June 1, 2023 – MPR News – Celebrate pride month in Minnesota with these LGBTQ+ events

June 1, 2023 – FOX 9 KMSP – Pride Month events in Minnesota 2023

May 31, 2023 – Mille Lacs Messenger – Celebrate East Central Pride in June

May 25, 2023 – Kanabec County Times – 18th East Central Pride set for June 3

May 25, 2023 – Pine City Pioneer – 18th Annual Pride in the Park coming June 3

May 18, 2023 – Lavender Magazine – East Central Minnesota Pride

May 18, 2023 – Isanti-Chisago County Star – East Central Pride set for June 3

September 7, 2022 – Racket – The Renaissance of Minnesota Drag, and the Right-Wing Groups That Want to Stop It

June 6, 2022 – The Daily Signal –  Small Minnesota Town Hosts Pride Event With Drag Queen Porn Actor As Host

June 2, 2022 – Alpha News –  Taxpayer funded event to be hosted by satanist incest pornographer

June 2, 2022 – Lavender Magazine – Our Rides: In Search of a Small Town Pride 

June 1, 2022 – MPR News – East Central Minnesota Pride organizer talks LGBTQ community in Pine City

May 31, 2022 – Pine City Pioneer – Controversy stems from host of upcoming Pride event

May 19, 2022 – Lavender Magazine – East Central Minnesota Pride

May 19, 2022 – Isanti-Chisago County Star – East Central Minnesota Pride to be held June 4

May 18, 2022 – Kanabec County Times – East Central Minnesota’s 17th Pride Set for June 4

December 9, 2021 – Advocate – Why Retired Advocate Don Quaintance Gives Back to the LGBTQ+ Community

October 5, 2021 – Lavender Magazine – 9.18.21 East Central Pride

September 17, 2021 – WCMP – Froggy’s to Host a Drag Show for East Central Pride

September 9, 2021 – Lavender Magazine – Every Month is Pride Month

September 2, 2021 – Isanti-Chisago County Star – Pride Celebration returns to Pine City on Sept. 18

September 2, 2021 – County News Review – Pride Celebration Sept. 18 in Pine City

September 1, 2021 – Pine City Pioneer Pride Celebration returns to Pine City on Sept. 18

June 30, 2021 – The Daily Yonder – Many Rural Communities Celebrate Pride for the First Time This Year

June 1, 2021 – Advocate – Champions of Pride 2021 From the Rugged Midwest

June 3, 2021 – Lavender Magazine – An Autumn Pride

May 12, 2021 – Twin Cities Gay Scene – Pride in Pine City

April 29, 2021 – KBJR 6 – Pine City Pride event to take place in September

April 29, 2021 – CBS 3 Duluth – 2021 Pine City Pride event to take place in September

December 17, 2020 – Lavender Magazine – East Central Minnesota Pride

July 14, 2020 – Gay Times – Nearly 100 Pride events have been cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic

May 14, 2020 – Pine City Pioneer – Planning underway for city’s pandemic summer

March 21, 2020 – Forbes – London Pride And Over 120 LGBT+ Events Affected By Coronavirus Cancellations

March 19, 2020 – Pink News – Coronavirus has now cancelled 75 Pride celebrations across the globe

December 19, 2019 – Lavender Magazine – 2019 Lavender Community Awards

May 29, 2019 – The Growler – East Central Minnesota Pride

May 28, 2019 – Minnesota Women’s Press – June 2019 GoSeeDo highlights

May 25, 2019 – County News Review – East Central Pride celebrates 15 years of positive change

May 23, 2019 – Lavender Magazine – Pride in Pine

May 22, 2019 – Pine City Pioneer – Help celebrate 15 years of Pride in Pine City

March 30, 2019 – Advocate – How Minnesota’s First Small-Town LGBTQ Pride Survived and Thrived

December 20, 2018 – Lavender Magazine – 2018 Lavender Community Awards

May 30, 2018 – The Post Review – East Central MN Pride June 3 in Pine City

May 24, 2018 – Lavender Magazine – 2018 Summer in the Cities

May 24, 2018 – Pine City Pioneer – Pride returns June 3: ‘Never, never ever give up’

May 23, 2018 – Kanabec County Times – East Central MN Pride event set for June 3

December 7, 2017 – Lavender Magazine – 2017 Lavender Community Awards

May 31, 2017 – The Column – East Central MN Pride nabs Kat Perkins, Mark Joseph for 2017 Pride in Pine City

June 30, 2016 – Movoto – The 7 Best Towns in Minnesota for LGBT Families

May 27, 2016 – Isanti County News – East Central Minnesota Pride event June 5

May 27, 2016 – Isanti-Chisago County Star – Pine City hosts only rural LGBT event in state

May 26, 2016 – Lavender Magazine – A Tale of Two Prides

May 17, 2016 – Mille Lacs Messenger – East Central Minnesota Pride

May 16, 2016 – Princeton Union-Eagle – Heard Around Town

October 28, 2015 – CreativeMN – Arts and Culture Means Business in Pine City

June 5, 2015 – Isanti County News – East Central Minnesota Pride event June 7

June 4, 2015 – Kanabec County Times – LGBT event aims to transform hearts, minds

June 4, 2015 – Pine City Pioneer – Pride returns to Pine City June 7

May 15, 2015 – Twin Cities Daily Planet – East-Central Minnesota Pride to celebrate 11 years in Pine City

May 15, 2015 – The Georgia Voice – LGBT summer travel best bets include Prides, films fest, and so much more

May 30, 2014 – The Column – Minnesota’s only small-town Pride festival will celebrate 10 years on Sunday in Pine City

May 27, 2014 – Twin Cities Daily Planet – Community Voices | Small town Gay Pride celebrates decade of change

May 22, 2014 – Pine City Pioneer – Pine City’s Pride celebrates decade of change

March 11, 2014 – The Column – Pine City Pride taps Moody, Tualo for 2014 festival

Feb. 10, 2014 – The Column – Pine City officials seek to block LGBT community from resources

Feb. 6, 2014 – Bluestem Prairie – No pride:  Pine County Commissioner Mitch Pangerl calls LGBT citizens “bad apples” for sign use

May 22, 2013 – Isanti County News – East Central Minnesota Pride event June 2

June 18, 2012 – Lavender Magazine – Photo Gallery:  8th Annual East Central Minnesota Pride

May 17, 2012 – Pine City Pioneer – Pine City’s ‘Pride in the Park’ kicks off summer on June 3

Aug. 29, 2011 – Mallory Knodel – Queers: Coming to a Rural Town Near You

Aug. 29, 2011 – Daily Yonder – Welcome, Everyone, to Pine City

May 5, 2011 – Lavender Magazine – Journey with Pride in the Region

June 11, 2010 – Star Tribune – Gay pride no longer just for big cities

June 8, 2010 – The Column – Pine City Pride Brings a Rainbow of Love

May 22, 2009 – Lavender Magazine – Pining For Pride:  East Central Minnesota Men’s Circle Puts the “Out” in “Outstate”

June 19, 2009 – The Column – Pine City Pride endures despite rival ‘family values’ event

May 9, 2008 – Lavender Magazine – Up North: East Central Men’s Circle Hosts Picnic in the Park

June 6, 2007 – Farmers Independent – Small-Town Gay Pride Picnic Prompts Protest

June 4, 2007 – Star Tribune – Hot-button issues with potato salad

June 3, 2007 – La Crosse Tribune – Small-Town Gay Pride Picnic Prompts Protest

June 1, 2007 – Star Tribune – Gay pride picnic touches rural nerves

May 31, 2007 – Askov American – Annual ‘Pride in the Park’ to be held June 3 in Pine City