Navajo Nation to host largest Indigenous Pride in the country for June 2023


THE LARGEST INDIGENOUS LGBTQIA+ PRIDE












Donate
Your contribution will launch our movement forward as we bring LGBTQ+ inclusive events to the most rural and urban areas of the Navajo Nation.
Volunteer
Our Pride Volunteers are the lifeblood of our organization. From our hard-working volunteers to our staff, each person is leading this movement.
Navajo COVID Relief
VIRTUAL ARTSHOW
Your online information resource for all things related to our fight on the Navajo Nation against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Visit our virtual art gallery showcasing Indigenous LGBTQ+ Artists from around the globe.



PRIDE YOUTH LEADERSHIP

In response to requests from American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth, Western States Center partnered with the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians, the Center for Native American Youth, and the Native Youth Leadership Alliance to develop a resource toolkit for and with young Native leaders.
Indigenizing Love is written to support Native youth, tribal communities, Two-Spirit and Native LGBTQIA+ collectives, community leaders, and partners who intend to better understand and support our Two-Spirit and LGBTQIA+ communities.








PRIDE VISION & MISSION

We will honor & celebrate our LGBTQIA+ relatives & reaffirm the sacredness of their identities.
There are countless socio-economic & educational disparities that impact our community. Diné Pride will reintroduce traditional knowledge & teachings that kept our LGBTQIA+ relatives safe & revered - the way our culture recognized at one point in history.

OUR LEADERSHIP

Alray Nelson
Executive Director & Co-Founder
Long before the forced Christian removal of our children to boarding schools, or the Stonewall riots, the Civil Rights Movement, and the fight to recognize marriage equality - it was our Indigenous Nations that recognized and protected our existence as LGBTQIA+ family members since time immemorial.
Hózhó Dooleł represents the beauty within us.
We are unapologetic, fierce,
& resilient LGBTQIA+ warriors.

Curtis Berry
Deputy Director
Being gay, lesbian, trans, bisexual, queer, and two-spirit meant you were a sacred human being that was revered through history by the people. Navajo Nation Pride is reclaiming our traditional knowledge and is advocating for resilient families and our right to be who we are.
This year, as the pandemic comes to an end, we say boldly that we are alive and we are proud. We welcome you back to Diné Pride.
We are a movement to define generations.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Brennen Yonnie | Tohatchi, NM
Josie Raphaelito | Buffalo, NY
Tommy Tsosie | Window Rock, AZ
Shania Skyy | Gila River Indian Community
Jessica Shutiva | Albuquerque, NM
Mariah Lizer | St. Michaels, AZ
Benino Watchman | St. Michaels, AZ
Leslie Lewinsky | San Carlos Apache Nation
Bo Goode | San Carlos Apache Nation
Eddie George | Phoenix, AZ
Vivian Begay | Rock Point, AZ
Autumn Montoya | Torreon, NM
Shawn Allison | Window Rock, AZ
Richard Tsosie | Navajo, NM
