LGBTQ+ communities... taking steps to promote safety at Pride 2024 events

Jessica_Rose · June 02, 2024, 04:15:45 PM

LGBTQ+ communities, allies around US taking steps to promote safety at Pride 2024 events

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Story by Marc Ramirez (2 June 2024)

There's an air of defiance among those organizing or planning to attend Pride events around the country this year, despite underlying fears that occasionally prompt chills eight years after the mass shooting that killed 49 people at Pulse, an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Orlando, Florida.

Organizers of Colorado's Pikes Peak Pride Festival are making plans to mark the event's 34th anniversary in Colorado Springs, where a gunman killed five and injured 25 at LGBTQ+ nightclub Club Q in November 2022.

"The importance of Pride and celebrating our identity is more important than any fear," said Pikes Peak Pride board member Justin Burns.

At a time of continuing anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric and a spate of legislative measures targeting the trans community, LGBTQ+ groups and their advocates say it's more important than ever to maintain a proud sense of identity while remaining vigilant in the face of unknown threats.

"The attitude continues to be that we will not let bigots drive us in to the shadows," said Dara Adkison, executive director of TransOhio in Columbus. "We support each other visibly and proudly, this month and every other."

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LGBTQ+ communities... taking steps to promote safety at Pride 2024 events

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