Tulsa Pride

🌈 Happy Pride Month! 🌈

This June, we celebrate the strength, joy, and diversity of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. Pride honors our history, uplifts our present, and fuels our fight for a future where everyone can live authentically and safely.

🏳️‍🌈 Pride is joy.
🏳️‍⚧️ Pride is resilience.
💖 Pride is community.

Happy Pride Month! 🌈

Today, we remember Dustin Parker, a 25-year-old transgender man from McAlester whose life mattered deeply. Dustin was a loving husband, a devoted father to four children, and someone who showed up for his community. As a founder of the McAlester chapter of Oklahomans for Equality, he helped provide space, and care for others.

Dustin was tragically murdered on New Year’s Day 2020, the first transgender American killed that year. While an individual has recently turned themselves in, the loss of Dustin remains no less devastating.

Dustin’s life, and the tragedy of his murder, was formally recognized in the U.S. Congress when Kendra S. Horn read his name into the Congressional Record in January 2020, a permanent tribute ensuring he will never be forgotten.

We also must acknowledge the broader and heartbreaking pattern of fatal violence facing transgender people. In 2025 alone, at least 27 transgender and gender-diverse people were reported murdered in the United States, a stark reminder of the disproportionate violence the community continues to endure.

Dustin’s life has meaning. His family has meaning. Our communities are stronger when we protect one another and ensure everyone has the chance to live safely and fully.

We honor Dustin by remembering him, and by continuing the work of building a more just and compassionate Oklahoma.

🔗:https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2020-01-10/pdf/CREC-2020-01-10-pt1-PgH151-7.pdf

Pride organizers, this space is for YOU.

Across Oklahoma and the Great Plains, organizers are building Pride in small towns with courage, creativity, and community. But you don’t have to do it alone.

Pride Across the Plains (March 27–28) will focus on:
✔️ Planning essentials
✔️ Funding & sustainability
✔️ Safety & messaging
✔️ Building a durable peer support network

Let’s strengthen Pride across our region together.

🔗 FAQ:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQYBt9S5cHybgXg28X-6n-0-NwvfXaBBVukLGIWCxlN-m_7G7WdUSwMICETI0Zo6ruVMUihucbQ4i2a/pub

📝 Register:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf5os6UVl-pD869mTsYReVtF3KFZ9dEc84r4UHoeJFkNVGfGQ/viewform

🍕 Oktoberfest Flavor Meets a Good Cause! 🍻

This mouthwatering masterpiece at Lofi Tulsa starts with our housemade sourdough crust, topped with olive oil, smoked provolone, caraway seeds, sauerkraut, caramelized onion, and bacon cheddar bratwurst, finished with a drizzle of honey mustard, pecorino, and green onions. 😋🌈

Hurry! October’s almost over! Grab this limited-time, Oktoberfest-inspired pie and support the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center while you can. 💖✨