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    Explore the Good Ship Queerwater at Pride in the Sky 2025

    With a Pride flag flying from its mast, the ship's Queerwater persona will be shining proudly, ready to welcome our community aboard! Check out three fab ways to explore the historic ship during Pride in the Sky 2025.

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    Pride In the Sky Returns to Connect & Galvanize the Hudson Valley’s LGBTQ+ Community at Walkway Over The Hudson This May

    Big Gay Hudson Valley and Friends of the Walkway Kick off Pride Season With A Full Calendar of Events That Includes The Debut of the World's Largest Trans Pride Flag, Pride Fun Run, LGBTQ+ Birding Walk, Sails & Tours aboard the Queerwater, a Proud Pet Paw-rade & More!

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    Pride Along the Hudson 2025: Local LGBTQ+ PRIDE Events in Upstate New York’s Hudson Valley

    Celebrate PRIDE month and the full spectrum of our community with BGHV's annual round-up of festivals and events happening each weekend up & down the Hudson River Valley in Poughkeepsie, Newburgh, Beacon, Woodstock, Hudson, and more.

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    BGHV’s Orchard Disco is Back with Three All-New (& Very Juicy) Parties for Summer 2025

    Spend a queer summer night dancing under the stars with the full spectrum of our community as BGHV returns to Bad Seed Hard Cider this May, July & August.

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    Pride in the Sky 2025 T-Shirts Now Available for Pre-Order

    Support Pride in the Sky 2025 in style with your own commemorative rainbow Walkway t-shirt.

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    RECAP: See Pics + Video from NYS Pride Ski Weekend 2025

    A few hundred of y’all turned up & turned out for our 2nd annual winter Pride weekend featuring a kickoff bear party in Kingston, snowy afternoon on Belleayre mountain, and more.

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    10+ Local Events to Celebrate Valentine’s Day

    Wherever you might be in your love story, here’s some events that you and your beloved (or fellow singles) should check out this February.

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    Pride in the Sky, John Waters, The Gay Gasp, Nina West & More: A Look Back at BGHV’s 2024

    Big Gay Hudson Valley celebrated a jam-packed year full of shows, laughs & late nights outdoors. Take a look at some of 2024's best events for our local queer community.

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Big Gay Hudson Valley’s event calendar is a free service open to our entire community. The details of and experiences at each event are the sole responsibility of the organizer and do not necessarily reflect the viewpoints of Big Gay Hudson Valley. If you have a question or feedback about an event, we encourage you to contact the organizer directly.

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BGHV is excited to offer a new Queer Wings + Wild BGHV is excited to offer a new Queer Wings + Wild Things: Pride Birding Excursion on Saturday morning, May 17th as part of Pride In The Sky! Join NYC Queer Birders as they explore the Walkway Over the Hudson and look for and learn about the Hudson River’s avian creatures. Bring your own binoculars if you have them. Beginners welcome! Join the group on Saturday, May 17th from 11am-12:30pm as part of the whole day of activities happening around Pride In The Sky! Group will meet up at the Poughkeepsie (East) Gate Plaza at The Walkway Over the Hudson. This event is FREE but pre-registration is requested via the link at the bottom of the Pride In The Sky page on biggayhudsonvalley.com We can’t wait to see you at Pride In The Sky on Saturday, May 17th! #queerbirding #birdwatcher #gayhudsonvalley #instagays #iloveny #biggayhudsonvalley #upstategays #lgbtqpride #lgbtq #lgbtqtravel #poughkeepsie
Calling all PROUD Runners, Walkers, Fitness Enthus Calling all PROUD Runners, Walkers, Fitness Enthusiasts and anyone that just wants to get out there and move - Big Gay Hudson Valley is hosting its first-ever Pride Fun Run on Saturday Morning, May 17th as part of an entire day of activities around Pride In The Sky! We’ll begin gathering at 9:15am on May 17th - and at 10am our group will enjoy a Fun Run from the Highland side of the Walkway Over The Hudson to either the middle point and back (1.2 miles) - or if you’re really looking to push yourself - to the Poughkeepsie side and back (2.4 miles). There’s no official timing being offered for this first-time event - this Pride Fun Run is all about showing your PRIDE and gathering together with our community! That said, prizes will be offered for the best PRIDE looks! 🏳️‍🌈⭐️🦄 Participation in our Pride In The Sky Fun Run is FREE, although we do that you please register in advance at biggayhudsonvalley.com/prideinthesky - just select the Pride Fun Run Ticket from the event tickets when you sign up! See you on the Walkway Over The Hudson on Saturday, May 17th! #funrun #hudsonvalley #biggayhudsonvalley #runners #walkers #petswelcome #lgbtq #pride #queer #gayhudsonvalley #ulstercounty #dutchesscounty #poughkeepsie #walkway #upstategays #showyourpride #instagays
Big Gay Hudson Valley in partnership with the Frie Big Gay Hudson Valley in partnership with the Friends of the Walkway and New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation will host the second annual Pride In The Sky community celebration on Saturday, May 17, 2025 at Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park - and everyone is invited to join us for this FREE community event! Join us on the Walkway to kick off pride season with a full calendar of events that includes a pride fun run, LGBTQ+ birding walk, sails & free tours aboard the Queerwater, a proud pet paw-rade & more! Attendees are encouraged to pre-register for FREE admission. Complete your registration and get full event schedule at biggayhudsonvalley.com FREE Admission for Pride In The Sky is made possible thanks to support from I LOVE NY, Hudson Valley Credit Union, WMC Health, CDPHP, New York State Department of Health, Ulster County Tourism, Destination Dutchess, Upstate Modernist and iHeart Media. We can’t wait to see you at Pride In The Sky on Saturday, May 17th! #gayhudsonvalley #instagays #iloveny #biggayhudsonvalley #upstategays #lgbtqpride #lgbtq #lgbtqtravel
BGHV and Catskills-based Fruition Chocolate Works, BGHV and Catskills-based Fruition Chocolate Works, have launched our second Gay Bar! This new chocolate “Gay Bar” features lavender + citrus dark milk 62% chocolate, wrapped in a bright package illustrated by Kingston-based artist Jason O’Malley - widely as @ruralmodernist . The packaging boasts that Diversity is Delicious, with an Inclusive World Blend of cacao. This is the second year in a row that we have teamed up to create a special edition of a chocolate bar that celebrates the queer community and its allies. A portion of the proceeds from each Gay Bar sold will benefit Hudson Valley organizations working to better the lives of Upstate New York’s vibrant LGBTQ+ community. In 2024, proceeds resulted in donations to both the Dutchess County Pride Center and the Hudson Valley LGBTQ+ Community Center.   Retail businesses interested in wholesale purchases of the Gay Bar are encouraged to contact Fruition Chocolate Works directly.  Fruition will be featuring the Gay Bar and making them available for sale at Big Gay Hudson Valley’s Pride in the Sky celebration scheduled for Saturday, May 17, 2025 on the Walkway Over the Hudson. The Gay Bar is also available for purchase at Fruition’s retail store in Shokan, NY or online at fruitionchocolateworks.com #gaybar #fruitionchocolate #chocolate #catskills #upstategays #gaychocolate #pride #lgbtq #lgbtqpride #hudsonvalleygays #hudsonvalley

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