KindRED Pride Foundation is a nonprofit organization formed by One Magical Weekend owners Tom Christ and Billy Looper to help keep the spirit of the first Saturday in June as Gay Day at Disney’s Magic Kingdom alive, encouraging one million people around the world to wear red on that day. It also was established to support and raise funds for other nonprofits that educate, promote and celebrate diversity, inclusion, equality, safe expression and kindness.
As part of the KindRED Pride Foundation, The Pride Cup is an annual LGBTQ+ multi-sport competition held during Gay Disney weekend – the first weekend in June in Orlando. With events welcoming all levels of athletes, the spirit of the competition is “Be Kind Champion” to coincide with the RED Shirt Pride Days.
This year’s Pride Cup will feature golf, beach volleyball, pickleball, kickball and esports, as well as partner with onePULSE Foundation once again for the annual CommUNITY Rainbow Run. Come out to play or come out to watch, support and cheer on the athletes.
You can read event information below. For more details and for pricing, visit KindRedPride.org/Pride-Cup and read the rest of Watermark’s coverage of Orlando’s big LGBTQ+ weekend here.
Golf
June 2
Dubsdread Golf Course
The Pride Cup partners with Bowled Over Promotions to host a one-day golf outing at Dubsdread, located at 548 West Par St. in Orlando to benefit The Pride Chamber. Golfers can register with a foursome or as an Individual. Teams will play 18 holes in a Best Ball format starting at 8 a.m. Golfers get a continental breakfast, fabulous golfer gift bag and two drinks on the course. There will be an awards lunch to follow at 12:30 p.m.
CommUNITY Rainbow Run
June 3
Wadeview Park
onePULSE Foundation hosts its 7th annual CommUNITY Rainbow Run as a part of KindRED Pride’s Pride Cup at Wadeview Park, located at 2177 S. Summerlin Ave. in Orlando, starting at 7 a.m. Cost to enter the run is $49 in advance and $60 for same-day registration. All in-person participants will receive an official run t-shirt, tote bag, runner’s bib and commemorative run medal.Along with the 4.9K in-person run, the event will include a Kids Fun Run — registration is $5 — and a virtual option for runners who cannot be in Orlando on the day. Registration for the virtual run is $54 and participants will be mailed their official run t-shirt, tote bag and commemorative run medal in advance. The morning’s event will also include the NASCAR CommUNITY Festival, which will be open from 7-10:30 a.m. at Wadeview Park. Admission is free and will feature live entertainment, food and family-friendly activities. For those wanting to enhance their experience, the 26Health Love is Love Lounge Experience is available for $149 and will include unlimited mimosas, Proud Mary’s and breakfast food catered from the Hard Rock Café, as well as the entire run registration packet.
Beach Volleyball
June 3-4
Dr. Phillips Community Park
KindRED Pride invites you to bump, set and spike your way through a magical weekend of beach volleyball at Dr. Phillips Community Park, located at 8249 Buenavista Woods Blvd. in Orlando. This is a 4v4 recreational sand volleyball tournament focused on allies and members of the LGBTQ+ community. Most players will be in the social to intermediate skill levels. The number of days, prize pot and format for the tournament will change depending on the number of teams that participate. All teams are guaranteed four matches minimum. All teams must have five or more registered players. No Team? No Problem! Register as an individual player and they will try to place with a team or create a team. Individuals who cannot be placed will get a refund.
Pickleball
June 3-4
Lake Buena Vista High School
Pickleball is a racket sport played with a flat paddle as opposed to a stringed racket as seen in tennis and badminton. It is also one of the fastest growing sports in the U.S. OUT Sports League is thrilled to host Pickleball at the Pride Cup LGBTQ+ Sports Tournament at Lake Buena Vista High School, located at 11305 Daryl Carter Pkwy. In Orlando. They offer different doubles and scramble formats to help you meet new people, stay active and get involved with the community. An outdoor Doubles Round Robin tournament for allies and members of the LGBTQ+ community. Five total games played to 15 points in pools of six teams. Each event will contain brackets of three different skill levels of Novice (3.0 and under), Intermediate (3.5) and Advanced (4.0) and above. If a large number of players sign up for specific brackets they may further divide those brackets by player age.
Esports
June 3-4
Streamed
Get ready for some esports at The Pride Cup when Gayming Magazine and CMSA eSports host League of Legends and Fortnite tournaments with the events being streamed to the Gayming Magazine and CMSA eSports Twitch and TikTok channels. On the first day, teams of five will participate in a League of Legends tournament broken into three divisions based on player rank during this season and the previous season of League of Legends. The winning team in each division will win $500. On day two, players will participate in a Fortnite tournament conducted using the Solos Zero Build – Battle Royale format. consisting of three phases. Players will be split into two groups and participate in four games, accumulating points through placements and eliminations. The top half of each group will move on to the second phase with the top five players moving into a custom map deathmatch, for final placement. The top three finishers will receive $300 for first, $200 for second and $100 for third.
Kickball
June 3-4
Dr. Phillips Community Park
Rainbow Sports League in partnership with KindRED Foundation is taking over the Pride Cup Kickball Tournament at Dr. Phillips Community Park, located at 8249 Buenavista Woods Blvd. in Orlando on June 3 and 4. KindRED Foundation has graciously covered the cost of every single registration for kickball at this event. ON the first day, teams will be assigned four random games to determine seeding with the second day being a single elimination tournament. Games will be played for first, second and third place. All teams are guaranteed 4 games minimum.
