API Pride

Our DC Metro Area Asian and Pacific Islander (API) community welcomes you to API Pride, during WorldPride 2025. Our tapestry of events honors the diverse, rich cultural heritage, achievements, and contributions of the API LGBTQ+ community and strives to spark us with the joy to thrive and create change in the world.

This Coalition initiative recognizes the often-missing intentional celebration of queer API identity within mainstream Pride events, creating spaces where individuals can see themselves reflected beyond the crowd – on stage, in leadership, and at the heart of the celebration. Through social gatherings, cultural showcases, leadership panels, and artistic performances, API Pride will weave together the diverse stories and experiences that strengthen our community bonds across both queer and API lines. Come be part of a movement that honors our histories, embraces our multifaceted identities, and ensures that queer API voices are heard loud and clear on a global stage.

API Pride is proudly produced by the Queer and Trans Asian and Pacific Islander (QTAPI) Coalition, a Capital Pride Alliance partner that includes AQUA DC, APIQS, Khush DC, KQT DC, Caribbean Equality Project, and NQAPIA, among others.