A color photograph of two elder women, Pride walk founders Helen and Lynne, holding a pride flad and a sign that reads "31st Ojai Gay Pride Walk". They are dressed in rainbow colored clothing and looking at the camera.

Ojai PRIDE

In 1991 Lynne Doherty and her partner Helen Allen started the first Ojai Pride Walk. Along with 6 close friends, they walked around town quietly. Over the years the Ojai Pride Walk would gain more participants and visibility.

This year, 2024, will be the 33rd Ojai Pride Walk & the 1st Pride Picnic & Celebration at Libbey Park. We hope to continue Lynne & Helen's vision of having Ojai be a place for the Queer Community to represent, strengthen, support and inspire.

- Queers in the Valley

A photograph of Ojai Pride organizers standing and seated in a group. All are femme presenting people of various ages and ethnicities and are smiling at the camera.