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Pride in Oakland

Come as you are. Oakland embraces the original and the creative. Visitors and residents alike feel free to be themselves here and immerse themselves in our diverse city. Our inclusive community will make you feel safe to explore as you wish, but here are a few businesses that are owned, or well-respected, by our friends in the LGBTQ+ community to help get your planning started!

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Celebrity Chef Jen Biesty Dishes on Fave Spots

Biesty is the chef-owner at Shakewell, the Mediterranean tapas restaurant and bar on Oakland’s Lakeshore Avenue. Originally from Brooklyn, Biesty attended culinary school in...

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Queer Culture In Oakland

When California’s laid-back and welcoming culture is met with a fierce passion for preserving social justice– you get Oakland: a city consistently ranked as one of...

Special Events

Oakland Pride Parade

Every September. Together we celebrate the cultures and diversity of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) community in Oakland and the East Bay. We are dedicated...

where to eat

Home of Chicken and Waffles

Home of Chicken and Waffles

Jack London District

Asmara Restaurant

Asmara Restaurant

Brenda's Oakland

Brenda's Oakland

Showcasing LGBTQ+ Arts

Betti Ono

Betti Ono Gallery

Betti Ono Gallery is a progressive gallery focused on uplifting marginalized groups through thought-provoking experimental art. The gallery is black-owned and women-owned and invested...

New Parkway Theater

The New Parkway Theater

A movie theater, performance space, and community venue, The New Parkway Theater shows LGBTQ+ movies that you may not see at your local-mega-plex.

Diving Swallow Tattoo Sign

Diving Swallow Tattoo

If you want to collaborate on some body art of your own, stop by Diving Swallow Tattoo and General Store. Staffed entirely by women and gender queer artists, they are skilled on working...

Nightlife & Things to Do

Where to Shop

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Additional Resources

Oakland LGBTQ Community Center

Oakland LGBTQ Community Center

We welcome you to come in, check out our service offerings on our calendar, and get involved—this is YOUR Center! Dedicated to enhancing and sustaining the...

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