{"id":118524,"date":"2023-05-17T22:14:59","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T02:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=118524"},"modified":"2023-05-17T22:14:59","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T02:14:59","slug":"bradbury-sullivan-lgbt-community-center-announces-2023-lehigh-valley-pride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=118524","title":{"rendered":"Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center Announces 2023 Lehigh Valley Pride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BETHLEHEM, PA <\/strong>&#8211; Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center proudly announces that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bradburysullivancenter.org\/pride\"><u>2023<\/u><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bradburysullivancenter.org\/pride\"><u>Lehigh Valley Pride<\/u><\/a> will take place on <strong>Sunday, August 20<\/strong>, from 2 to 8:30 p.m., at the SteelStacks (101 Founders Way, Bethlehem, PA 18015).<\/p>\n<p>For decades, Lehigh Valley Pride has been a vibrant community event celebrating LGBTQ+ arts and culture while connecting thousands of community members to local resources. This year, Lehigh Valley Pride is celebrating its 30th anniversary!<\/p>\n<p>Accessibility features will include ASL interpretation on stage, ADA restrooms, large-print Pride guides, alcohol-free experiences, reserved seating for older adults and people with disabilities, and reserved parking near the festival entrances.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The monumental achievement of Lehigh Valley Pride&#8217;s 30th year is already so much to appreciate and celebrate. Looking forward to 2023 Lehigh Valley Pride, there are so many things to be excited about,&#8221; said Ashley L. Coleman, Executive Director at Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center. &#8220;We are thrilled to announce that this will be a free festival. Pride fosters Queer joy and liberation; we as a community need that now more than ever.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We invite our community and allies to join us at the 30th anniversary of Lehigh Valley Pride,&#8221; added Christian Orr, Senior Events Manager at Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center. &#8220;Celebrate with joy, be seen, and be heard at Lehigh Valley Pride; our 30th anniversary will be our biggest and best Pride yet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>About Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bradburysullivancenter.org\/\">www.BradburySullivanCenter.org<\/a>):<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bradburysullivancenter.org\/\"><u>Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center<\/u><\/a> provides arts, health, youth, and education programming to support and build the LGBTQ+ community across the Lehigh Valley and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nBraden Hudak | Communications Coordinator<br \/>\n(he, him, his)<br \/>\nBradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center<br \/>\n522 West Maple Street<br \/>\nat Bayard Rustin Way<br \/>\nAllentown, PA 18101<br \/>\nBradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bradburysullivancenter.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.bradburysullivancenter.org\/<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BETHLEHEM, PA &#8211; Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center proudly announces that 2023 Lehigh Valley Pride will take place on Sunday, August 20, from 2 to 8:30 p.m., at the SteelStacks (101 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=118524\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center Announces 2023 Lehigh Valley Pride<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118525,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/pride-fest.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118524"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=118524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/118525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=118524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=118524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=118524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}