Vergennes Opera House mixes drag, burlesque and Pride

The Vergennes Opera House stage has seen shows like the one coming next Saturday… but chances are you maybe haven’t! A drag/burlesque variety show — Pride Edition — will take the stage on Saturday, Oct. 19, from 7-10 p.m. Come and celebrate love and diversity with a fabulous evening (for those 18+) of comedy, burlesque, drag and pole performances that showcase the talents of the local LGBTQ+ community.

When the Middlebury Pride Festival began two years ago, it was just a little parade but it had a big impact. The 2022 event, organized by the Middlebury Teen Center and Ilsley Public Library, drew fewer than 100 people, but the teens involved were buoyed … (read more)

On June 25, 2023, the 40th anniversary of the state of Vermont’s first Pride march, Middlebury hosted its second annual Pride festival on the Middlebury Town Green.

On Tuesday, June 20, students at Vergennes Union High School along with a big swath of the broader community hosted Vergennes’s first ever Pride Parade and celebration as a direct response to a talk by an anti-trans activist at VUHS.

For the second year in a row, MiddPride, a project of the Teen Center, this month is hosting events geared toward queer and trans youth.

As many folks have heard, the Pride Flag that has flown in various versions for several years outside the Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Sanctuary at the corner of Duane Ct. and Charles St. was ripped down in an act of vandalism Sunday afternoon.

The Vermont Folklife Center and the Pride Center of Vermont announce the opening of “Pride 1983,” a new online exhibit. Through interviews with organizers, photographs and scanned images of historic documents “Pride 1983” explores the origins and lasting … (read more)