International March Against Homophobia Vallarta Pride Puerto Vallarta Pride Parade. and Canadian friends and supporters to help them provide HIV medication, PrEP, counseling services, lab work, and transgender support to the over 2,500 locals that make use of SETAC services. Vallarta Lifestyles Restaurant Week International Sunset Memorial. So, while tourism is now picking up and is expected to continue expanding this year, they are not yet out of the woods by any means, and are still counting on donations from U.S. This event has been happening since 2013 and. They’re predicting that it will be well into 2022 before the local economy recovers enough for businesses to be able to start supporting them again in the ways they traditionally have. Also known as Our Vallarta Pride, Nuestro Orgullo Vallarta is a festival developed for the local LGBTQ community. Since then, with so many in the businesses struggling not to go bankrupt, SETAC has had to rely on occasional donations from international supporters just to keep the doors open. This community saw its revenues dry up virtually overnight when the tourist trade shut down completely in Spring 2020. The global COVID-19 Pandemic hit SETAC particularly hard, like so many other nonprofits around the world, because they have relied so much on financial support from Vallarta’s LGBT business community since they began more than 11 years ago. These events, which support SETAC – a non-profit community and wellness center whose mission is to reduce HIV and other STDs in the Banderas Bay region through education, detection and prevention – range from camping experiences to a Red Dress Party, and everything in between. One Beach Street is located in the heart of the Romantic Zone where 99 of the events for Vallarta Pride will take place. Hotels for Vallarta Pride One Beach Street Puerto Vallarta. Cultural, artistic and recreational events outside of the club scene were part of this first edition. Puerto Vallarta has over 20 gay bars, all next to each other and ready to welcome you all during this big, weeklong celebration of the LGBT Community. In celebrating Gay Pride in Puerto Vallarta, Nuestro Orgullo went beyond typical circuit parties.
Pink & Proud Puerto Vallarta partnered with both organizations for their pride week. So, this year, there were more Pride events for locals and visitors to enjoy. Nuestro Orgullo Vallarta (Our Vallarta Pride), is an LGBTQ+ festival developed by and for the local community that is separate from Vallarta Pride, which has been organized since 2013 by ACT LGBT, a non-profit organization representing the various interests of LGBT owned and managed businesses. The Official Opening Party of the Vallarta Pride 2020 will be at the facilities of The Top Sky Bar at Almar Resort with a pink dinner (pink attire suggested). A new pride organization has emerged in Puerto Vallarta. Mantamar Beach Club & Sushi will receive the attendees at the first official pool party of the Pride Week in Puerto Vallarta.