In honor of Pride Month, here are the many regional Prides this month. Colleges are on recess after May, so many college students just can’t participate in a June Pride celebration in Worcester. That’s why, for many years, Worcester Pride has chosen to celebrate pride in September – to include all of the many schools (colleges, as well as secondary schools) in the region.

Celebrate Local Prides:

Boston Pride
June 11, with the festival from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. and the parade from noon-2 p.m.; bostonpride.org.

Rhode Island Pride (Providence)
June 18, with the festival from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. and the night parade, Illumination, from 8-10 p.m.; prideri.com.

Norwalk, Conn. Pride
June 5, with Pride in the Park from noon-8 p.m.; ctgay.org.

North Shore Pride (Salem)
June 25, with parade and festival from noon-6 p.m.; northshorepride.org.

Airspray! Queer Dance Party
June 17 at Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St., Worcester; facebook.com/airspraywstr.

Central Mass LGBT and Friends Breakfast Club
June 12 and 26, Olde Post Office in Grafton; facebook.com/groups/MassLgbtbreakfastclub.

Central Mass LGBTQ MeetUp
Social networking with a goal of a vibrant queer community in Central Massachusetts; facebook.com/LGBTMeetupforCentralMA.

LGBT Asylum Task Force
Volunteer meeting at 6:30 p.m. June 13; lgbtasylum.org.

MB Lounge (21+)
Pajama party with Dance Away Sound at 9 p.m. June 3; DJ Jezz dance party at 9 p.m. June 10; second annual Stonewall party outdoors from 2 p.m.-close June 25; mblounge.com.

New England Pride TV
For links to shows, booking and more information, email nepridetv@gmail.com or visit facebook.com/NEPrideTV.

Worcester Gay Professionals Group
June 13; facebook.com/WorcesterGayPro.

Worcester Pride
First Tuesday at 35 Harvard St., Worcester. Team meetings third Tuesday at Wycked Java, 108 Water St., Worcester; worcesterpride.org or worcesterpride@gmail.com.

Pride Art Show
6-9 p.m. June 21, in conjunction with the Canal District Art Walk, at Wycked Java, 108 Water St., Worcester.

AIDS WALK Boston
Join Worcester Pride at 7:30 a.m. June 5; aidswalkboston.org.

Rainbow Readers
Seven Tears at High Tide by C.B. Lee from 7-9 p.m. June 3 (Grades 9 and up); Murder and Mayhem by Rhys Ford from 6-8 p.m. June 18 (ages 18-80). Both book groups are at Annie’s Book Stop, 65 James St., Worcester; sarahslocum92@gmail.com.

SafeHomes
A peer-led, weekly drop-in night for youth. At the drop-in center on Mann Street in Worcester, SafeHomes provides a free meal and a combination of structured and unstructured social time Thursday nights for youth 14-22; safehomes@thebridgecm.org.

SWAGLY
Another option for LGBTQ+ youth is SWAGLY. Supporters of Worcester Area GLBT Youth’s (SWAGLY) focus on the prevention of HIV and STDs, drug/alcohol abuse and domestic violence. The group, for youth 12-22, meets every Wednesday night at AIDS Project Worcester. There is a meal, social time and a youth leadership program; swagly@aidsprojectworcester.org.

The Rainbow Lunch Club
This club offers LGBTIQA seniors (60+) a nutritious meal and an opportunity to socialize with friends and enjoy various activities, including programs, entertainment and an educational series. Meets the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Worcester, 90 Holden St. Advance reservations are required; 508-756-1545 x404 or wlen@eswa.org.

By John Trobaugh