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Wheeling rang in Pride Month this week, nearly 55 years after the Stonewall Riots launched the LGBTQ+ liberation movement. The Friendlier City Project hosted a record-setting Pride on the Plaza Saturday–with an estimated 1500 attendees...

Wheeling’s LGBTQ community and supporters gathered at Heritage Port Plaza to commemorate Pride Month during the Friendlier City Project’s second annual celebration...

There were plenty of smiles, laughs, and love shared among hundreds of people today at
the Heritage Port Plaza in
Wheeling. The Friendlier City Project hosted its 2nd annual Pride on the Plaza event, which aims to celebrate the history and culture of the LGBTQ+ community...

Pride on the Plaza is back in Wheeling for a second year -- this time at the Heritage Port Plaza on Saturday. Friendlier City Project, an LGBTQ non-profit organization aiming to create a safe environment for that community, is hosting the event...

An event that had lots of success in its first year is returning to Wheeling this weekend.

The Friendlier City Project will be hosting its Pride on the Plaza event for the second year in a row in Wheeling...

With Pride Month officially underway, one local group is gearing up for a daylong celebration of LGBTQ+ acceptance, achievements, rights, and pride in Wheeling. The Friendlier City Project, established in 2022, is a nonprofit committed to cultivating a welcoming, safe, and inclusive environment...

Taylor Swift has been taking her fans on a stroll down memory lane by re-releasing her old albums and titling them as (Taylor’s Version). This time she and The Friendlier City Project asked fans to “meet them at midnight” for the 1989 (Taylor’s Version) album drop party at Clientele Art Studio...

We attended The Friendlier City Project's Pride on the Plaza to help document the day through a “Portraits on the Plaza” photo project. Our goal was to allow participants to feel seen, capturing a glimpse into the world of each individual while surrounded by the activity of the day’s event...

During the City Council's last meeting of May, Wheeling residents flooded the chambers to show their support for the LGBTQ+ community and the upcoming Pride on the Plaza event on June 10...

A united front of community members filled the room during Tuesday night’s Wheeling City Council meeting to show their support for inclusivity in the city and for the upcoming Pride on the Plaza event that is planned for June 10 on the city’s Market Plaza...

The Friendlier City Project has announced its inaugural Pride Month Festival: Pride on the Plaza. The celebration of LGBTQ+ culture and community will take place from 3-9 p.m. on June 10 at the Market Street Plaza in downtown Wheeling...

The Friendlier City Project is hosting its first Queer Thanksgiving celebration on Tuesday, November 22, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. at the Wheeling Yacht Club, 2 – 5th Street in North Wheeling...

Some danced to music around Clientele Art Studio on Thursday while others perused the wares. Even others sat at tables and talked, and more were playing cornhole on the back patio. The rainbow colors that represent Pride Month were splashed across the attire of many there.