The Denver Pride host group plans to host a 5k run at 8 a.m. The Great Flo : Angel Monument dedication Ceremony at Roselawn in Puebloįor anyone hoping to celebrate Pride during June, Denver Pride celebrations will begin Saturday, June 26. Interested individuals can reach out to SOCO Equality Alliance through email to month began as a remembrance of the June 1969 Stonewall Riots, referencing the time period when legal and social restrictions prevented LGBTQ individuals from living freely.ĭuring the next few decades, Pride changed from loosely organized marches into less-radical and more community-oriented events for LGBTQ awareness. The group is operated by the SOCO Equality Alliance include the Out Front Youth Group, which offers community, guidance and other resources for youths in the LGBT community in Southern Colorado and TransGenerations, a support group for transgender adults.īoth support groups are currently meeting virtually, but in-person meet-ups are anticipated soon.Īnyone who is hoping to join in the fun of Pride can volunteer for the day-of the event, as well as volunteer time and energy for prep work. Vacuum repair still needed : Pueblo vacuum cleaner repairman still going strong after 40 yearsįarrell noted that events within the Pueblo LGBTQ+ community have been "fairly slow" within the last year due to the COVID-19 restrictions.
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"We don't mind expanding the Pride season for the full summer season," Tommy Farrell, president of the Southern Colorado Equality Alliance, which hosts Pueblo Pride celebrations. This is because Denver holds Pride events in June, Colorado Springs holds Pride events in July, and August becomes the next open month.
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15, as is tradition for Pueblo organizers. Pueblo's Pride celebration will not be in June, but is instead scheduled for Saturday, Aug. June is Pride Month in the United States, a timeframe designated unofficially by the LGBTQ community and officially by many government agencies, and many cities use the time to celebrate the community and how much the fight for LGBTQ rights has advanced.