1973
- The American Psychiatric Association removes homosexuality from its list of mental disorders.
- During the Gay Pride Week celebration in Minneapolis, 150 people march, attend a picnic, dance, softball game, and canoeing event.
1974
- Minneapolis and St. Paul adopt gay rights ordinances that prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation.
1980
- 2,000 people attend Gay Pride Week in Loring Park.
1981
- Working with the Minnesota Civil Liberties Union, the Pride Committee wins the right to block off a portion of Hennepin Avenue for the parade portion of the event.
- The annual event is renamed Lesbian-Gay Pride, and later modified to Lesbian and Gay Pride.
1992
- Attendance at Twin Cities Pride reaches 20,0000.
1995
- Twin Cities Pride expands beyond the parade into a festival that includes a lineup of performers on multiple stages. Over 100,000 people attend.
1998
- Attendance at Twin Cities Pride doubles to 200,000.
2013
- On August 1, same-sex couples win the right to legally marry in Minnesota.
2015
- On the weekend following the Supreme Court’s ruling that same-sex marriage is legal nationwide, almost 500,000 people turn out for Twin Cities Pride, the highest attendance in the festival’s history.
2018
- A report from the University of Minnesota Extension estimates that the Minnesota Pride celebration generated an estimated $13.4 million of economic activity in Hennepin County.
2021
- After being cancelled in 2020 due to COVID-19, an estimated 150,000 people return to Loring Park in July to celebrate the 49th annual Twin Cities Pride.
2022
- The Twin Cities Pride Festival will celebrate its 50th anniversary in Loring Park on June 25 – 26. Learn more by visiting TCPRIDE.ORG.