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By Community Alliance Staff
On June 3, thousands of local residents attended the 33rd Fresno Pride Parade on the streets of Fresnoās Tower District. After the parade, people enjoyed a related event at Fresno City College. Vendors, artists and food trucks were featured at the event.
The parade marked the beginning of a month-long celebration with several flag-raising ceremonies, including at Fresno State, Fresno City College and Clovis College.
This yearās celebration was the largest ever with 100 parade entries. The theme was āQu33r All Year.ā
Assembly Member Esmeralda Soria (DāFresno) and Fresno City Council Member Annalisa Perea were among the grand marshals. Perea is the first openly gay member of the City Council. Other lawmakers who participated were Council Members Miguel Arias, Luis ChĆ”vez, Tyler Maxwell and Nelson Esparza; Rep. Jim Costa (DāFresno); and Assembly Member JoaquĆn ArĆ”mbula (DāFresno).
Community colleges from several Central Valley cities, as well as some churches, businesses and organizations, were well represented. This strong support for our LGBTQ+ communities comes in a year in which several Republican-controlled states have passed, or plan to pass, bills suppressing basic rights for these communitiesāas well as bills aiming to suppress womenās rights and voting rights.
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