DES MOINES, Iowa, September 11, 2019 -- Capital City Pride (CCP), an Iowa LGBTQ+ non-profit dedicated to producing events and programming that educate and celebrate Iowa’s diverse community, is pleased to announce an in-kind contribution in the amount of $11,000 from p...

Capital City Pride Receives $10,000 from Kum & Go

Funds will Support the Organization’s Year Round Advocacy Programming

DES MOINES, Iowa, August 15, 2019 -- Capital City Pride(CCP), an Iowa LGBTQ+ non-profit dedicated to producing events and programming that educate and...

Des Moines – On Sunday, June 9, Capital City Pride (CCP) concluded its 41st Pride Fest weekend with a record 25,000-30,000 in attendance. The festival weekend included a broad range of events meant to celebrate the diversity and inclusion of the LGBTQ community and its...

Des Moines – On June 8th, Capital City Pride (CCP) will host its 10-Years of Love Reception in celebration of the 10thanniversary of the Iowa Supreme Court’s unanimous decision to overturn a ban on same-sex marriage with Varnum v. Brien.  The event will kick off at no...

This free event is sponsored by Athene and the  Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines

Des Moines – On Wednesday, June 5thCapital City Pride (CCP) in cooperation with Athene USA and Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines will host Storytellers: True Stories, True Selves. Th...

Des Moines – As the 2020 election quickly approaches, Capital City Pride (CCP) will hold its Meet the Candidates Forum on June 8th. This event will feature eight presidential candidates as part of CCP’s 2019 Pride Fest Celebration. 

"With the 2020 election on the horizo...

Des Moines – On Friday, June 7 Capital City Pride will kick-off the largest Pride Fest celebration in its 41-year history with a wide-range of events and activities for attendees. As part of this year’s celebration, more than 30 rainbow street flags in the East Village...

Des Moines, IA—On April 18, Capital City Pride (CCP) and Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines will host former NFL player, Ryan O’Callaghan as part of CCP’s 2019 Speaker Series. O’Callaghan played right tackle in the NFL for six seasons with the New England Patriots an...

Des Moines – Capital City Pride (CCP) will kick off its 41stAnnual Pride Fest on June 7-9, 2019. As Iowa’s largest LGBTQ event, Pride Fest brings together the Des Moines community, LGBTQ people, and allies to show unity and celebrate equality with a weekend full of act...

Des Moines – On February 7th,Capital City Pride (CCP) will continue its monthly 2019 Speaker Series with the first woman from Iowa to climb Mount Everest, Jen Loeb. Jen’s love and passion for mountain climbing started in 2010 and has taken her all over the world.  She...