Sonoma County Pride

03/30/2026

Parade registration for Sonoma County Pride 2026 is officially open!

We invite community groups, businesses, nonprofits, and organizations to join us for the Pride Parade on June 6, 2026.

This year’s theme, “Pride & True: Advance, Advocate, Act Up,” calls us to show up, be visible, and celebrate together.

🔗 Register here:
https://eventhub.net/events/Sonoma-County-Pride---2026-Parade_7274

Space is limited—secure your spot today!

03/25/2026

Mason Whiteside was detained for spray painting the walkways that had been removed by city officials earlier.

03/25/2026

🚨 Vendor Registration is NOW OPEN! 🚨

Join us for Sonoma County Pride 2026 – Pride & True: Advance, Advocate, Act Up 🌈

Our festival is back June 6, 2026, and vendor spaces are expected to go FAST. Don’t miss your chance to be part of one of the North Bay’s largest and most vibrant celebrations of community, visibility, and pride.

👉 Secure your spot today:
https://eventhub.net/events/Sonoma-County-Pride---2026-Festival_7273

⏳ Don’t wait—spaces are limited!

03/24/2026

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**We have the power and are claiming it together. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.** **We will march north on Santa Rosa Ave to join the main event at Old Courthouse Square!** What began in 2025 as a single day of defiance has become a sustained national resistance to tyranny, spreading from small t...

03/19/2026

03/17/2026

On Monday, the Idaho House passed HB 752, a bill that would ban transgender bathroom access in businesses and government buildings

03/13/2026

Following the removal and restoration of the pride flag at Sonoma Valley High School in January, Sonoma Valley Unified School District leaders will discuss the issue in June.

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03/13/2026

🌈 THANK YOU, SONOMA COUNTY! 🌈

We are incredibly honored to be voted Best LGBTQ Event in Sonoma County in the Best of the North Bay 2026 awards. This recognition belongs to our entire community.

Sonoma County Pride is powered by the passion, dedication, and love of our volunteers, sponsors, community partners, performers, and attendees who show up year after year to celebrate visibility, equality, and pride.

Because of you, Pride continues to grow as a powerful space where our LGBTQ+ community and allies come together to advance, advocate, and act up for a more inclusive future.

Thank you for believing in Sonoma County Pride and for helping make our events a place where everyone can celebrate who they are. We can’t wait to celebrate with you again June 5–7, 2026!

🏳️‍🌈 With gratitude,
Sonoma County Pride

03/10/2026

In a landmark decision, a federal judge has ruled that health care company Aetna's blanket denial of coverage for facial feminisation surgery (FFS) for transgender women amounts to s*x discrimination under the Affordable Care Act.

This ruling, issued on Sunday (8 March) by the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, marks a significant shift towards requiring major insurers to evaluate claims for gender-affirming surgeries on an individualised basis rather than dismissing them as purely cosmetic.

The case began with six transgender women who faced denials under Aetna's Clinical Policy Bulletin 0615, which categorically excludes all gender-affirming facial procedures from coverage.

“To be clear, the issue is not whether Aetna’s policy exclusion prohibits this type of gender-affirming care, but rather that Aetna’s policy exclusion prohibits only transgender individuals, the only individuals who can experience gender dysphoria, from receiving this type of gender-affirming care. Thus, when Aetna decided that facial gender-affirming procedures “performed as a component of a gender transition [were] not medically necessary and cosmetic,” Aetna prohibited only transgender individuals from seeking this medical care, and thus discriminated on the basis of s*x,” wrote Judge Bolden in his ruling.

The ruling could set a powerful precedent for future class actions, with plaintiffs seeking broader certification that could benefit all transgender women denied FFS coverage by Aetna. With this legal framework in place, there is potential for challenging similar practices across the insurance industry as discriminatory.

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