PRIDE GUIDE 2026
The 2026 Pride Guide
Our Fight Is Love · Volume I
Welcome to our first-ever Pride Guide. Released alongside the Hudson Valley Pride March and the Kingston Pride Festival, it's a celebration of queer and trans life across the Hudson Valley and the Catskills, gathered into one place.
Inside, you'll find original writing from our team, a full calendar of Pride events across the region, affirming resources and crisis lines, a look at the life-saving work happening every day at the Community Center, and a directory of the local businesses and organizations who proudly stand with us.
We printed 2,000 copies for Pride season, free at the Community Center and at Pride events throughout the Hudson Valley. Now you can read the whole thing right here.
READ IT ANYWHERE
Flip through the interactive edition below, or download a PDF to keep and share. Both are fully interactive, so you can click any ad to learn more about our advertisers and supporters, and tap the QR codes throughout to explore even more.
Prefer a physical copy? Pick one up free at the Community Center and at Pride events across the Hudson Valley all season long, with more pickup locations coming soon.
What's Inside
This first edition is a snapshot of who we are and what we're building together. Inside the Guide:
Welcome letters from our President, Kade Friedman, and Executive Director, Richard Heyl de Ortiz
Why Showing Up for Pride Matters and How to Pride: A Practical Guide, written by our team
Meet Our Grand Marshal, Maria Espinal
A 2025 Annual Report to the community and a history of the Community Center
A guide to our Well-Being Services, Youth & Family programs, legal clinic, library, and advocacy work
LGBTQ+ affirming resources and crisis lines for the Hudson Valley and beyond
The full Hudson Valley Pride 2026 calendar
The Our Fight Is Love collection and the Apuzzo Hall Gallery open call
A directory of the businesses and organizations who make this work possible
Our Advertisers & Community Supporters
The Pride Guide is made possible by the businesses, organizations, and individuals who chose to stand with us. By advertising in the Guide, they help fund our work, and they send a clear message: that our community is seen, valued, and welcome here.
We're proud to recommend them. When you support these businesses, you strengthen the whole network of people committed to belonging across the Hudson Valley and the Catskills. You'll find the full list of our 2026 supporters inside the Guide.