Check out how the Dayton region kicked off Pride Month

The Greater Dayton LGBT Center hosted the Dayton Pride: United We Can Parade and Festival at Courthouse Square in downtown Dayton on Saturday, June 3, 2023. Did we spot you there celebrating Pride? TOM GILLIAM/CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

Credit: Tom Gilliam

Credit: Tom Gilliam

The Greater Dayton LGBT Center hosted the Dayton Pride: United We Can Parade and Festival at Courthouse Square in downtown Dayton on Saturday, June 3, 2023. Did we spot you there celebrating Pride? TOM GILLIAM/CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

The Dayton area is celebrating Pride all month long with parades, marches, music festivals and more. Kicking off Pride Month, multiple festivities celebrated the LGBTQ+ community over the weekend.

Check out how the Dayton area celebrated the start of Pride June 2-4.

🏳‍🌈 Dayton Pride

The Greater Dayton LGBT Center hosted the Dayton Pride: United We Can Parade and Festival at Courthouse Square in downtown Dayton on Saturday, June 3, 2023. Did we spot you there celebrating Pride? TOM GILLIAM/CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

Credit: Tom Gilliam

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Credit: Tom Gilliam

The Greater Dayton LGBT Center held its annual Pride celebration in downtown Dayton, themed this year as “United We Can.”

Food trucks and live entertainment gathered people for the center’s “Affair on The Square” at Courthouse Square on Friday evening. Saturday’s parade marched through the city, ending at The Square for more festivities, including food trucks, performers and craft vendors.

🏳‍🌈 Hamilton Pride

Thousands attended the annual Hamilton Pride festival Saturday, June 3, 2023 at Marcum Park in downtown Hamilton. Pride is a celebration of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQI) community. JOURNAL-NEWS/STAFF PHOTOS

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Hamilton sold out its Pride kickoff party Friday, June 2, and followed that up with a large Pride celebration in downtown Hamilton’s Marcum Park the following day. Saturday saw a Pride march make its way through downtown and a festival celebration at the park with food trucks and craft vendors. Material Girl (Madonna tribute), The Fame Monster (Lady Gaga tribute), a DJ and drag performers all took stage at the RiversEdge Amphitheater for a lineup of Pride concerts to close out the night.

🏳‍🌈 Pride at Courthouse Square

Dayton's LGBT community kicked off Pride Month with a "United We Can," celebration at Courthouse Square on Friday, June 2. The Rubi Girls headlined the event, which also featured food, beverages, vendors and performances by local talent. The festivities continued on Saturday, June 3, with the annual parade and more activities on Courthouse Square. DAVID A. MOODIE/CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

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Alongside Dayton’s Pride festival and parade, the United We Can celebration at Courthouse Square on Friday was headlined by the Rubi Girls, a Dayton-based drag performance troupe. Other local performers entertained the crowd at The Square as they enjoyed food trucks and local craft vendors.

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