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2025

Hailey’s Day Of Kindness Expands In Ridgefield With Food Drives, Youth Projects (Ridgefield Patch, 12/17/25)

Transgender Awareness Week and Transgender Day of Remembrance (Ridgefield Patch, 11/13/25)

Queen B Coffee Company Sponsors Ridgefield Pride Art Contest For LGBTQ+ History Month (Ridgefield Patch 10/9/2025)

Ridgefield CT Pride Urges Visibility And Support During National Suicide Prevention Week (Ridgefield Press (8/28/2025)

Video – Ridgefield Pride Teaser by Mason Boilla (1:14)

Video – Ridgefield Pride in the Park 2024 by Mason Boilla (22 min)

Article: Keeler Tavern Museum & History Center hosts beloved poet Mark Doty on July 21 – Doty will share the stage with ground-breaking poet/scholar Trace Peterson and winners of the 2025 PRIDE Poetry Contest (Ridgefield Patch, 7/19/2025)

Ridgefield CT Pride in the Park: a beautiful, inclusive, joyous and affirming event! (Ridgefield Patch, 6/6/2025)

6th Annual Ridgefield Pride in the Park, In Photos (Ridgefield Patch, 6/5/2025)

Ridgefield Pride in the Park is SUNDAY, June 1st 12-3pm (Ridgefield Patch, 5/20/2025)

Ridgefield Pride in the Park – Events (inRidgefield, 6/2025)

Ridgefield CT Pride in the Park 2025 Press Release (5/17/2025)

Pride Celebrations 2025 (CTvisit.com)

Ridgefield’s 2025 Pride in the Park: Where, when and who will perform (CT Insider, 5/12/2025)

Pride Poetry Writing Workshop (Ridgefield Patch, 4/11/2025))

Building Bridges: OWLs Host Ridgefield CT Pride at March Meeting (Hamlet Hub, 3/11/2025)

Building Bridges: OWLs Host Ridgefield CT Pride At March Meeting (Ridgefield Patch, 3/11/2025)

SOAR Together (2/27/2025)

Pride Poetry: Workshops, Contest, and Reading (Hamlet Hub 2/26/2025)

2025 Senior Voices Forum Schedule (Ridgefieldct.gov, 2025)

2024

Ridgefield Oral History Project, Preserving Ridgefield’s LGBTQIA+ Stories (Hamlet Hub, 6/16/2024)

Ridgefield Pride in the Park is a Beloved Celebration of our LGBTQ+ Community (Hamlet Hub, 6/6/2024)

The Gift of Joy: Ridgefield Pride and Rodier Flowers Decorate the Town (Hamlet Hub, 5/31/2024)

Ridgefield To Celebrate 5th Annual Pride In The Park (Ridgefield Patch, 5/29/2024)

Ridgefield plans 5th Pride in the Park celebration: ‘Helps to raise awareness’ (Ridgefield Press, 5/29/2024)

Ridgefield’s Pride in the Park on June 1, Parade at 1pm in Ballard Park (Hamlet Hub, 5/18/2024)

Ridgefield’s 5th annual Pride in the Park (ctvisit.com, 5/2024)

Ridgefield Historical Society: Event: Pride in the Park

House Band @ Pride In The Park – School of Rock

Events: Ridgefield Pride in the Park (inRidgefield – 6/2024)

Pride in the Park (Ridgefieldct.gov)

Ridgefield LGBTQ community criticizes new policy preventing Pride flag from flying at Town Hall (Ridgefield Press, 5/5/2024)

Ridgefield support group launches for LGBTQ+ teens in Danbury area (CT Insider, 1/9/2024)

2023

Pride Crosswalk Installed in Ridgefield | Student News (Fox61 Student News, 12/29/23)

Lighthouse Partners with Ridgefield CT Pride to Launch New LGBTQ+ Youth Group (Press Release – Kids in Crisis, 12/28/23)

PHOTOS: Speakers come together at the Ridgefield Pride Crosswalk Dedication Celebration (Hartford Courant, 10/9/2023)

Pride Crosswalk Dedicated In Ridgefield (Ridgefield Patch, 10/9/2023)

More than 100 attendees including government officials gather for Ridgefield Pride Crosswalk dedication and celebration (Hamlet Hub, 10/8/2023)

Ridgefield LGBTQ+ community paints the town’s first Pride-colored crosswalk (Ridgefield Press, 10/4/2023)

Ridgefield Pride Crosswalk Dedication on Sunday (Hamlet Hub, 10/4/2023)

CT trans teen preps for gender-affirming surgery: ‘I’m a girl. I was just born into the wrong body’ (Ridgefield Press, 9/28/2023)

Stories of Ridgefield LGBTQ+ community, young and old, to be preserved in oral history project (Ridgefield Press, 9/23/2023)

Ridgefield police commission approves Pride crosswalk for driveway, not road; it’s ‘a start’ (Ridgefield Press, 9/21/2023)

LGBTQ youth advocate for Pride crosswalk in Ridgefield after safety concerns squashed plan (Ridgefield Press, 9/8/2023)

Ridgefield CT Pride forced to postpone painting LGBTQ+ crosswalk due to safety, regulation concerns (Ridgefield Press, 7/27/2023)

Opinion: Pride in the Park 2023: A message of love, inclusion, diversity, belonging and hope. (Ridgefield Press, 6/6/2023)

Emmett Joyce gives moving speech at Ridgefield’s Pride in the Park (Hamlet Hub, (6/5/2023)

Ridgefield’s Pride in the Park Celebrates Community (Hamlet Hub, 6/4/2023)

Hamlet Hub (6/1/2023)

Ridgefield Patch Flag Raising (Ridgefield Patch, 6/1/2023)

PRESS RELEASE: Ridgefield CT Pride in the Park

PRESS RELEASE: Ridgefield CT Pride (4/2023)

2022

Ridgefield CT Pride hosts LGBTQ-plus youth meet-up: ‘To gather, have fun and make new friendships’ (Ridgefield Press, 11/2022)

Ridgefield Pride youth, family support groups offer camaraderie: ‘They’re not alone’ (Ridgefield Press, 10/2/2022)

Photos: Ridgefield’s Pride in the Park draws crowds, ‘They are valued and cared about.’ (News Times, 6/7 2022)

Photos: Ridgefield’s Pride in the Park draws crowds, ‘They are valued and cared about.’ (Ridgefield Press, 6/7/2022)

Pride month events in CT to celebrate the LGBTQ community (News Times, 5/24/2022)

Ridgefield to Raise LGBTQ Flag Over Town Hall in June (Ridgefield Patch, 5/25/2022)

Celebrate Ridgefield Pride in the Park this June (inRidgefield, 5/20/2022)

Press Release – Ridgefield Inaugural Pride Flag Raising

Press Release – Ridgefield CT Pride in the Park 2022

Save the Date! Ridgefield Pride in the Park June 4 , 2022 (Hamlet Hub (4/28/2022)

2021

Ridgefield reverend decries incident at church over Pride-themed flag (The Ridgefield Press, 11/6/2021)

Poets celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride Tomorrow in the Gardens at Keeler Tavern (The Hamlet Hub, 11/20/2021)

A Garden of Verse: Poets celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride on Tues. Sept. 21 (RidgefieldCT.org, 9/21/2021)

Ridgefield’s Pride in the Park ‘a resounding success’ (The Ridgefield Press, 6/29/2021)

Ice cream shop keeps cool to show Pride (Greenwich Time, 6/27/2021)

Campbell: Facing criticism, CT ice cream shop keeps cool to show Pride (CT Insider, 6/26/2021)

‘It really is drowning out the complaint’ | Ridgefield ice cream shop turns backlash over Pride-inspired flavor into tasty fundraiser (Fox61, 6/17/2021)

Ridgefield, Washington Depot, Danbury events support LGBTQ cause (NewsTimes, 6/7/2021)

Pride month in Connecticut: Protests and prom, music and marches, drag shows, art and celebrations to affirm all LGBTQ people (The Hartford Courant, 6/3/2021)

Guide: Pride Month events in the tri-state area (News12 the Bronx, 6/7/2021)

Ctvisit.com – Pride celebrations 2021

Pride 2021 Connecticut (Voice CT Voice, 6/7/21)

Pride Is Coming Back to New York. Check Out These Events. (The New York Times, 6/3/2021)

List: Pride month celebrations, community events for 2021 (WTNH)

Ridgefield Pride in the Park (InRidgefield.com, 6/2021)

Celebrate Pride month in Connecticut this year with drag queens, virtual parades, film festivals and more (CT Post, 5/24/2021)

Mommy Poppins – Ridgefield Pride in the Park

Stayhappening.com – Ridgefield Pride in the Park

2019

Rainbow flags and mom hugs usher in Ridgefield’s (The Ridgefield Press, 6/17/2019)

Rainbow flags and mom hugs usher in Ridgefield’s first pride day (The Ridgefield Press, 6/17/2019)

Pride in the Park: picnic will celebrate LGBTQ+ community (The Ridgefield Press, 6/10/2019)

Ridgefield holds first annual Pride in the Park (The Ridgefield Press, 6/6/19)

Ridgefield Pride in the Park on June 15 (The Hamlet Hub, 5/15/2019)