Who We Are
Yachats Pride, Inc. is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2017 on the central Oregon Coast. We exist to celebrate, support, and center the LGBTQIA+ community in Yachats and beyond, through an annual three-day Pride festival that is free, accessible, and entirely community-built.
OUR STORY
Yachats Pride started the way the best things do, with a small group of people who believed their community deserved to be celebrated, showing up and making it happen. What began in 2017 as a gathering in a small coastal town has grown into one of Oregon's most beloved Pride events, drawing visitors from Portland, Seattle, Oakland, and beyond who come because they heard Yachats Pride was something different. We are volunteer-run. We pay every performer in full. We feed everyone who walks through the door and no one is turned away for lack of funds. A decade in, we are still showing up every June like it is the most important thing we do. Because it is.RURAL PRIDE MATTERS, okay?
"Queer joy isn't always present in rural communities and it's just not true. It's always here, and we center and celebrate it at Yachats Pride." — Emily Crabtree, Yachats Pride Board Member
BY THE NUMBERS 2017 — the year it all started 9 years of Pride on the Oregon Coast 3 days of programming every June 300+ attendees per day 900+ over the full weekend 100% of performers paid for their art 0 people turned away for lack of funds
OUR BOARD
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