Primal Pride 2023: Stronger Together
Primal Pride will be back in 2024 for another incredible event! Keep an eye on this page, it'll be updated on May 15th 2024!
WHEN: Saturday, June 17th @ 6:00pm PDT/9:00pm EDT
WHERE: The Drowning Wench, Upper Limsa on Leviathan
WHAT: A one-day Pride festival on Primal encompassing a big gay city parade, big giveaways, live music, and more!
WHO: The Primal Pride Production Crew, The Soft Spot Boys, and you!
The Day's Events
«Never Waste a Photo Op»
Before anything else, we issue a challenge to every gposer, screenshot queen and shader auteur out there: we want to see your shots and vids! Post your best Primal Pride screenshots and videos on Cohost, Twitter or Instagram with the hashtag #PrimalPride2023 to enter a raffle for a 10 million gil prize! Additionally, our favorite posts of the day will get special highlights from the crew! Entries for this raffle have a soft cut-off -- It ends when the winners are announced at the after party!
«Lavender Scare II: Bareback to Basics»
We're putting RAINBOW RAID on hold this year. Don't worry, she'll be back! We had something just a little different in mind. This year's dress code is LAVENDER! Whatever you're wearing, make sure it's dyed purple. Small bits of black or white are fine, but the majority of your outfit should scream PURPLE. We're aiming for a solid purple wave to hit the streets. Most shades of Purple dye can be bought on the Market Board. We'll have a limited amount of Lavender Purple to pass out before the parade.Character Requirements
»You will need to complete the Level 15 Main Scenario Quest "The Ul'dahn/Gridanian/Lominsan Envoy" to move between cities.
»You will need to complete the Level 15 quest "Color Your World" from Swyrgeim near the Waking Sands to unlock dyeing.
»You will need to fully attune to the Limsa Lominsa aethernet to teleport to the airship landing.
»Free trial characters are encouraged to participate, but we cannot trade dye to free trial characters. If you can't get a hold of Purple dye on your own, don't sweat it!LIMSA LOMINSA
»MEET UP at The Drowning Wench in Upper Limsa Lominsa. The party starts early. Group up with your buddies and make sure you're in all-Lavender!
»TAKE THE STAIRS to the Bulwark Hall.
»PARADE WEST to the Arcanist Guild Aethernet Shard.
»TELEPORT to the Airship Landing using the Aethernet Shard.
»TAKE THE AIRSHIP to Gridania!GRIDANIA
»HEAD UPSTAIRS and give the others a moment to catch up!
»PARADE NORTHWEST past The Adders' Nest!
»PASS INTO OLD GRIDANIA
»MOVE NORTH just past the bridge.
»PARADE EAST to pass Mih Khetto's Amphitheatre and enter the Shaded Bower.
»RETURN TO NEW GRIDANIA by turning south.
»WALK BACK TO THE AIRSHIP LANDING and head for Ul'dah!UL'DAH
»TAKE THE LIFT to the Hustings Strip
»TAKE THE STAIRS TO THE EAST down to the Steps of Thal.
»TAKE A LEFT, AND THEN LEFT AGAIN at the Aethernet Shard.
»TURN RIGHT AND HEAD NORTH through the market towards the Gate of Nald
»HEAD INTO THE QUICKSAND where we'll END THE PARADE and chill for a moment to let everybody catch up. This is a good time for bards to start back up.
«Drag Glamour Contest! Hic Svnt Fierce Wig Hunty»
Square is finally wising up and loosing their grip on gender locked clothing. We want to see what you've got with these new options! Drag queens and drag kings, and even crews, it's time to put yourselves out there! This event is going to be SUPER HUGE like every year, so we'd like to have everybody's info beforehand. Please click the button below to send in your entry, and be prepared to model your look at the event! This drag show will be judged by the boys of The Soft Spot! We'll have a prize for each category- Solo and Crew- and the winners take home a whopping 10 million gil prizePre-entries for this event close on FRIDAY, JUNE 16 at 11:59 PM EST
«Booty Roulette»
And finally, the easy giveaway! We can't fit everybody into Coerthas anymore for gil darts, so we're going to keep this in the city. It's the same principle. Everybody will pick a place around The Gold Court in The Steps of Thal, and /sit, hoping to stop on invisible waypoints. This year we have time cards and untold millions of gil to give away!
«The Afterparty»
The festivities will conclude at The Soft Spot, Ward 4 Plot 37 in Shirogane on Leviathan. There will be continued random giveaways, live music with DJ R.R. and CaliValentine, pics with the Primal Pride crew, and plenty of room to dance! We may have more giveaways, if a fundraising goal is met and Kirune will announce the winner of the screenshot raffle here! If you're underlevelled, send a friend request to Bingis Dingis@Leviathan to teleport directly there with Estate Teleporation!
Theme - Stronger Together
This year's theme is a celebration of the power of us, each of us individually and all of us as one. This year we celebrate the purposeful joining of the LGBTQ. This year we recognize the choice we all make to accept, love and support other queer people. This year we reject any attempt to pry one from the rest. This year we find pride in the superpower of community, and resolve to never give it up. This year we turn to each other and say, "No matter what, I've got you." It has never been as important as it is, this year.
Once again, Primal Pride would like to ask our attendees to consider donating to our fundraiser. In a decade where queer rights-- and especially trans rights-- are looking to be under considerable legislative assault, we have again chosen to support Lambda Legal. In 2022 we raised $1567.69, and we plan to smash that record. Hit the link below to go to the fundraising campaign!
The Crew
Kirune Ronso
Head of the «soft.» LGBTQ FC and owner of The Soft Spot Cafe and Nightclub. Kirune is Primal Pride's producer, organizer, speech boy and hype bastard. They started Primal Pride with Mirri Dragontear for people who can't attend a physical Pride event-- whether that's due to not being out, being disabled, living in the boonies, or a global pandemic. It's 6 years later, and Primal Pride is only growing bigger every year.
Shippo Diavoletto
Shippo joins the Primal Pride crew this year as our Executive Producer. As a founding member of The Soft Spot's staff, he's a long-time attendee of the event!
Primal Pride would also like to thank:
The Alphabet Academy «LGBTQ» FC of Lamia
The Mooncake Ayrie «Ayrie» FC of Leviathan
Kai Ral
Marina Malachite
Support
To request support: You can contact Kirune at Spookybiscuitz on Discord, or @SpookyBiscuits on Cohost. Whether you want to collaborate, take an interview, have any kind of question, need your 2023 donor reward corrected (Before July 31st 2023!) or any other reason you may need to contact the organizer, the line is open!To give support: Primal Pride accepts all donations! Gil, items, monetary support, whatever you have in mind. We'll take it all and use it to make Primal Pride bigger and better! Contact Kirune in the same manner as above, and we'll add your name to our Thank You list on the Hosts page! Additionally, consider checking out our fundraiser for Lambda Legal!
Donor Wall
In 2023, Primal Pride once again chose to support Lambda Legal, a 501(c)3 organization fighting for the full legal and lived equality of LGBTQ+ and HIV-positive people. The attendees of Primal Pride raised $2509.69 for the cause, smashing last year's fundraising record of $1567.69! Our gratitude goes out to these donors for their generosity.
The full list of donors can be seen here.
Top Donor
Mittens Fluffybottom
Gold Donors
Bellona
Jude Walker
Lukayn Furbeanz
Noir Soleil
Sam Leonhart
Silver Donors
Kai Argentium
Lyss Windreaver
Marina Malachite
Mira
Sky Lark
Bronze Donors
Arista Vellar
AsteriaVox
Cassian Eaves
Celosia Arcanine
Cenauru Dotharl
Csej Lyone + Wyzneyha Bharkoenawyn
Hattie Bright
Joel Casas
Kono Avett @ Lamia
MadameAesthetic
Maral Kha
Prahda Crane
Railyyn Iahe
Sa'Tay Bay
Tathgar Karmazynsch
Donor Wall
In 2022, Primal Pride ran its first ever fundraiser and chose to support Lambda Legal, a 501(c)3 organization fighting for the full legal and lived equality of LGBTQ+ and HIV-positive people. With the help of the heroes below, we raised $1567.69, over 6 times our original goal of $250! Our gratitude goes out to these donors for their generosity.
The full list of donors can be seen here.
Top Donor
Radigast Yorvasch
Gold Donors
Virulence
Kirune
Feilong Karma
Bronze Donors
Elrek Alderi
Dakota Atkinson
Mira Big'tail
Alaqa Dotharra
Marina Malachite
Vaunt Nightember
Seren Rahl
Eilif Rehw-Gilda
Comet Snep
Mazeh'a Zorroyo
(Is your name missing? Needs correcting? Forgot to pick your donor reward on Tiltify? Hit the Support page to get in touch and we'll get it fixed as soon as possible!)