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wenatchee pride our Mission Wenatchee Prides mission is to empower and connect the NCW LGBTQIA2S community and its allies toward creating and maintaining a safe antiracist inclusive and equitable environment for all. OUR VISION Wenatchee Pride envisions a world in which all LGBTQ people can live and love openly as their most authentic selves within the NCW communities they call home. Gay pride or LGBTQ pride is the positive stance against discrimination and violence toward lesbian gay bisexual transgender and questioning people to promote their selfaffirmation dignity equality rights increase their visibility as a social group build community and celebrate sexual diversity and gender variance. Pride as opposed to shame and social stigma is the predominant outlook that bolsters most LGBTQ rights movements throughout the world.