DC Black Pride 2026 Washington DC

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DC Black Pride takes place from the 22nd to 25th May 2026.

As DC Black Pride continued to grow during the mid-nineties, organisers focused on developing long-range plans to sustain the event by creating a board of directors, filing for incorporation, and becoming a 501(c)3 non-profit organisation. Black Lesbian & Gay Pride Day, Inc. (BLGPD) was born, and the all-volunteer governing body of BLDPD would now oversee the planning and execution of DC Black Pride.

DC Black Pride was the catalyst for what is now regarded as the Black Pride Movement. Since its birth, more than 50 other Black Pride celebrations now take place throughout the world, many using DC Black Pride as its model. During the 1998 DC Black Pride Festival, the then President of BLGPD, Earl Fowlkes, met with the organisers of Black Prides from New York City, Detroit, Atlanta, as well as other cities to form the International Federation of Black Prides (IFBP), which later became the Centre for Black Equity (CBE). Today, the CBE has more than 50 members and serves as the principal body through which organisers find support, raise funds and share best practice. Year after year, more than 50,000 men and women from all over the world attend DCBP and experience the great culture and history of the Washington, DC area. Attendees have come to expect only quality social and non-social events.

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