Northern Colorado Pride will come to Greeley in August for the first time in its nearly 20-year history.
As Greeley prepares for its first Northern Colorado Pride, a separate celebration of Pride in the city just completed its third annual event in June. Although different, the two celebrations share one common goal: to create a safe space for the local LGBTQ+ community.
Two years ago, Andromeda D’Angelo Stanfield and Simone Perry teamed up to organize Greeley Pride after the High Plains Library District canceled its annual Greeley Popup Pride Celebration. The 2023 event launched the JEDI Advocacy Council of Greeley, a nonprofit focused on bringing spaces, events, programs and resources to local people who identity as LGBTQ+, which stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer.
In 2023, Greeley Pride had only 600 attendees, doubling the following year to 1,400 people.
On June 28, the JEDI Advocacy Council of Greeley’s third annual Greeley Pride brought 1,200 attendees to Aims Community College. The celebration included performers like the TransHarmonic Choir, free vaccines, inspiring speakers, interactive workshops and more.
The TransHarmonic Choir, part of the umbrella of the Northern Colorado Regional Ensembles, performs at Greeley Pride on Saturday, June 28, 2025, at Aims Community College. (Raine Emerson/Courtesy)“I’m so grateful to have the opportunity to exist in queer spaces, to meet so many cool humans and to enjoy expressing myself and sharing my silly little art with all of you,” attendee Cae Allen said.
From the High Plains Pride cancellation to recent threats to LGBTQ+ rights under the Trump administration, the JEDI Advocacy Council of Greeley recognizes the importance of its services and resources reaching everyone.
So, when Stanfield became the president of Northern Colorado Equality, the organization that puts on Northern Colorado Pride, accessibility became a priority. Northern Colorado Pride, one of the longest-running pride events in the area, has taken place in Fort Collins since its inception, but recently the team decided to rotate the event between Greeley, Loveland and Fort Collins.
Last year, Loveland’s first Northern Colorado Pride event drew in nearly 4,500 people. This year, the event will make its way to Greeley from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug.10 at Island Grove Event Center.
The fully-accessible, indoor event, sponsored by UCHealth, will have over 80 vendors, an artist alley, a Kids’ Korner, food trucks, a beer garden, live entertainment and resources, according to Stanfield.
“Northern Colorado Pride should be more about accessibility and resources,” Stanfield said.
In January 2025, President Donald Trump entered his second term, pushing for executive orders that target LGBTQ+ Americans and their rights, particularly transgender and non-binary individuals.
On Inauguration Day, he declared the federal government would only recognize two genders, male and female. Under the order, the government prohibits individuals from using gender markers that reflect their identities on official documents, like passports, forcing them to use their assigned sex at birth.
Additionally, he ordered the reinstatement of a military ban on transgender service members, revoked protections for LGBTQ+ federal employees and restricted federal funding for youth gender-affirming care. Another executive action aimed to disband diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives within the federal government.
During these attacks on the LGBTQ+ community, the Trump administration further ordered to shut down the national LGBTQ+ youth suicide hotline, available as an option through the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, effective July 17.
In 2023, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report found that 41% of LGBTQ+ youth considered attempting suicide in the past year, and 20% attempted suicide.
“Right now, resources are more important than ever, as people are feeling the effects of what’s happening in the country,” Stanfield said. “It’s harder than ever for the queer community to find work and living spaces, and everybody’s fighting for their lives.”
Greeley has space for LGBTQ+ lives
In its third year of Greeley Pride, the JEDI Advocacy Council looks to the future of its nonprofit.
For nearly two years, the nonprofit that hosts four annual events and eight monthly programs has been operating on limited funding, according to Stanfield. Events like Greeley Pride and Found Family Thanksgiving bring in revenue, but the team looked to generate additional funding at this year’s Pride event by hosting an after-party.
Greeley Does Drag hosted the after party, a fundraiser drag show, in the Aims Community College Welcome Center. Ticket sales for the event will go toward securing a permanent location for JEDI Advocacy Council operations, potentially in a room at First Congregational Church.
“We’re providing space,” Stanfield said. “In the community circle at the end of the first Greeley Pride, we were told that what we really needed was community spaces that are queer. We’ve done everything we can to create those.”
Greeley Pride organizers thanked their champion sponsors, Rocky Mountain Equality, City of Greeley, Stoddard Funeral and Cremation and Sunset Memorial Gardens and PFLAG Greeley’s ASL interpreter, for making the annual event possible.
The Greeley Pride event, Saturday, June 25, 2025, at Aims Community College had an ASL interpreter to ensure activities like speakers and performers were accessible to all attendees. (Istana Castillo/Courtesy)For more information on the JEDI Advocacy Council of Greeley, go to jedigreeley.org.
To access LGBTQ+ crisis support, call the Trevor Project at 1-866-488-7386 or go to www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help.
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