Photo gallery Badger pride on display at picnic
Students, faculty members and others gathered at the Pride Picnic on Library Mall on June 26 to spin a wheel for pride-themed prizes, pose for photos in rainbow-colored Terrace chairs and enjoy tasty boxed lunches. But most of all, they gathered to talk with friends and feel the strength and support of the LGBTQ+ community on campus. The event was coordinated by the Gender & Sexuality Campus Center, Wisconsin Alumni Association and their Rainbow Affinity Group.
![A sign advertises the Pride Picnic as people walk in the background.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2024/06/Pride-Picnic-LibMall-2024-06-26BR-1773-1024x682.jpg)
Photo by: Bryce Richter
Participants enjoyed activities such as watercolor painting with Wheelhouse Studios, spinning a wheel for prizes and a boxed lunch.![Attendees Olivia Kossel, Melissa Heilman, Katie Peters and Jill Heilman (front left to back right) enjoy watercolor painting with Wheelhouse Studios.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2024/06/Pride-Picnic-LibMall-2024-06-26BR-1811-1024x682.jpg)
Photo by: Bryce Richter
Attendees Olivia Kossel, Melissa Heilman, Katie Peters and Jill Heilman (front left to back right) enjoy watercolor painting with Wheelhouse Studios.![People sit on a sunny lawn, eat and talk. It's a picnic.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2024/06/Pride-Picnic-LibMall-2024-06-26BR-3470-1024x662.jpg)
Photo by: Bryce Richter
Attendees enjoy a sunny afternoon sitting outside during the annual Pride Picnic.![A man in front of a colorful spinning wheel hands out prizes.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2024/06/Pride-Picnic-LibMall-2024-06-26BR-3315-1024x682.jpg)
Photo by: Bryce Richter
Pasha Thao, program manager with the UW Alumni Association, hands out prizes to attendees at the WAA: Rainbow Affinity Group booth.![Two women sit in two chairs in a row of colorfully painted chairs.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2024/06/Pride-Picnic-LibMall-2024-06-26BR-3511-1024x682.jpg)
Photo by: Bryce Richter
Dean of Students Christina Olstad (left) and Fernie Rodriquez (right), associate vice chancellor for Student Affairs, relax in rainbow-painted Memorial Union Terrace chairs.![A woman hands out a red Pride t-shirt.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2024/06/Pride-Picnic-LibMall-2024-06-26BR-3600-1024x682.jpg)
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Makenzie McBryde , customer relations coordinator with the Wisconsin Alumni Association, hands out prizes such as t-shirts to attendees at the WAA: Rainbow Affinity Group booth.![Three people lounge on rainbow colored chairs.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2024/06/Pride_picnic_127-1-1024x683.jpg)
Photo by Eric Baillies
GSCC staff member Alberto Santiago Ferreiras, Warren Scherer and Katherine Charek Briggs take a break to pose for a photo at the Pride Picnic.![Two people sit on colorful chairs, and hug each other arm in arm.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2024/06/Pride-Picnic-LibMall-2024-06-26BR-3748-1024x682.jpg)
Photo by: Bryce Richter
Lucas Lee (left) and Eric Haag (right) have a photo taken while sitting in a row of rainbow-painted Memorial Union Terrace chairs.![Two people sit on a blanket eating a picnic lunch.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2024/06/Pride-Picnic-LibMall-2024-06-26BR-3724-1024x682.jpg)
Photo by: Bryce Richter
UW students Amelia Erdman (left) and A.J. Jensema (right) enjoy boxed lunches.![People get a photo taken while sitting in colorfully painted chairs.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2024/06/Pride-Picnic-LibMall-2024-06-26BR-3756-1024x682.jpg)
Photo by: Bryce Richter
A group of attendees have a photo taken while sitting in a row of rainbow-painting Memorial Union Terrace chairs.