Rainbows are coming to Martha’s Vineyard next month regardless of the weather.

June is LGBTQ+ pride month, an annual series of events that continue to grow each year on the Island, with the pride parade as the annual centerpiece. This year’s parade takes place June 8, beginning at the Island Queen Dock and continuing to Ocean Park.

“I would say in the last probably seven years, we’ve seen more stuff happening within the queer community and for the queer community,” said Scott Mullin, the founder of Queer Hub MV, an organization that helps bring the LGBTQ+ community together. “Before the parade, it was smaller, here and there kind of stuff.”

June was chosen as pride month to commemorate the Stonewall Riots in 1969, a landmark event in the LGBTQ+ rights movement. The designation has been federally recognized since 1999.

The Island’s pride parade, which is in its third year, was inspired by a party hosted by the Ritz Cafe.

“They had such success in their pride party every year, and I was like, well, why don’t we just make it bigger,” said Sofie Green, chair of the pride parade and vice president of the Oak Bluffs Association. “We’ve come a long way. It’s really been an event people are embracing.”

Ms. Green said she is particularly excited about the resource tent that accompanies the pride parade. The tent, which is organized by Mr. Mullin, will host 10 different organizations that have information available for the LGBTQ+ community.

“I connected with [Sofie Green] about organizing the resource tent because the parade is great fun, but I was like this is the perfect opportunity for the Island community to see what we actually have available for them,” Mr. Mullin said.

Ms. Green said that Island officials have been welcoming with regard to pride month events.

“The select board and the parks department, the police department, the fire department, everybody’s ready and happy to do it,” Ms. Green said.

She highlighted the police department’s escort as a comforting aspect of the event.

“Last year, somebody filled out my parade form [to participate] and was really negative on it . . . I think they talked about burning the LGBTQ flag,” she said. “I went to Chief Searle and I told him. He had his eyes peeled. I could tell he meant business. He had all of our backs.”

Pride month events kick off this weekend, with the second annual eco-drag show at Felix Neck on Saturday, which gives Islanders a chance to perform dressed as their favorite flora or fauna.

“Last year we had somebody who was a crow and he danced to one of the Counting Crows songs,” said Suzan Bellincampi, the regional director of Mass Audubon Islands.

The pride event is one of many held across the state by MassAudubon, and proceeds raised by the Island event will go to Queer Hub MV.

“One of our imperatives is access to nature for everyone and making sure we’re a welcome space for all people,” said Ms. Bellincampi.

The First Congregational Church of West Tisbury will host a Wholly, Holy and Whole community pride dinner on June 5. The church is designated by the United Church of Christ as an Open and Affirming church, which means it has taken steps to make members of the LGBTQ+ community feel welcome.

“You walk in the door, we’re not expecting you to do or be anything other than yourself,” said Molly Conole, the church’s administrator of operations and new media.

Ms. Conole added that with the prevalence of religious trauma, particularly within the LGBTQ+ community, it is important that the church is known as a safe space. Register for the dinner by May 31 at officewtiscong@gmail.com.

The public libraries will host a variety of pride events throughout the month. Drag queen Betty Bootleg will make an appearance at the West Tisbury Public Library to read children’s books celebrating diversity. The Oak Bluffs Public Library showcases a children’s storytime event focused on gender diversity. In Edgartown, the library screens a series of movies throughout the month to highlight queer voices.

The West Tisbury Public Library has also been hosting a monthly LGBTQI+ book club for the past year. The book for June is Less, the Pulitzer Prize winning-novel by Andrew Sean Greer.

“One of the things that we heard from folks is that they wanted to hear more LGBTQ and queer programming at the library and Scott [Mullin] said what about a book club?” Alexandra Pratt, the librarian involved in the event, said.

The book club is one of the only year-round events for the queer community on the Island. Mr. Mullin is hoping to change that.

“[Queer Hub MV’s] goal right now is to get things going all year long,” Mr. Mullin said. “It’s been really hard because predominantly it’s been myself as the person who’s trying to keep everything going but now we’ve got some core people that are really interesting in making things happen. Hopefully, this coming year will be a different story.”

Other events this month include a series of film screenings at Martha’s Vineyard Film Society, a drag brunch at Red Cat Kitchen, a party at the Ritz and a variety of other offerings from local businesses. “I’ve been here on and off for 30 plus years,” said Mr. Mullin. “It’s amazing to see that this is where we are now.”