Are Queer Women Ditching Pride?

Cindy Rizzo
9 min readAug 10, 2018

By Cindy Rizzo

A recent survey taken by the lesbian dating app, HER, and reported in Pink News, Broadly and them, asserted that this is the case. Almost one-third of all the women HER surveyed said that they did not feel welcomed or comfortable at Pride events. The numbers rose even higher among bisexual women and those who identify as queer. And, even more troubling, only 40% of those women who live in an area with a local Pride event said they would be attending.

Why is this the case?

HER’s marketing director offered an explanation, speculating that perhaps Pride events are driving women away because they are too male-dominated.

My Own Survey of Women About Pride

I wondered about that, so I created my own survey to see what I could find out. Surprisingly, I received 256 responses in just a few days. Those who responded were mostly over 40 years old and identify primarily as lesbians.

What my own survey revealed was that, similar to the one sent out by HER, about one-third of the women responding had either never been to a Pride event or had not been in a long while. On the flip side, two-thirds said they either attend every year or every few years.

So now let’s look at their reasons for staying away.

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Cindy Rizzo
Cindy Rizzo

Written by Cindy Rizzo

Is a NYC Jewish lesbian, a long-time activist for social & racial justice, a queer in philanthropy, & a writer about all things LGBT plus lesbian romance.

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