1/31/2024 0 Comments Gay pride orlando 2015 festival![]() Petersburg’s Central Avenue near sunset for the 14th annual event that’s grown to become Florida’s biggest gay pride event.Ī number of local residents who are part of the LGBT community said they came to celebrate life. Pete Pride still sounded and looked a lot like the city’s previous celebrations.Ībout 6,000 parade marchers, food vendors, musicians and an estimated 250,000 attendees crowded St. While thoughts of the Pulse nightclub massacre were present, this year’s St. “Just looking at that one person tore me to pieces it really did."īut the somber tone didn’t stop paradegoers from partying. "I wanted to cry, I really did,” Lyons said. The 102 participants walked in silence, 49 of them holding a sign with the name and age of those killed two weeks ago, and 53 holding candles for each person injured.Īmanda Lyons of Bradenton watched from the sidelines. Pete Pride parade started with a quiet tribute to the victims of the Pulse nightclub in Orlando.
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