Founded May, 1976 | Type Non-Profit 501(c)(3) Website tucsonpride.org | |
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Mission to celebrate the pride and diversity of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer community. | ||
Tucson Lesbian and Gay Alliance (dba: Tucson Pride) is Arizona's first and oldest LGBT pride organization and one of the oldest LGBT pride organizations in the nation. Tucson Pride organizes and promotes the greater Tucson metropolitan areas LGBT pride parade ("Pride on Parade") and pride festival ("Pride in the Desert") which are currently held at the start of October each year in Tucson, Arizona, to celebrate the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community and their allies.
Administration
Tucson Pride is a non-profit organization. All members of the Board of Directors for Tucson Pride, as well as its committees, serve on a strictly volunteer basis. No member receives any payment, financial or otherwise, for serving.
The Tucson Pride events, "Pride on Parade" and "Pride in the Desert" are funded by a combination of community fundraising by the pride committee, corporate sponsorship's, vendor fees and donations collected from the participants at the festival.
Tucson Pride is a member of CAPI (Consolidated Association of Prides, Inc.) and Interpride.