Below you’ll find a (non-exhaustive) list of information and resources compiled by CSET team members to help us learn from, support, and celebrate LGBTQIA+ Pride Month.
- Learn About & Engage With LGBTQIA+ Community in Emerging Tech/National Security:
- Queer in AI – A group established by queer scientists dedicated to raising awareness of queer issues in AI/ML.
- Out in National Security – Non-profit that seeks to build community, promote allyship, and seek equality in opportunities for queer national security professionals.
- Out in Tech – As the world’s largest non-profit community of LGBTQIA+ tech leaders Out in Tech allows its members to grow their careers, expand their professional networks, and leverage technology for social change.
- Out in STEM – a non-profit that empowers LGBTQIA+ people in STEM to succeed personally, academically, and professionally by cultivating environments and communities that nurture innovation, leadership, and advocacy.
- National Security & Foreign Policy LGBTQIA+ 2022 New Voices List – Out in National Security and New America, honor the contributions of 50 LGBTQIA+ experts in National Security and Foreign Policy.
- Attend an LGBTQIA+ Pride Month Event
- DC Pride Parade – Logan Circle & Dupont Circle (June 10th)
- DC Pride Festival – Americas Mainstreet Pennsylvania Ave NW (June 11th)
- Outspoken: A Night of Queer Expression – Busboys & Poets (June 5th)
- Arlington Pride Weekend – Arlington, VA ( June 23rd – June 25th)
- Pride in the Plaza – Veterans Plaza in Downtown Silver Spring (June 25th)
- Rockville Pride – Rockville Townsquare (June 24th)
- Baltimore Pride Parade – Charles Street in Baltimore, MD (June 24th)
- Pride Party at Little District Books – Capitol Hill (June 22nd)
- Pride on the Pier – The Wharf (June 10th)
- Pride Poetry Night – Politics & Prose (June 23rd)
- Pride Poetry Slam – Dupont Underground (June 17th)
- Clockout DC – The Pride Events Guide – Washington, DC 2023
- DC Trans Events – Trans Guide to Pride
- DC Trans Events – The Guide to Pride – 6/1-6/15
- Dine at LGBTQIA+ owned restaurants:
- Shop at LGBTQIA+ owned businesses:
- Capital Candy Jar
- Little District Books
- “PROUD” Opening Reception – Shop Made in DC Georgetown (June 2nd)
- Read Books by LGBTQIA+ Authors:
- Less by Andrew Sean Greer
- Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
- Real Life by Brandon Taylor
- On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
- All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
- Boy Erased by Garrard Conley
- In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
- Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
- The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen
- Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo
- Gideon the Ninth (and sequels) by Tamsyn Muir
- The Jasmine Throne (and sequel) by Tasha Suri
- A Memory Called Empire (and sequel) by Arkady Martine
- Venus Envy by Rita Mae Brown
- Listen to an LGBTQIA+ Podcast:
- Donate to LGBTQIA+ causes:
- LGBTQIA+ Instagram Accounts to follow:
- Reflection and Resources:
Please note: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in the various information above belong solely to the author/organization/etc., and do not necessarily reflect the view of the Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), Georgetown University, and/or other groups or individuals.