{"id":236769,"date":"2026-05-26T21:45:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T21:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/?post_type=event&#038;p=236769"},"modified":"2026-05-26T21:45:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T21:45:44","slug":"dmv-pride-prom","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/event\/dmv-pride-prom\/","title":{"rendered":"DMV Pride Prom"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"custom_featured_image\" style=\"display:none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/05\/Screen-Shot-2026-05-26-at-5.42.16-PM-300x158.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"2026 NOVA Pride Prom\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/05\/Screen-Shot-2026-05-26-at-5.42.16-PM-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/05\/Screen-Shot-2026-05-26-at-5.42.16-PM-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/05\/Screen-Shot-2026-05-26-at-5.42.16-PM-585x307.png 585w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/05\/Screen-Shot-2026-05-26-at-5.42.16-PM.png 874w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><p>Safe Space NOVA is pleased to announce the 6th annual DMV Pride Prom! We are hopeful that you will be consider supporting Pride Prom again this year so that we can give 300 queer and trans youth from all over the DC-Maryland-Virginia metro area a night of affirmation and validation amidst a political backdrop of control and erasure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Safe Space NOVA\u2019s Pride Prom<\/strong>: Pride Prom is an opportunity for&nbsp;LGBTQIA+&nbsp;youth to attend a prom with&nbsp;pride. We invite 9th-12th graders (plus their guests through age 20) from all across the region to come together in celebration of queer youth everywhere! This is a prom like none other where attendees enter as strangers and exit as friends. A Safe Space NOVA&#8217;s Pride Prom you are invited to to dress without distress \u2013 be it to impress, to represent, or to blend in &#8211; and joyfully dance alone to the beat of your Silent Disco headphones, in groups beneath our world-class DJ, or without whomever you choose! 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