“I've never actually been to the whole shebang.

'This year, I am going to New York City Pride, which has been a dream for a while,” Park said, knowing that NYC Pride will look different, with a hybrid of in-person and online offerings. Portraits of Pride: Photos celebrating the LGBTQ community Pride is back in 2021: Where to celebrate with parades, in-person and online Like so many LGBTQ Americans, the high school adviser from Lansing, Michigan, missed celebrating Pride Month in person amid the COVID-19 pandemic and looks forward to attending this year's festivities as more people get vaccinated and travel ramps back up. “I identify as pansexual, so I think it was just a way for me to kind of see my own community.” “I just fell in love with the culture and the vibe that they brought and just how everyone felt so free and liberated to be themselves and be proud of who they were,” she said.

Jamie Park fondly remembers the sense of belonging she felt attending her first Pride event in Chicago in 2016.