OKLAHOMA CITY (Free Press) — It’s been a protracted journey following 2023 and the pandemic, however the Oklahoma Metropolis Delight Alliance is kicking off Delight Month Tuesday, June 1 with a public, in-person ceremony.
The Opening Ceremony will likely be at 6 p.m. in Kerr Park, 102 Robert S. Kerr Ave in downtown Oklahoma Metropolis.
It’ll embody the Mayor’s proclamation being learn declaring Delight Month within the Metropolis of Oklahoma Metropolis. Regardless that Mayor David Holt is not going to be current, he’s the one issuing the signed proclamation.
In 2019, Mayor David Holt presided over a number of firsts, the foremost being the first-ever declaration of an official Delight Week in addition to being the primary Mayor to publicly acknowledge 2SLGBTQ+ individuals by strolling within the Delight Parade.
J.D. Baker, particular assistant to the Mayor, will converse on behalf of the Mayor’s workplace.
Tuesday, Oklahoma Metropolis Ward 2 Councilman James Cooper will give an summary of Oklahoma Metropolis’s queer historical past additional burnishing his credentials on the subject.
Within the 2019 full week of actions, Cooper folded Oklahoma’s queer historical past into bigger nationwide and even worldwide experiences as proven in movie after which mentioned after every movie over a number of nights.
“This Delight Month kick-off occasion provides a nod of gratitude to how far we’ve come as we honor those that helped get us the place we’re and people who’re nonetheless doing the exhausting work in our state right this moment,” stated Hannah Royce, OKC Delight Alliance President.
“And with Delight month comes the reminder we’re not solely gathering to rejoice our communities and our historical past, however we’re doing so in solidarity with different oppressed teams, and to demand social and financial justice worldwide.”
The Rainbow Awards and recognition of the parade Grand Marshals will likely be adopted by the rainbow ribbon chopping marking the start of Delight Month in OKC.
The occasion is free and open to the general public.
About OKC Delight Alliance, Inc.
The Oklahoma Metropolis Delight Alliance is a community-run, 501(c)(3) tax-exempt group devoted to producing the annual #OKCPrideFest and Parade, #OKCPrideWeek, and year-round city-wide 2SLGBTQ+ Delight occasions that encourage, educate, commemorate and rejoice our metropolis’s various group.
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