In addition, the festival attracts thousands of visitors to Portland each year, bringing significant revenue to the local LGBTQ business community and to the city, as a whole. The Portland Pride festival is the single, largest visibility avenue for our region’s LGBTQ community organizations and businesses, where they can attract new supporters and clients, increase their volunteer base, and raise much needed funds. Whether working with the City of Portland to improve the safety and livability of the LGBTQ community, supporting other Pride organizations like Q Center, Latinx Pride, Black Pride, and API Pride, sponsoring rural Prides around the region, building community with our incarcerated LGBT youth, or showcasing the artistic talents of LGBTQ people, our goal is to provide visibility around the issues impacting our community, and to celebrate the culture and contributions of our community. There are two main events that make up Portland Pride and quite a few events and parties, including the traditional Stark Street Pride Block Party at Scandals Gay Bar, and a special Flare Pride Kickoff Party, that is sponsored by the. Pride Northwest also works to celebrate and support the whole of the Pacific Northwest’s LGBTQ community year-round. The festival will take place on June 13 and 14, 2020, just one week after the Astoria Oregon Gay Pride event.