Alaska’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities (and our fabulous straight allies) demonstrated our PRIDE for 9 colorful days in June as we celebrated Anchorage PrideFest 2009. Our theme for 2009 was The Last Queer Frontier.

Anchorage PrideFest 2009 took place June 13-21. During this nine-day period, various non-profit, social, and business organizations hosted special events at venues around Anchorage. A highlight of PrideFest is always the Celebrating Diversity Parade which took place at 11 a.m. June 20th through the heart of downtown Anchorage where it was a beautiful day with a record crowd. After the Parade, we joined the Festival on the Delaney Park Strip from noon until 6 p.m. The Festival featured live entertainment, vendors, food, friends, our first kiddie carnival, and fun, all under the glorious Midnight Sun.

To make this year’s PrideFest a success, we needed the support of our entire community... sponsors, donors, parade entries, festival entertainers, vendors, groups who sponsor events, hundreds of volunteers... you name it, we needed it. Thank you for making it great each year!!