2024 Tucson Pride Parade
Tucson Pride Parade 2024
Friday, September 27, 6- 9 PM
Armory Park
Join us on for an evening of celebration, awareness, and community as we unite the 2024 Tucson Pride Parade with AIDSWALK Tucson! Tucson Pride is proud of this partnership with Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation to bring our community together for two iconic events in one evening.
The 2024 Tucson Pride Parade will follow AIDSWALK Tucson, filling the streets with vibrant colors, lights, and celebration of our beautiful, diverse community.
Don’t miss this special event featuring food trucks, vendors, live performances, and fun for all ages! Bring your friends, family, and allies for an evening of empowerment, celebration, and solidarity.
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Tucson Pride Parade 2024 Grand Marshal
Jess Losoya
Tucson Pride is proud to present our 2024 Grand Marshal, Jess Losoya! Jess was selected through a community-wide nomination process by a panel of LGBTQ+ leaders. Jess will lead the Tucson Pride Parade on September 27th through the streets of Tucson!
About Jess Losoya
Jess is a devoted advocate for the LGBTQ+ community, exemplifying resilience and leadership in both his personal and professional life. Since joining the Amity Foundation in 2011, Jess has been instrumental in supporting marginalized individuals, particularly those affected by addiction, trauma, and incarceration. His passion for this work is deeply rooted in his personal history with foster care, abuse, addiction, and incarceration, which have instilled in him a profound compassion and dedication to helping others. After transforming his life with the support of mentors at Amity, Jess has become a powerful advocate for many and a vocal champion for LGBTQ+ rights.
Jess serves on the board of the YWCA of Southern Arizona, volunteers with nonprofits such as the Tucson Interfaith HIV/AIDS Network (TIHAN), the Center for Health and Hope, and other community organizations, and holds the position of Vice Chair on the Pima County Outside Agencies committee. Jess’s leadership and dedication have significantly impacted both the LGBTQ+ community and the wider Southern Arizona region. Jess and his husband Scott Blades live in Tucson.
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Featuring Special Guest
Erin Wolfe
Tucson Pride and Tucson Queerstory’s are proud to host Erin Wolfe, niece of Richard Heakin Jr. Richard was tragically murdered in Tucson on June 6th, 1976 by a group of local youths who would only be given probation for the crime. Erin will ride in the parade under a banner in remembrance of her uncle.
Richard’s murder galvanized Tucson’s queer community, and as a result, the Tucson Lesbian and Gay Pride Committee (TLGPC), which later became Tucson Pride, became actively involved in the wider community, becoming more visible, engaging with the City Council and police department to advocate for the queer community. Through the City Council, education about queer people and the community was offered for the council, police and fire departments. In 1977, the City of Tucson passed some of the nation's earliest anti-discrimination ordinances to protect the queer community. Our voice and presence was acknowledged and the beginning of our acceptance in the larger community grew because of Richard Heakin.
