The community in Albuquerque is as diverse as it is large. While not unified in coherent action, it nevertheless offers a great deal of opportunity for involvement. It has several large public events every year including the annual gay and lesbian pride festival, 10,000 people and growing, Women's Fest concerts, the Zia Gay Rodeo, The Kodak Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, Summerfest, with multi-cultural celebrations every Saturday night in the summer, the State Fair. A Professional baseball, hockey and soccer team, as well as the highly ranked UNM basketball teams.
Albuquerque has a very supportive mayor and has made recent advances including the only hate crimes law in the state. In several publications, Albuquerque was named as one of the best metropolitan living environments for gay and lesbian people.