October is LGBTQ+ History Month, a time to honor the people, movements and moments that made our lives and our communities possible.

Our history is powerful because it was built by people who chose to act. People who organized when it was dangerous. People who created spaces for joy and belonging when those spaces did not exist. People who gave their time, their resources and their voices because they believed the next generation deserved something better.

For more than five decades, San Diego Pride has been part of that incredible ecosystem of movement work. Our community gathers each year for a Parade and Festival, but Pride has always been about more than a single weekend. The resources, relationships and organizing power built through Pride extend throughout the year and far beyond our events.

Since 1998, San Diego Pride has invested more than $3 million back into community organizations, supporting work that serves transgender people, people of color, youth, seniors, people living with HIV/AIDS and others who experience overlapping systems of inequity.

That legacy is something we are incredibly proud of. It is also something we have a responsibility to carry forward.

That is why, during LGBTQ+ History Month, becoming a Pride Sustainer has never been more important. We invite you to help build the next chapter of Pride.

Throughout LGBTQ+ history, our progress has never depended on a single institution, corporation or moment. It has depended on people. People organizing together. People caring for one another. People contributing what they could to sustain the places and movements they believed mattered.

That same spirit can help carry San Diego Pride forward.

A monthly gift of an amount that is meaningful to you becomes part of something much larger when our community gives together.

We inherited an extraordinary legacy from those who came before us. Now, we have the opportunity, and responsibility, to decide what we will leave for those who come next.

This LGBTQ+ History Month, I invite you to be part of that future.

Become a Pride Sustainer today and help keep Pride shining all year long.

Happy LGBTQ+ History Month.

With Pride,

KishaLynn Elliott
Executive Director
San Diego Pride