfcoast Pride 2026.

DreamLarge is all about bringing bold ideas to life, strengthening community, and helping create meaningful impact across our region — and we’re grateful to have their support behind this year’s celebration.
Their partnership helps us keep building a Gulfcoast Pride that is welcoming, visible, connected, and rooted in community.

🗓️ Saturday, October 24
📍 Downtown Sarasota | Rosemary District
🎪 4–8 PM — Vendor Festival + Live Performances
🪩 8–11 PM — Pride street Party by SRQ BEATS
🎟️ FREE + open to all

Thank you, DreamLarge, for helping us Carry Pride Forward. 🌈

10/12/2026

🌈 JOIN US AT GULFCOAST PRIDE!

Come celebrate community, connection, and an unforgettable night in Downtown Sarasota. Shop local vendors, catch live performances, grab something delicious, and stay for the street party after sunset. ✨

🗓️ Saturday, October 24
📍 Downtown Sarasota | Rosemary District
🎪 4–8 PM — Vendor Festival + Live Performances
🪩 8–11 PM — Pride Street Party by SRQ BEATS
🎟️ FREE + open to all

Bring your friends, bring your energy, and come Carry Pride Forward with us. 🌈

10/11/2026

Today, we celebrate National Coming Out Day — a reminder of the courage it takes to live openly, authentically, and proudly. 🌈

Coming out looks different for everyone. There’s no right timeline, no one way to do it, and no requirement to share more of yourself than feels safe.
To those who are out, those still finding the words, and those who may never feel ready: you belong here. 💜

At Project Pride SRQ, we’ll keep working to build a community where everyone can show up exactly as they are.
Happy National Coming Out Day. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

10/08/2026

To the le****ns who have loved boldly, lived authentically, challenged expectations, and paved the way for generations to come. 🧡🩷

Happy International Le***an Day! 🌈

Today, we celebrate le***an visibility, identity, history, and the incredible contributions to our communities and the LGBTQ+ movement.

At Project Pride SRQ, we’re proud to stand alongside, uplift, and celebrate the le***an community today and every day.
Here’s to taking up space, loving without apology, and always being unapologetically YOU. ❤️

10/07/2026

🌈 SPONSOR HIGHLIGHT: GULF COAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

We’re proud to recognize Gulf Coast Community Foundation as a Lead Community Impact Partner of Gulfcoast Pride 2026.

For more than 30 years, Gulf Coast Community Foundation has worked alongside donors, nonprofits, and community leaders to strengthen our region through philanthropy and long-term community investment. Their work supports initiatives across health and human services, education, arts and culture, the environment, and civic and economic development throughout Southwest Florida.

Their commitment to connecting people, ideas, and resources helps create stronger, more resilient communities — and we’re grateful for their partnership in helping make Gulfcoast Pride possible.

🗓️ Saturday, October 24
📍 Downtown Sarasota | Rosemary District
🎪 4–8 PM — Vendor Festival + Live Performances
🪩 8–11 PM — Pride Street Party by SRQ Beats
🎟️ FREE + open to all

💙 Thank you, Gulf Coast Community Foundation, for helping us Carry Pride Forward.

10/07/2026

🏳️‍🌈 Gulfcoast Pride is in the news!

Thank you to SRQ Magazine for spotlighting our October 24 celebration—and the community connections we hope will last long after the music ends.

Join Project Pride SRQ in Sarasota’s Rosemary District for a FREE celebration of LGBTQ+ pride, joy, and belonging!

📅 Saturday, October 24
🌈 4–8 PM: Live entertainment, local vendors, community resources, food, and a Family Zone led by Sarasota City YMCA, ALSO Youth and Ability to Include
🎶 8–11 PM: Keep celebrating at the Pride Street Party with SRQ Beats!

We’re grateful to Gulf Coast Community Foundation, our Lead Community Partner, and the many partners, sponsors, performers, and volunteers helping bring this celebration to life.

Bring your friends, family, and chosen family—and help us Carry Pride Forward. ❤️

Read the feature:

Get ready to Carry Pride Forward at Sarasota’s 2026 Gulfcoast Pride Festival and Street Party,–a free, all-ages celebration taking over the Rosemary District on October 24.