Pride Spotlight

Each year since 2011, New Orleans Pride has given out the “Starfish Award” to someone in the community for their leadership and charity work. In 2017, New Orleans Pride’s Co-founder, Kevin Donahugh, passed away. At that time, the Pride Board renamed the award in Kevin’s honor. Anyone who knew Kevin, knows he spent his life helping others and raising funds and awareness for … [Read more...] about Phil Fricano Receives Kevin Donahugh Community Leader Award

One random evening, while scrolling through Instagram, I came across a post with a link to a news story.  I clicked on the link and watched the video, which revealed my “social media friend” has a disability. The news story was about Chase, a 26-year-old guy in New Orleans who has Becker Muscular Dystrophy. With the help of a group called Ainsley’s Angels, Chase was able … [Read more...] about Feeling Heard

New Orleans Pride is excited to have Dr. MarkAlain Dery as Local Grand Marshal for Pride 2019. Dr. Dery is the Chief Innovation Officer with Access Health Louisiana and the Medical Director for the AIDS Education & Training Center Program (AETC). We recently caught up with Dr. Dery to discuss Pride, and HIV in New Orleans.  Ordinary is not a word that would be used … [Read more...] about New Orleans Pride Grand Marshal Dr. Dery Interview

Q: You are headlining at New Orleans Pridefest on June 8th, and you will be the Celebrity Grand Marshal of the Pride Parade. What does it mean to you, to headline your hometown Pride?  A: I’m humbled to be doing this for my city of New Orleans, and for Bounce music as a whole. I’m sure it’s going to be a great experience, very exciting, and fun for me and the … [Read more...] about Big Freedia New Orleans Pride Interview

Robyn Vie Carpenter-Brisco, Vice-Chair of Baton Rouge Pride Songbird Frenchie Davis is a world-renowned vocalist from Los Angeles, California, and a graduate of Howard University. Her theatrical credits include the Broadway cast of RENT, Dreamgirls, Cinderella Enchanted, Jesus Christ Superstar, and the National Tour of Ain’t Misbehavin’, for which she earned a Grammy … [Read more...] about The Voice Known as Frenchie Davis: Broadway – Cabaret – World Stage – Baton Rouge

Robyn Vie Carpenter-Brisco, Vice-Chair of Baton Rouge Pride What does Pride sound like? I think that the answer really depends on who you ask, and when you’re asking. When I first came out 25 years ago, the sound of my first Pride was the exuberant anthem from the divine Miss Ross, “I’m Coming Out.” That’s also the year I learned about the NYC rock band, BETTY!, who sang the … [Read more...] about Pepper Mashay at Baton Rouge Pride