PRIDE 2025
Celebrating PRIDE is a highlight of the year for LGBTQ+ people across the country. Every June we join together to honor the contributions our greater community has made through film, art, books and sports.
As we face very challenging times it is important that we come together with even greater strength and purpose to hold each other close and strive to keep the progress we have made.
Please join our celebration!
JUNE 3rd
Pride Kickoff
Join us on the Plaza for music, light refreshments and receive a Pride Swag Bag.
1:00pm – Peacock Plaza
FILM FESTIVAL
2:00pm – Out Standing: A Comedy Revolution Peacock Theater
Photo by Netflix
The first feature length documentary to explore the history of queer stand up comedy. The documentary considers the importance of LGBTQ+ stand up as a driver of social change over the past five decades, actively reflecting and challenging cultural norms and values. Ultimately, the film reveals that queer comedians -- whether they intended to or not -- helped change the world, one joke at a time. (Rotten Tomatoes) 1 hr. 40 min
4:00pm – Crossings Peacock Theater
Photo by Mubi Studios
A thoroughly intelligent, emotionally engaging and robustly performed movie from Levan Akin, the Georgian-Swedish director.
Lia, a retired teacher from Georgia, learns from her young neighbor, Achi, that her long-lost transgender niece, Tekla, has crossed the border into Turkey. In search of Tekla, Lia travels to Istanbul with the unpredictable Achi, where they explore the hidden depths of the city. (Mubi Studios) 1 hr. 46 min.
7:00pm – Shorts – 93min. Peacock Theater
Photo by YouTube
In a Heartbeat – A closeted boy runs the risk of being outed by his own heart after it pops out of his chest to chase down the boy of his dreams. (YouTube)
Photo by YouTube
The Letter Men - A WWII docudrama based on the largest collection of queer love letters from WWII, The Letter Men is a window into the untold true story of two gay men desperately in love but torn apart by war. The Letter Men is based on the real love letters written by Gilbert Bradley to his sweetheart, Gordon Bowsher during WWII (YouTube)
Photo by YouTube
The Grey Area: Perspective of a Masculine Female Women: Gender expression and Identity, Coming of Age. THE GREY AREA helps viewers understand gender expression and how to support children, teens and adults to be themselves. (YouTube)
Photo by YouTube
Imagine Me & You - Chasing Cars – Women: Identity, Coming of Age. Centers on the relationship between Rachel (Perabo) and Luce (Headey), who meet on Rachel's wedding day. (YouTube)
Photo by YouTube
Gay Grandparents – Emergency! We’re Coming Out! After escaping a near death experience, Grandma Barbara and Grandpa Russell have ditched their small town life and come out of the closet! Now it's time for their grandkids, Rebecca Michelle and Mason to help them live as gaily as mother-tucking possible.
JUNE 4th
FILM FESTIVAL
1:00pm – Fire Island Peacock Theater
Photo by Wikipedia
A group of queer best friends gather in Fire Island Pines for their annual week of love and laughter, but a sudden change of events might make this their last summer in gay paradise. (HULU)
4:00pm – Housekeeping for Beginners Peacock Theater
Photo by IMBd
Portrait of an unconventional family: the film tells the story of a vibrant yet complex multiethnic LGBT community living together in Dita's large apartment. After Dita loses her partner to cancer, she finds herself entrusted with the care of their two daughters, with support from a fake husband and his young lover. The relationships among them prove to be stronger than any racial, social, gender, or generational conflict. (Bettinardi-Paolo)
7:00pm – Shorts – 88min. Peacock Theater
Photo by IMBd
Guts – Desperate for help, a woman in recovery asks an unlikely stranger on a dinner date. (YouTube)
Photo by YouTube
Campfire – A married farmer travels to a gay campground to find his long lost love -- and discovers the past isn't done with him yet. (IMBd)
Photo by Rotten Tomatoes
Hacks – The Captain’s Wife episode of HBO’s hilarious comedy, Hacks, finds Deborah booked to perform on a “gay cruise” only to find out it is a lesbian cruise much to her dismay. However, after being complimented by a passenger Deborah finds herself contemplating life as a lesbian. Things go awry during her performance which changes the whole adventure.
Take Me To Prom – "Take Me To Prom" offers a poignant and insightful look at the changing experiences of LGBTQ+ individuals at prom across different generations, highlighting both the progress made and the continued need for acceptance and equality. (Wikipedia)
Photo by CBC.ca
JUNE 7TH
Pride Walk
10:00am Peacock Plaza
The Pride Walk is a quintessential event at Rossmoor Pride. Each year more than 100 people from our LGBTQ+ community and allies show our Pride by walking around the Creekside Golf Course. Neighbors for Safer Streets has generously agreed to monitor the walk so all will be safe. Meet at the Plaza at 9:45 and plan to stay after the walk for music and a light continental breakfast of pastries, fruit and drinks.
Salsa Dance Party
4:00pm Fireside Room
Come ready to strut your stuff and enjoy light fare and libations at our ever-popular Salsa Dance Party featuring the rockin’ band Susana y Su Orquestra Adelante. Tickets are $20 for Alliance members/$25 for non members and are available on our website and at the door. Tickets available online soon!
JUNE 10TH
Author Event
1:00pm Creekside Club Rm.
James Van Buskirk will discuss his seminal book Gay by the Bay: A History of Queer Culture in the San Francisco Bay Area, a definitive chronicling of our community’s noteworthy legacies. James co-authored the book with Susan Stryker, a preeminent authority on Transgender history, to commemorate the opening of the San Francisco Library’s James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center in 1996. As founding manager of the Center, James spent 4 years collecting and curating thousands of pieces of correspondence, newspaper and magazine articles, photographs and personal belongings of leading LGBTQIA figures.
An entertaining and engaging speaker, this event promises to be fascinating, enlightening, humorous and a celebration of our community.
This event is free and open to all.
JUNE 13TH
Golf Tournament
3:00pm Creekside Course
Join us on Friday the 13th of June for a spirited celebration of Pride, golf, and good luck!
No GHIN required — this event “Rainbow Swings & Lucky Things” is open to Rossmoor residents, Rossmoor Alliance members, and their guests. The golf will be a Scramble format with a Shotgun start at 3:00 PM on the Creekside Golf Course. Activity dues for this special PRIDE event are $35 and include golf, lunch, beverages, and prizes! Each hole will feature special lucky charms and fun challenges to make this a truly unforgettable — and lucky — event! After the tournament, head over to the Dollar Ranch facility at 5:45 PM for awards, food, fun, and festivities. Tickets on sale soon!
JUNE 17TH
Bocce Tournament
10:00am Hillside Bocce Courts
A round-robin Bocce Tournament, featuring six teams of four players, will be held at Sportsmen’s Park at Hillside on Tuesday, June 17th at 10am. Each team will play five games, battling it out for Bocce supremacy. Registration will be available on the website. Everyone is welcome to come as a spectator, and cheer on the teams. The games will be followed by a picnic-style lunch. Tickets for playing in the tournament and lunch are $25 for Alliance members and $30 for non-members. Lunch only is available to purchase for $15.
Tickets on sale soon!
JUNE 21st
Art Show
2:00pm Doors open 3:30pm Wine & Cheese Fireside Room
Creativity abounds in Rossmoor! The LGBTQ+ Visual Artists will showcase their talent at a PRIDE Art Show in the Fireside Room at Gateway. Yes! We hope you will join us on Saturday, June 21, 2025 from 2:00 until 6:00 for this event. We welcome you to see the newest queer artists, who are taking their place along-side of David Hockney, Frida Kahlo, Mickalene Thomas, and Keith Haring, to name a few. The show will feature 16 painters, crafters, potters and makers.
JUNE 28th
GALA
5:00pm Wine & appetizers 6:00pm dinner Event Center
Don’t miss our always sold-out signature event, the Rossmoor Pride 2025 Gala, beginning at 5pm on Saturday, June 28th at the Event Center! During the cocktail hour enjoy libations and hors d’oeuvres followed by a delicious buffet dinner. A rocking DJ will move guests onto the dance floor until we close out the evening. Tickets are $65 for Alliance members/$75 for non-members. Tickets on sale soon!