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Pride Drag Show Fundraiser: Love Yourself
May
2

Pride Drag Show Fundraiser: Love Yourself

  • Saturday, May 2, 2026
  • 8:00 PM 11:45 PM
  • Lyric Oxford (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join us for Oxford Pride’s only official drag show!

For the uninitiated, drag performance may come off as shocking, over-the-top, dripping with innuendo, and sometimes downright crass. That is by design! Drag performance has a long history in the LGBTQ community, first being performed by trans women and gay men in small bars and at extravagant balls across the country since at least the early 20th century. Drag is purposefully transgressive, pushing the envelope in order to satirize what is acceptable to normative society. Drag kings and queens seek to expose the ridiculousness of gender roles and sexual repression through their performances.

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Oxford Pride Community Resource Fair hosted by UM Pride Network
May
2

Oxford Pride Community Resource Fair hosted by UM Pride Network

  • Saturday, May 2, 2026
  • 3:00 PM 4:00 PM
  • Student Union Plaza (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The Community Resource Fair is our annual opportunity to learn about community resources, get information on academic programs and campus resources, and gather as a community. The event is free and open to the public.

UM Pride Network is the official sponsor of the Oxford Pride’s Community Resource Fair.

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2026 Oxford Pride Parade
May
2

2026 Oxford Pride Parade

  • Saturday, May 2, 2026
  • 2:00 PM 3:00 PM
  • Oxford, MS 38655 (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

This year, we are encouraging you all to “Love Yourself” as we stroll through Oxford.

Out in Education: North Mississippi and UM Pride Network are the official sponsors of the 2026 Oxford Pride Parade.

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Pride in the Valley
May
2

Pride in the Valley

  • Saturday, May 2, 2026
  • 9:00 AM 10:00 AM
  • Google Calendar ICS

Various LGBTQ+-owned businesses in Water Valley will be open and celebrating Pride (and offering discounts) before the Parade.

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Lavender Graduation
Apr
30

Lavender Graduation

  • Thursday, April 30, 2026
  • 6:00 PM 7:00 PM
  • 326 Student Union (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS
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Denim Day
Apr
29

Denim Day

  • Wednesday, April 29, 2026
  • 8:00 AM 5:00 PM
  • Google Calendar ICS

The CASE office and RASA invite you all to be part of our 2026 Denim Day!

Since 1999, Peace Over Violence has run an inspiring and powerful campaign to practice solidarity and support survivors by renewing our commitment to exposing harmful behaviors and attitudes surrounding sexual violence. Denim Day is recognized on the last Wednesday in April in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The campaign began after a ruling by the Italian Supreme Court to overturn a rape conviction because the justices felt that since the victim was wearing tight jeans she must have helped the person who raped her remove them, thereby implying consent. Following the reversal, the women in the Italian Parliament came to work wearing jeans in solidarity with the victim.

Inspired by this case and the activism surrounding it, Peace Over Violence and Executive Director Patti Giggans developed the Denim Day campaign in 1999.  Since then, what started as a local event in Los Angeles to bring awareness to victim blaming and destructive myths that surround sexual violence has grown into a worldwide movement.

As the longest-running sexual violence prevention and education campaign in history, Denim Day asks community members, elected officials, businesses and students, and all individuals  to make a social statement with their fashion statement by wearing jeans on Denim Day as a visible means of protest against the misconceptions that continue to surround sexual violence.

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Pride in the Park
Apr
26

Pride in the Park

  • Sunday, April 26, 2026
  • 4:00 PM 5:30 PM
  • Avent Park (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join our community gathering for fellowship and a fun kick-off to Pride Week. Additional details coming. Co-sponsored by Out and About Oxford

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Interfaith Gathering
Apr
26

Interfaith Gathering

  • Sunday, April 26, 2026
  • 2:00 PM 3:00 PM
  • St. Peter's Episcopal Church - Parish Hall (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS
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“The Rainbow Connection: Pride Celebration” 
Apr
26

“The Rainbow Connection: Pride Celebration” 

  • Sunday, April 26, 2026
  • 10:30 AM 11:30 AM
  • The Unitarian Universalist Church of Oxford  (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join our minister, Rev. Sarah at UUCO to celebrate the beginning of Pride Week with a Drag Queen Time for All Ages, a Glitter Blessing, and a Candlelit Vigil of remembrance as we joyously honor inclusion & the LGBTQIA+ community. All are welcome. 

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Drag Bingo Fundraiser
Oct
29

Drag Bingo Fundraiser

  • Wednesday, October 29, 2025
  • 6:30 PM 8:30 PM
  • Powerhouse Community Arts Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

In celebration of LGBTQ History Month and to help our student organizations, we are hosting a drag bingo fundraiser in Partnership with Out and About Oxford.

Hosted by Memphis’ Bingo Queen Imagene Azengraber with performances by UM’s Lady Pluto, Kama Flauge, and Diana Falaxis (and maybe some special guests)!

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Pride Drag Show Fundraiser: Defying Gravity
May
3

Pride Drag Show Fundraiser: Defying Gravity

  • Saturday, May 3, 2025
  • 8:00 PM 11:30 PM
  • Lyric Oxford (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

For the uninitiated, drag performance may come off as shocking, over-the-top, dripping with innuendo, and sometimes downright crass. That is by design! Drag performance has a long history in the LGBTQ community, first being performed by trans women and gay men in small bars and at extravagant balls across the country since at least the early 20th century. Drag is purposefully transgressive, pushing the envelope in order to satirize what is acceptable to normative society. Drag kings and queens seek to expose the ridiculousness of gender roles and sexual repression through their performances.

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Pride on the Plaza
May
3

Pride on the Plaza

  • Saturday, May 3, 2025
  • 3:00 PM 5:00 PM
  • Student Union Plaza (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Free and open to the public.

OUTGrads is the official sponsor of the 2025 Oxford Pride on the Plaza.

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2025 Oxford Pride Parade
May
3

2025 Oxford Pride Parade

  • Saturday, May 3, 2025
  • 2:00 PM 3:00 PM
  • Oxford, MS 38655 (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

This year, we are “Defying Gravity” as we stroll through Oxford.

OUTGrads and UM Pride Network are the official sponsors of the 2025 Oxford Pride Parade.

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Pride in the Valley
May
3

Pride in the Valley

  • Saturday, May 3, 2025
  • 9:00 AM 12:00 PM
  • Google Calendar ICS

Various LGBTQ+-owned businesses in Water Valley will be open and celebrating Pride (and offering discounts) before the Parade.

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Performance and Book Signing with Sherry Cothren
May
2

Performance and Book Signing with Sherry Cothren

  • Friday, May 2, 2025
  • 5:00 PM 8:00 PM
  • Violet Valley Bookstore (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Cool Dog Sound, Violet Valley Bookstore, and This is Noteworthy present author Sherry Cothren for a celebration of her debut book, Gadfly: A Lifetime of Writing.

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POSTPONED: Sexual Wellness & Healthy Relationships
May
1

POSTPONED: Sexual Wellness & Healthy Relationships

  • Thursday, May 1, 2025
  • 6:00 PM 7:30 PM
  • LGBTQ Lounge - 4th Floor, Lamar Hall (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Tonight's event hosted by QPOC has been postponed to the fall due to last-minute scheduling conflicts.

Sponsored by QPOC.

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Southtalk: “A Crowded Table”
May
1

Southtalk: “A Crowded Table”

  • Thursday, May 1, 2025
  • 4:00 PM 5:00 PM
  • Barnard Observatory (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Heidi Siegrist’s book, All Y’all: Queering Southernness in US Fiction, 1980–2020, explores the boundaries of negotiating place and sexuality by using the concept of “southernness,” a purposefully fluid idea of the South that extends beyond simple geography and eschews familiar ideas of the southern canon. In her SouthTalk, Siegrist will explore literature that imagines building queer southern community through food. 

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Lavender Graduation
Apr
30

Lavender Graduation

  • Wednesday, April 30, 2025
  • 4:00 PM 6:00 PM
  • Ole Miss Student Union Ballroom (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Please join us for the 9th annual Lavender Graduation ceremony at the University of Mississippi. Established at the University of Michigan in 1995, Lavender Graduation honors graduating LGBTQ+ students and the people who have supported them through their degree programs, including allies, friends, family, and faculty who have maintained a sense of acceptance and belonging for all students on campus.

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Lyric Concert: Julien Baker & Torres
Apr
29

Lyric Concert: Julien Baker & Torres

  • Tuesday, April 29, 2025
  • 8:00 PM 9:00 PM
  • The Lyric Oxford (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Send A Prayer My Way Tour

Ticket Required.

General admission, standing room only

7pm Doors | 8pm Support | 9pm Julien Baker and TORRES

https://julienbakerandtorres.com/

https://uproxx.com/indie/julien-baker-torres-dirt/

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Poster Making Night
Apr
29

Poster Making Night

  • Tuesday, April 29, 2025
  • 6:00 PM 7:30 PM
  • LGBTQ+ Lounge - 4th Floor, Lamar Hall (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join us for an evening of poster making for the Pride parade. Chicory Market will be providing refreshments.

Sponsored by UM Pride Network

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A Very Wicked Screening
Apr
28

A Very Wicked Screening

  • Monday, April 28, 2025
  • 6:00 PM 9:30 PM
  • LGBTQ+ Lounge, 4th Floor, Lamar Hall (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join us for a special Pride Week screening of Wicked (2024). Sponsored by OutGrads.

Free and open to the public.

Refreshments provided.

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Pride in the Park
Apr
27

Pride in the Park

  • Sunday, April 27, 2025
  • 4:00 PM 6:00 PM
  • Avent Park (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join our community gathering for fellowship and a fun kick-off to Pride Week. Additional details coming.

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Interfaith Gathering
Apr
27

Interfaith Gathering

  • Sunday, April 27, 2025
  • 2:00 PM 3:00 PM
  • St. Peter's Episcopal Church - Parish Hall (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Hosted by the Queer Interfaith Alliance.

More details to come.

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“Queerly Beloved: Pride Celebration” 
Apr
27

“Queerly Beloved: Pride Celebration” 

  • Sunday, April 27, 2025
  • 10:30 AM 11:30 PM
  • The Unitarian Universalist Church of Oxford  (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join our minister, Rev. Sarah at UUCO to celebrate the beginning of Pride Week with a Drag Queen Time for All Ages, a Glitter Blessing, and a Candlelit Vigil of remembrance as we joyously honor inclusion & the LGBTQIA+ community. All are welcome. 

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Pride Drag Show Fundraiser: May the Pride be with You!
May
4

Pride Drag Show Fundraiser: May the Pride be with You!

  • Saturday, May 4, 2024
  • 8:00 PM 11:59 PM
  • Lyric Oxford (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

For the uninitiated, drag performance may come off as shocking, over-the-top, dripping with innuendo, and sometimes downright crass. That is by design! Drag performance has a long history in the LGBTQ community, first being performed by trans women and gay men in small bars and at extravagant balls across the country since at least the early 20th century. Drag is purposefully transgressive, pushing the envelope in order to satirize what is acceptable to normative society. Drag kings and queens seek to expose the ridiculousness of gender roles and sexual repression through their performances.

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Pride on the Plaza
May
4

Pride on the Plaza

  • Saturday, May 4, 2024
  • 3:00 PM 5:00 PM
  • Student Union Plaza (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Free and open to the public.

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2024 Oxford Pride Parade
May
4

2024 Oxford Pride Parade

  • Saturday, May 4, 2024
  • 2:00 PM 3:00 PM
  • Oxford, MS 38655 (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS
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Lavender Graduation
May
2

Lavender Graduation

  • Thursday, May 2, 2024
  • 5:00 PM 6:00 PM
  • The Inn at Ole Miss (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Please join us for the 9th annual Lavender Graduation ceremony at the University of Mississippi. Established at the University of Michigan in 1995, Lavender Graduation honors graduating LGBTQ+ students and the people who have supported them through their degree programs, including allies, friends, family, and faculty who have maintained a sense of acceptance and belonging for all students on campus.

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SouthTalks: “Faulkner’s Enduring Queerness”
May
1

SouthTalks: “Faulkner’s Enduring Queerness”

  • Wednesday, May 1, 2024
  • 12:00 PM 1:00 PM
  • Barnard Observatory - Tupelo Room (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Phillip “Pip” Gordon, UM visiting assistant professor of gender studies in the Sarah Isom Center for Women’s and Gender Studies, discusses “Faulkner’s Enduring Queerness” at noon May 1.

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Drag Panel and Q &A hosted by Lambda.
Apr
30

Drag Panel and Q &A hosted by Lambda.

  • Tuesday, April 30, 2024
  • 5:30 PM 7:25 PM
  • LGBTQ+ Lounge, 4th Floor, Lamar Hall (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join Lambda for an opportunity to meet and talk to drag queens in the Oxford area. Panelists include Blake Summers, Vivica Vanity, Lady Pluto, Atheria, and Simone Striker.

Food will be provided. RSVP here!

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Oxford Pride is organized by Out in Education (ONE) - North Mississippi