IN THE NEWS

2024

Ridgefield Oral History Project, Preserving Ridgefield’s LGBTQIA+ Stories (Hamlet Hub 6/16/24)

Ridgefield Pride in the Park is a Beloved Celebration of our LGBTQ+ Community (Hamlet Hub, 6/6/24)

The Gift of Joy: Ridgefield Pride and Rodier Flowers Decorate the Town (Hamlet Hub, 5/31/24)

Ridgefield To Celebrate 5th Annual Pride In The Park (Ridgefield Patch, 5/29/24)

Ridgefield plans 5th Pride in the Park celebration: ‘Helps to raise awareness’ (Ridgefield Press, 5/29/24)

Ridgefield’s Pride in the Park on June 1, Parade at 1pm in Ballard Park (Hamlet Hub)

Ridgefield’s 5th annual Pride in the Park (ctvisit.com, May 2024)

Ridgefield Historical Society: Event: Pride in the Park

House Band @ Pride In The Park – School of Rock

Events: Ridgefield Pride in the Park (inRidgefield)

Pride in the Park (Ridgefieldct.gov)

Ridgefield LGBTQ community criticizes new policy preventing Pride flag from flying at Town Hall (Ridgefield Press 5/5/2024)

Ridgefield support group launches for LGBTQ+ teens in Danbury area (CT Insider 1/9/24)

2023

Pride Crosswalk Installed in Ridgefield | Student News (Fox61 Student News 12/29/23)

Lighthouse Partners with Ridgefield CT Pride to Launch New LGBTQ+ Youth Group (Press Release – Kids in Crisis 12/28/23)

PHOTOS: Speakers come together at the Ridgefield Pride Crosswalk Dedication Celebration (Hartford Courant, 10/9/2023)

Pride Crosswalk Dedicated In Ridgefield (Ridgefield Patch-10/9/2023)

More than 100 attendees including government officials gather for Ridgefield Pride Crosswalk dedication and celebration (Hamlet Hub-10/8/23)

Ridgefield LGBTQ+ community paints the town’s first Pride-colored crosswalk (Ridgefield Press, 10/4/2023)

Ridgefield Pride Crosswalk Dedication on Sunday (Hamlet Hub, 10/4/2023)

Pride Crosswalk Dedication (Ridgefieldct.gov community events)

CT trans teen preps for gender-affirming surgery: ‘I’m a girl. I was just born into the wrong body’ (Ridgefield Press, 9/28/2023)

Stories of Ridgefield LGBTQ+ community, young and old, to be preserved in oral history project (Ridgefield Press, 9/23/23)

Ridgefield police commission approves Pride crosswalk for driveway, not road; it’s ‘a start’ (Ridgefield Press, 9/21/23)

LGBTQ youth advocate for Pride crosswalk in Ridgefield after safety concerns squashed plan (Ridgefield Press, 9/8/23)

Ridgefield CT Pride forced to postpone painting LGBTQ+ crosswalk due to safety, regulation concerns (Ridgefield Press 7/27/23)

Opinion: Pride in the Park 2023: A message of love, inclusion, diversity, belonging and hope. (Ridgefield Press, June 6, 2023)

Hamlet Hub (6/5/23) – Emmett Joyce gives moving speech at Ridgefield’s Pride in the Park

Hamlet Hub (6/4/23) Ridgefield’s Pride in the Park Celebrates Community

Hamlet Hub (June 1)

Ridgefield Patch Flag Raising (June 1)

PRESS RELEASE: Ridgefield CT Pride in the Park

PRESS RELEASE: Ridgefield CT Pride (April 2023)

2022

Ridgefield Press November 2022

Ridgefield Press October 2022

Ridgefield Press

Ridgefield Patch

Ridgefield Inaugural Pride Flag Raising

Press Release – Ridgefield CT Pride in the Park 2022

Hamlet Hub (4/28/22) Save the Date! Ridgefield Pride in the Park June 4 , 2022

Ridgefield Patch – Ridgefield Pride in the Park

RidgefieldCT.org community events – Ridgefield Pride in the Park

2021

The Ridgefield Press (11/6/21) Ridgefield reverend decries incident at church over Pride-themed flag

The Hamlet Hub (11/20/21) – Poets celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride Tomorrow in the Gardens at Keeler Tavern

RidgefieldCT.org (9/21/21) – A Garden of Verse: Poets celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride on Tues. Sept. 21

The Ridgefield Press (6/29/21) Ridgefield’s Pride in the Park ‘a resounding success’

Greenwich Time (6/27/21) – Ice cream shop keeps cool to show Pride

CT Insider (6/26/21) – Campbell: Facing criticism, CT ice cream shop keeps cool to show Pride

Fox61 (6/17/21) – ‘It really is drowning out the complaint’ | Ridgefield ice cream shop turns backlash over Pride-inspired flavor into tasty fundraiser

NewsTimes (6/7/21) – Ridgefield, Washington Depot, Danbury events support LGBTQ cause

The Hartford Courant (6/3/21) – Pride month in Connecticut: Protests and prom, music and marches, drag shows, art and celebrations to affirm all LGBTQ people

News12 the Bronx 6/7/21) – Guide: Pride Month events in the tri-state area

Ctvisit.com – Pride celebrations 2021

CT Voice (6/7/21) – Pride 2021 Connecticut Voice

The New York Times (6/3/21) – Pride Is Coming Back to New York. Check Out These Events.

WTNH – List: Pride month celebrations, community events for 2021

InRidgefield.com (6/2021) – Ridgefield Pride in the Park

CT Post (5/24/21) – Celebrate Pride month in Connecticut this year with drag queens, virtual parades, film festivals and more

Mommy Poppins – Ridgefield Pride in the Park

Stayhappening.com – Ridgefield Pride in the Park

2019

The Ridgefield Press (6/17/19) – Rainbow flags and mom hugs usher in Ridgefield’s

first pride day

The Ridgefield Press (6/10/19) – Pride in the Park: picnic will celebrate LGBTQ+ community

The Ridgefield Press (6/6/19) – Ridgefield holds first annual Pride in the Park

The Hamlet Hub (5/15/19) – Ridgefield Pride in the Park on June 15