Building Community Through Southeastern CT, Southern RI, and Beyond Since 2023.
Grassroots lgbtq+ group, focused on intersectional community building.
We believe that community does not end at town lines.
In a time of great fear and uncertainty, Stonington Pride is a grassroots community-building, joy-creating, kindness-spreading, space-making, neighbor-serving machine!
Deeply intersectional and flexible, our mission is to go where we are needed, show up as we are needed, and love however we can to help make our communities better, kinder, safer, more inclusive places.
Investing In Community
Free Pride Flags
One of our early initiatives to try and help queer folk in Stonington feel more seen and welcome was to get more pride flags up.
We figured the easiest way to do that was to remove as many barriers as possible for people.
So, we started offering free pride flags to anyone who lives or owns a business in the area and wants to display them!
Crafty Community Meet Ups
One of our most popular recurring events is our bi-weekly Crafty Community Meet Ups.
People of all types & ages coming together to just spend time together while working on crafts!
Join us!
Not your vibe? We have so many other cool events going on!
Kindness Stones
Folks have been creating these kindness stones at our events for the past 3 years.
We seal them with weather-proof protectant and place them throughout the community, and give them to others to do the same to spark some joy for a passer-by.
Have YOU found any of our kindness stones in your travels?
❊ FAQs
You’ve got questions,
we’ve got answers
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We were founded in 2023, and have been investing in our community ever since!
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Nope, we are a grassroots group doing good wherever we can!
That said, we have been growing quickly, and non-profit incorporation is on our horizon.
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We don’t have a brick & mortar yet. That means we get to work with some amazing folks in our community for our events.
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Absolutely you can!
We are always looking for folks to help out at events, or be on our planning teams.
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Since we aren’t a nonprofit, Stonington Pride can’t accept donations
However, if you’d like to support us financially, you can do so through our co-founder/organizer Farrah Garland's BuyMeACoffee.
Farrah funds most of our projects directly, and now has a dedicated space to be able to track incoming support for those who would like to support them, and us, in making our Stonington Pride dreams a reality.
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Endless ways to help build community.
