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Kick Off Pride Season with Drag Race Superstar Miz Cracker | Sat May 22nd @ 8p
RuPaul's Drag Race All Star, Miz Cracker, is coming to the Hudson Valley for a very special outdoor show to kick off 2021 PRIDE season! See her live in Highland on Saturday May 22nd.
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Caffeine + Community: BGHV’s Favorite Coffee Shops
Our top places to perk-up or unwind in Peekskill, Beacon, Poughkeepsie, Kingston, New Paltz and more.
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Pride Along the Hudson 2020: Local Virtual Pride Events in the Hudson Valley
Parades and festivals may be cancelled but here's a roundup of ways to stay digitally connected to our community and celebrate this June.
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HUNG With Care 2019: Make the Yuletide Gay with 5 Shows in 3 Cities
BGHV's annual holiday burlesque spectacular kicks off Thanksgiving weekend and features performances in Albany, Rosendale and Brooklyn.
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Pride Along the Hudson 2019: Local Pride Festivals in the Hudson Valley
Celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride throughout the month of June with events along the Hudson from Albany down to New York City.
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Miss Coco Peru is Coming to SUNY New Paltz for Hudson Valley PRIDE 2019
Celebrate Hudson Valley Pride 2019 at a night with Miss Coco Peru for some of her favorite stories, songs, and a good dose of bullsh$tting with the hope that together the tension will melt away!
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Miss Coco Peru Tours the Hudson Valley This October [UPDATED]
Coco has a conflict and won't be coming to town. We're crushed, too, BUT we've got plenty more great entertainment in store.
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6 Queer Hudson Valley Events to Check Out This Summer
As summer vacation season winds down, there's no shortage of local events for the queer community to enjoy this August and September. Don't miss some of BGHV's top picks to round out your summer.
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🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈On Sunday, May 18, 2

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈On Sunday, May 18, 2025 we had the honor of introducing one of the World’s Largest Transgender Pride Flags at Big Gay Hudson Valley’s Pride In The Sky On the Walkway Over The Hudson.

Measuring 125 ft in length and 16 ft in width, thank you to the hundreds that helped us to carry not just this flag, but also a 600 ft. section of the World’s Largest original 8 color Gay Pride flag made by Gilbert Baker (its creator) himself across the Walkway.

Brought together in the center, this was our way of showing that we’ll always be there to support our trans siblings by not letting the ‘T’ in LGBTQ+ be erased.

Made possible thanks to hundreds that supported out GoFundMe, this team’s Pride flag will now spend Pride season appearing at other Pride events in New Paltz, Poughkeepsie, Kingston, Albany and New York City!

Thank you to @madexhudson for constructing this giant symbol of resistance as we all come together for Pride!

#gayhudsonvalley #biggayhudsonvalley #hudsonvalley #pride #lgbtq🌈 #transpride #trans #transgender #transgenderpride🌈 #🏳️‍⚧️ #🏳️‍🌈

🌈 It’s PRIDE ALONG THE HUDSON season! Plan yo

🌈 It’s PRIDE ALONG THE HUDSON season! Plan your 2025 LGBTQ+ Pride month calendar with BGHV’s annual guide to celebrations happening up & down the Valley.

👉Swipe to view and tap the link in our bio to read the full guide online.

✨Thanks to @ruralmodernist for this season’s fab artwork

#hudsonvalley #biggayhudsonvalley #lgbtqtravel #lgbtqpride #pride #instagay #iloveny #transpride #prideflag #queercommunity #lgbtq #queer

Thank you to everyone that joined Big Gay Hudson V

Thank you to everyone that joined Big Gay Hudson Valley for Pride In The Sky on Sunday, May 18th on the @walkwayoverthehudson ! Spanning the mighty Hudson River, the event brought together both sides of the river in support of our LGBTQ+ Community.

Pride In The Sky featured two community festivals - one on the each side of the Walkway in Dutchess and Ulster Counties.

At 6pm we marched two giant Pride Flags across the Walkway with the support of hundreds of volunteers. The first being the World’s Largest Trans Pride Flag which was made right here in the Hudson Valley by @madexhudson, the creation of which was made possible thanks to hundreds of donations from community members. The second was a portion of the world’s largest original 8-color Pride flag made by its creator, Gilbert Baker himself.

The evening featured live music & entertainment by the @minorikeys , @sirgogogadget @justandramada @charleybisquit along with an incredible DJ set 212 feet in the air brought to you by @prephab and @superiorsounds - photos by @hvfoodphotography + aerial footage by @etvisualss

This free event was made possible by our very good friends at the organizations and businesses below. Pleas be sure to thank them for their support of the Hudson Valley’s LGBTQ community and for making events like Pride In The Sky possible.

✨WMC Health
✨Hudson Valley Credit Union
✨I LOVE NY
✨NY State Dept of Health
✨Upstate Modernist
✨Destination Dutchess
✨Ulster Tourism
✨NY State Deptartment of Parks
✨CDPHP
✨Hamilton & Adams
✨Central Bark
✨Q92FM
✨Orthopedic Associates
✨Superior Sounds

As we head into Pride season, let’s continue to celebrate one another and lift each other up. We are all so very lucky to call the Hudson Valley home and we can’t thank you enough for celebrating with us last night at Pride In The Sky.

Visit biggayhudsonvalley.com for a full list of everything happening during Pride season and we’ll see you again at the Orchard Disco at Bad Seed in Highland on Saturday Night, May 31st!

#hudsonvalley #biggayhudsonvalley #prideinthesky #lgbtqtravel #lgbtqpride #pride #instagay #iloveny #transpride #prideflag #queercommunity

📣 Pride In The Sky has been RESCHEDULED to SUND

📣 Pride In The Sky has been RESCHEDULED to SUNDAY, MAY 18th as a result of the forecast for rain and potential for thunderstorms on Saturday afternoon.

✨EVENT SCHEDULE
We’re retaining as much of the Pride In The Sky event calendar as possible with a few adjustments to timing (see the list below). Our community festivals on both side of the Walkway will now start at 3PM and the event will now end at 9PM.

10AM Pride Fun Run / Walk
Highland (West) Gate

2PM Drag Story Time with Katarina Mirage
🆕 NEW LOCATION: Highland (West) Pavilion

3PM - 9PM Pride In the Sky Community Festivals & Evening Celebration
Both Sides of the Walkway

4:30PM Proud Pet Pawrade
Highland (West) Gate

5PM Rally / Remarks in Highland
Highland (West) Pavilion

6PM Flag Processions in Poughkeepsie & Highland

ℹ️ Tap the link in our bio for full details.

#biggayhudsonvalley #gayhudsonvalley #prideinthesky #poughkeepsie #dutchesscounty #ulstercounty #iloveny #upstategays #lgbtq #pride #escapenyc

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