Hoboken To Kick Off Series Of LGBTQ+ Pride Month Events This Monday

HOBOKEN, NJ — The city of Hoboken will kick off LGBTQ+ Pride Month this Monday with a Pride Flag raising in front of City Hall at 94 Washington St. at 5 p.m.

Pride Month traces its roots to and commemorates the 1969 Stonewall Riots, or Stonewall Uprising.

On June 28, 1969, police in New York City raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar on Christopher Street in the West Village. The raid sparked six days of protests.

These days, towns and cities host events to show solidarity with and inclusion of the LGBTQ+ community.

"The city of Hoboken has and will always be an inclusive home where we celebrate our diversity," said Mayor Ravi Bhalla. "I encourage all Hoboken residents to join us as we raise the Pride Flag to demonstrate our continued solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community."

"The Hoboken Pride Flag raising is an important annual event for our LGBTQ+ community here in Hoboken and throughout the county," said Executive Director of the Hudson Pride Center Elizabeth Schedl. "When people drive by city hall, they'll know that Hoboken is not only welcoming and supportive but celebrates LGBTQ+ people!"

City Hall will be lit with rainbow lights every evening for the duration of June.

Other Events

• The Hoboken Historical Museum is hosting a series of Pride events.
• The Hoboken Public Library will host a Drag Queen Story Hour at Church Square Park with Harmonica Sunbeam on Wednesday, June 8, from 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.
• The library will also host a Pride Book Discussion regarding Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers on Tuesday, June 21, at 6:30 p.m. at the Hoboken Public Library at 500 Park Ave. To learn more and to RSVP to the book discussion, go to https://bccls.libcal.com/event/9254809?hs=a. Print copies of the book will be available for pickup after you RSVP to the event.
• On Saturday, June 25, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., the city will host a Hoboken Family Pride March at Maxwell Place Park. The free event, organized in partnership with resident Sam LaRoche, will include coffee and pastries donated by the Hive, popsicles, face painting, and more. For more information or to register, click here.

• Hudson County celebrates Pride Month in August, so the city will host additional Pride events in August, including the annual community Pride colors painting event.

Last November, for the fourth year in a row, the city received a perfect 100 percent rating from the Human Rights Campaign's (HRC) Municipal Equality Index (MEI), an annual examination of more than 500 municipalities across the United States relating to LGBTQ+ laws and policies.