Trinity Celebrates Pride
We believe the goodness of God’s creation is expressed in the lives and witness of LGBTQ+ people, who are an integral, inextricable part of our community — and the global church.
Trinity Church in New York City celebrates Pride and fully welcomes and affirms lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people. Everyone is invited to participate fully in our worship and programs.
June Events
Every June, we commemorate Pride Month. It’s a time to celebrate our God-given identities and recommit to the work of liberation for all LGBTQ+ people.
To kick off the celebration, we raise the Progress Pride Flag at Trinity Church on Sunday, June 2.
Raising of the Pride Flag
Sunday, June 2 | 12:30pm
Trinity Church
It’s our tradition to raise Progress Pride flags outside Trinity Church and St. Paul’s Chapel during Pride Month. The flags remind us of our commitment to celebrating and blessing the lives and gifts of our lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer siblings. The Progress Pride flag was designed in 2018 to better acknowledge trans people and Black and brown members of the LBGTQ+ community.
Anti-Prom at NYPL
Friday, June 21 | 6:30pm
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
The New York Public Library hosts this popular annual event for teens that celebrates personal expression. Created in 2004, this free program for ages 12–18 and offers an inclusive, safe space for attendees to embrace their sexuality, gender identity, culture, and style of dress. Trinity Youth members are invited to join this year’s celebration, which will feature snacks, dancing, and special book giveaways.
Holding Space for Pride: LGBTQ+ Community Gathering & Service
Wednesday, June 26 | 5:30–7:30pm
Trinity Commons and Trinity Church; Online
Mark the end of Pride Month with a community gathering that will celebrate LGBTQ+ life while providing space to grieve, name our fears and anxieties, and look toward the future with hope. A guided discussion and light meal will be followed by a reflective, affirming service in Trinity Church. For online attendees, the service will be livestreamed starting at 6:45pm. Open to all; LGBTQ+ community members as well as allies are invited to take part. Spanish facilitation will be offered during in-person group discussion. Facilitated by Trinity’s Pastoral Care team in collaboration with the Psychotherapy and Spirituality Institute (PSI).
Pride Sunday
Sunday, June 30 | 11:15am
Trinity Church
During Pride Sunday service, our Prayers of the People remind us God created humankind, in all our diversity, in the very image and likeness of God — and declared us good.
NYC Pride March
Sunday, June 30 | 1pm
Trinity joins LGBTQ+ Episcopalians and allies from across the Diocese of New York at the NYC Pride March, an annual civil rights demonstration that began in 1970, one year after the Stonewall Uprising.
Collect for Pride
A collect is a prayer addressed to God with a specific focus. The Rev. Matt Welsch wrote this Collect for Pride Sunday in 2021: “Teach us to fully and radically love all your children as their true and whole selves.”
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