At the flag raising, Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig read a proclamation making June Pride Month in the Queen City. LGBTQ Pride events are usually held in June to mark the anniversary of the Stonewall riots in New York City. Photo/Rob Greene
MANCHESTER, NH — The city held its second-annual Pride flag raising ceremony on June 14 at City Hall, kicking off a weekend of pride celebrations in the downtown area.
There is a Queen City Pride Block Party on Hanover Street, between Union and Pine streets on June 15 between 2 – 10 p.m. The event is hosted by Madear’s and generously sponsored by City of Manchester, Currier Museum and Jupiter Hall. Dorie Distillery of Derry will be featuring a new Queen City Pride Liquor. Too Share Brewery is featuring a Queen City Pride beer!!
Live DJ, musical performance by Jasmin Mann and drag performances by Sadie LaRue, Mizery, Nomi Malone and one of RuPaul Drag Races Very Own.
Photo gallery by Rob Greene
2018 marked the first Pride flag raising in the Queen City. This year’s event drew three times as many people, said organizer Rob Curry. Photo/Rob Greene
Robb Curry, owner of Madear’s on Hanover Street, addresses the crowd at the Queen City’s second LGBTQ Pride flag raising Friday, June 14 at City Hall. “We’re here, we’re constituents, and we count,” Curry said. He served as an organizer of the event with his spouse Kyle Davis. Photo/Rob Greene
Congressman Chris Pappas attended and spoke at the flag-raising event June 14. Photo/Greene
Mayor Joyce Craig thanks Robb Curry and Kyle Davis for their work organizing the LGBTQ Pride flag raising. 2019 is the tenth anniversary of legal gay marriage in New Hampshire. Photo/Rob Greene
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