Celebrate Pride Month with the Smithsonian Pride Alliance
What is Pride Alliance?
Smithsonian Pride Alliance is the Institution’s volunteer-run LGBTQ+ employee resource group, consisting of over 400 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, pansexual, two-spirit, androgynous, or asexual (LGBTQ+) staff, contractors, volunteers, interns, fellows, researchers – and allies! The mission of Pride Alliance is to serve, enable, and provide a source of community for LGBTQ+ Smithsonian employees, and their allies, while ensuring impactful and appropriate representation of LGBTQ+ individuals, their history, rights, and concerns in Smithsonian policies and programs.
June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month!
Pride Alliance is thrilled to be participating in-person at DC Capital Pride. On Saturday, June 10, Smithsonian is marching with the Pride in Federal Service contingent representing Federal agencies across the government. While sign-up for marching in the parade has closed, we encourage all staff to come out and cheer on your colleagues. The parade kicks off at 3:00 PM.
On Sunday, June 11, Pride Alliance will feature a booth at the Capital Pride festival from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Everyone is welcome! Check out the Capital Pride 2023 page on the Smithsonian Pride Alliance Prism site for all the details.
Smithsonian Flies the Intersex Progress Pride Flag!
Upcoming Programs with Pride Alliance
To learn about other Pride programming across the Smithsonian this June, please visit www.si.edu/events/pride. Don’t see your event? Program managers can tag their events with the LGBTQ tag on Trumba to appear on our public-facing events page.
June 5 @ 1:00 PM EST
Queer Spaces: An Atlas of LGBTQ+ Places and Spaces (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum & Smithsonian Pride Alliance) — Join designer Adam Nathaniel Furman and architecture historian Joshua Mardell, editors of the recent publication Queer Spaces: An Atlas of LGBTQ+ Places and Stories as they discuss why queer spaces are so important and how they compiled the diverse and international selection of spaces included in the book. Tickets are free! To learn more about this event or register, please use this link: https://secure.cooperhewitt.org/5275/queerspaces
June 13 @ 4:00 PM EST
Shaping Foundations; Trans Feminine Self-Fashioning, DIY, and Community Building in Postwar US (National Museum of American History & Smithsonian Pride Alliance) — Join interdisciplinary design historian and curator Isabelle Held as she presents on the history of falsies (or bust pads) for the NMAH Smithsonian Tuesday Research Colloquium. This talk traces the trans feminine history of falsies and padded foundationwear in the postwar U.S and considers how DIY practices influenced falsie design, helping to empower wearers and build community. This event can be accessed here: https://smithsonian.zoom.us/j/85056674540?pwd=TmN6TXBlWFo0OWg0R2s5RE83Q0l2QT09
Additional Pride Month Programming
June 3 @ 11:00 AM EST
Family Program | Drag Story Hour | Session 1
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum – Onsite
https://www.cooperhewitt.org/event/family-program-drag-story-hour-session-1-06-03-2023/
June 3 @ 11:30 AM EST
In-Person Pride Family Day
Smithsonian American Art Museum – Onsite
https://events.blackthorn.io/en/5f4ZMUx7/in-person-pride-family-day-5a2b5f1QrAA/overview
June 3 @ 12:30 PM EST
Family Program | Drag Story Hour | Session 2
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum – Onsite
https://www.cooperhewitt.org/event/family-program-drag-story-hour-session-2-06-03-2023/
June 9 @ 7:30 PM EST
NMAAHC Live! – An Afrofuturism Concern with Dawn Richard
National Museum of African American History and Culture – Onsite
https://www.si.edu/events/pride?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D166898270
June 9 @ 5:30 PM EST
Afterhours @ NMAA: Fluxus and Ay-Ō’s Happy Rainbow Hell
National Museum of Asian Art – Onsite
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/afterhours-nmaa-fluxus-and-ay-os-happy-rainbow-hell-tickets-639511364707
June 20 @ 6:45PM EST
Gender, Sexuality, and the Fairy Tale
Smithsonian Associations – Online
https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/gender-and-fairy-tale
June 20 @ 7:00 PM EST
Sexuality and the Harlem Renaissance
National Portrait Gallery – Online
https://smithsonian.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Q182Y4iWT7W8qSsuEMfaUg?mc_cid=f233aa8a2a&mc_eid=244c5ec890#/registration
June 23 @ 7:00 PM EST
NY | Native Pride Extravaganza
National Museum of the American Indian – Onsite (NEW YORK)
https://www.si.edu/events/pride?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D166859949
June 24 @ 5:30 PM EST
Smithsonian Solstice Saturday
National Museum of Asian Art – Onsite
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/afterhours-nmaa-smithsonian-solstice-saturday-tickets-640825545457
June 27 @ 5:00 PM EST
Trivia Night: Celebrate Pride
National Portrait Gallery – Onsite
https://www.si.edu/events/pride?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D166847469
Upcoming Pride Alliance Social Events
DC Metro Area
June 10 @ 3:00 PM
Capital Pride – Pride Parade — The Smithsonian will be marching with Pride in the Federal Service this year. Participation sign-up is closed but all staff are encouraged to attend and cheer on your colleagues! See the Capital Pride 2023 page on the Smithsonian Pride Alliance Prism site for all the details.
June 11 @ 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Capital Pride – Pride Festival —Smithsonian Pride Alliance will once again be hosting a booth at the Pride Festival with lots of fun swag and information. Stop by to get your pronoun pins and fans. Location of the booth will be posted to the Capital Pride 2023 page on the Smithsonian Pride Alliance Prism site once finalized by the Capital Pride organizers.
June 11 @ 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Pride Alliance Picnic – For the second year in a row, Smithsonian Pride Alliance is hosting a picnic on the National Mall. The picnic is open to all Smithsonian Staff and their friends and families. Please bring your own lunch/snacks/drinks. The Picnic is from 12pm – 2pm on the Mall in front of the National Gallery of Art close to the 7th Street side. Come join us for sun, fun, and great conversation.
New York
June 25 @ 12:00 PM EST
NYC Pride March — While the Smithsonian is not participating in the NYC Pride March this year, we will be arranging a day out for our staff. Please email Molly Engelman (engelmanm@si.edu) for more information!
Panama
July 1 @ 2:00 PM EST
Panama’s LGBTIQA+ Pride Parade — For the first time ever, the Smithsonian will be participating in Panama’s annual LGBTIQA+ Pride Parade! Please reach out to Sonia Tejada (tejadas@si.edu) if you are interested in joining.
Upcoming Pride Alliance Meetings
August 17: All Members Meeting on Zoom at 4:00 PM EDT. Call for agenda items will be sent to the Pride Alliance Listserv – (join here)
Get Involved! Join Pride Alliance
There is no formal membership structure: all current or former Smithsonian staff, volunteers, docents, contractors, interns, and other affiliated Smithsonian persons are welcome to join in meetings, discussion, and work toward Pride Alliance goals. In essence, you’re already a member! Keep in touch with us by:
- Subscribing to our LISTSERV. Subscribing is done by self-service. Click here to get on the list.
- Visiting the Pride Alliance PRISM site to receive notifications of updates, news, and events around Smithsonian.
- Joining the Smithsonian Pride Alliance Social Facebook Group
Smithsonian Pride Alliance Mission
To serve, enable, and provide a source of community for LGBTQ+ Smithsonian employees, and their allies, while ensuring impactful and appropriate representation of LGBTQ+ individuals, their history, rights, and concerns in Smithsonian policies and programs.
Interested in partnering with Pride Alliance on a program, exhibit, or event? Reach out to our leadership team at PrideAlliance@si.edu.
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