Leaders of the Capital Pride Alliance, the group that organizes D.C.’s annual LGBTQ Pride celebration, have said a leading topic of discussion at this week’s 2024 Capital Pride events will be the ongoing plans by Capital Pride Alliance and the D.C.
government to host World Pride 2025 in the nation’s capital. In a development that surprised some and thrilled the D.C. LGBTQ community and D.C.
city officials alike, InterPride, the global organization representing more than 400 Pride organizations in at least 70 countries, announced in November 2022 that it selected D.C.
as the host city for World Pride 2025, with Capital Pride Alliance designated as the lead organizer. The decision came after InterPride initially selected the City of Kaohsiung in Taiwan as the 2025 World Pride host city, with D.C.