Pride Month. The time of year when companies and sports teams cover their arenas and stadia in rainbow, and hand out Pride captain's armbands and jersey numbers to their players. Most teams, including many in major U.S. professional leagues, host a Pride Night in June. If you'd like to know where to attend your next Pride Night, read on.
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Arizona Diamondbacks: June 25 vs. Detroit Tigers
Atlanta Braves: June 22 vs. San Francisco Giants
Baltimore Orioles: June 22 vs. Washington Nationals
Boston Red Sox: June 15 vs. Oakland Athletics
Chicago Cubs: June 29 vs. Cincinnati Reds | Out at Wrigley: Sept. 18 vs. Colorado Rockies
Chicago White Sox: June 23 vs. Baltimore Orioles
Cincinnati Reds: June 3 vs. Washington Nationals
Cleveland Guardians: June 25 vs. Boston Red Sox
Colorado Rockies: June 3 vs. Atlanta Braves
Detroit Tigers: June 1 vs. Minnesota Twins
Houston Astros: June 21 vs. New York Mets
Kansas City Royals: June 9 vs. Baltimore Orioles
Los Angeles Angels: June 28 vs. Chicago White Sox
Los Angeles Dodgers: June 3 vs. New York Mets
Miami Marlins: June 2 vs. San Francisco Giants
Milwaukee Brewers: June 8 vs. Philadelphia Phillies
Minnesota Twins: July 15 vs. Chicago White Sox
New York Mets: June 17 vs. Miami Marlins
Oakland A's: June 17 vs. Kansas City Royals
Philadelphia Phillies: June 28 vs. Atlanta Braves
Pittsburgh Pirates: June 17 vs. San Francisco Giants
San Diego Padres: Was on May 6 vs. Miami Marlins
San Francisco Giants: June 11 vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
Seattle Mariners: June 30 vs. Oakland A's
St. Louis Cardinals: June 10 vs. Cincinnati Reds
Tampa Bay Rays: June 4 vs. Chicago White Sox
Toronto Blue Jays: June 3-5 vs. Minnesota Twins
Washington Nationals: June 14th vs. Braves
NFL
Pride Nights are a relatively new phenomenon for top-tier football, as Washington (then Football Team, now Commanders) was the first to host one during a game, and that was last year.
Most teams, combined with the league itself, do off-field initiatives in the LGBTQ+ space, but actual game nights are rare, as Pride Month falls outside the NFL season.
At the time of writing, no NFL teams had announced their themed nights yet, only the regular-season schedule.
WNBA
Atlanta Dream: June 24 and 26: New York Liberty and Connecticut Sun
Chicago Sky: June 10 vs. Connecticut Sun
Connecticut Sun: June 10 vs. Chicago Sky
Indiana Fever: June 9 vs. Phoenix Mercury
New York Liberty: June 28 vs. Dallas Wings
Washington Mystics: June 22 vs. Phoenix Mercury
Dallas Wings: June 25 vs. Phoenix Mercury
Las Vegas Aces: June 5 vs. Dallas Wings
Los Angeles Sparks: June 25 vs. Seattle Storm
Minnesota Lynx: June 12 vs. Indiana Fever
Phoenix Mercury: June 10 vs. Atlanta Dream
Seattle Storm: June 25 vs. Los Angeles Sparks
NBA
Like the NFL, the NBA doesn't tend to focus its attentions on June, because the regular season is in the books and the focus is on the Finals. But individual teams do host Pride Nights on an ad hoc basis, with the Chicago Bulls serving up a fabulous event this year.
Some teams, like the Los Angeles Lakers, host Pride Nights in October, which is LGBTQ+ History Month, while in April last year the Phoenix Suns hosted the first in-person Pride Night since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
But there's no set schedule for Pride Nights in the NBA, so keep an eye on your team's social media.
National Women's Soccer League
Angel City FC: June 7 vs. Houston Dash
Chicago Red Stars: June 1 vs. Washington Spirit
Houston Dash: June 12 v Portland Thorns
Kansas City Current: June 4 vs. San Diego Wave
Gotham FC: June 4 vs. Washington Spirit
North Carolina Courage: July 15 vs. Angel City FC
OL Reign: July 1 vs. North Carolina Courage
Orlando Pride: Was on May 27 vs. Washington Spirit
Portland Thorns: June 3 vs. Angel City FC
Racing Louisville: June 4 vs. North Carolina Courage
San Diego Wave FC: June 8 vs. Portland Thorns
Washington Spirit: June 11 vs. North Carolina Courage | September 10 vs. San Diego Wave
Major League Soccer
Atlanta United: The only home game in June for United is Juneteenth (June 19), so the LGBTQ+ supporters group worked with the club to schedule a Pride watch party on June 25 instead.
Austin FC: June 25 vs. FC Dallas
CF Montreal: August 6 vs. Inter Miami
Charlotte FC: June 30 vs. Austin FC
Chicago Fire FC: June 29 vs. Philadelphia Union
Colorado Rapids: Was May 22 vs. Seattle Sounders
Columbus Crew: June 18 vs. Charlotte FC
DC United: June 25 vs. Nashville SC | August 6 vs. New York Red Bull
FC Cincinnati: July 9 vs. New York Red Bulls
FC Dallas: June 18 vs. Vancouver Whitecaps
Houston Dynamo: June 25 vs. Chicago Fire
Inter Miami: Inter participated in Soccer For All in May but don't seem to have a specific Pride Night scheduled
LA Galaxy: Was on May 29 vs. Austin FC
Los Angeles FC: June 26 vs. New York Red Bulls
Minnesota United: July 30 vs. Portland
Nashville SC: June 11 vs. San Diego Earthquakes
New England Revolution: June 15 vs. Orlando City
New York Red Bulls: TBD
New York City FC: Was on May 22 vs. Chicago Fire
Orlando City SC: October 9 vs. Columbus Crew
Philadelphia Union: June 26 vs. New York City FC
Portland Timbers: June 25 vs. Colorado Rapids
Real Salt Lake: TBD
San Jose Earthquakes: Was on May 22 vs. Sporting Kansas City
Seattle Sounders: June 25 vs. New York City FC
Sporting Kansas City: June 12 vs. New England Revolution
Toronto FC: TBD
Vancouver Whitecaps: July 23 vs. Chicago Fire
Outside the US
Many countries outside of the US tend to do a league-wide Pride Night rather than team by team. The Premier League in England, for example, does Rainbow Laces Day every year, typically in early December, while Australia's men's football league, the A-League, held their first Pride event earlier this year. It was hosted by Adelaide United, who have Josh Cavallo, the league's only out player, on their team.
In the Netherlands, the professional soccer leagues, from the Eredivie down, host a round of fixtures that pay attention to the LGBT+ community, usually timed around International Coming Out Day on October 11.
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