OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – The Oklahoma Metropolis Delight Alliance and Pridefest attendees kicked off pleasure occasions in Scissortail Park Friday, which included every thing from concert events and meals to tug reveals.
The Oklahoma summer season solar beaming down didn’t cease the park from being packed.
“This message, it speaks for itself, be who you might be and be OK with that,” mentioned Bralon Thomas, a Pridefest attendee.
“I am completely happy to be right here,” mentioned Selena Mendoza, a Pridefest attendee. “I am completely happy that everyone can come collectively and have a good time being who you might be and all people else being who they’re.”
Organizers of the occasion mentioned come rain or shine, the present should go on and no person’s raining on their parade. The occasions will go on as scheduled by the anticipated weekend rain, barring any lightning or different loopy climate, in keeping with Hannah Royce, the president of the Oklahoma Metropolis Delight Alliance and organizer of the occasion.
Friday evening noticed subsequent to no climate points earlier than Saturday’s pleasure parade at 10 a.m. This might be adopted by extra Pridefest occasions, meals, drinks and so forth till Pridefest wellness day on Sunday.
Cops could possibly be seen on each nook across the perimeter of the park. Royce mentioned in addition they employed Stonewall Safety to guard attendees.
“The expectations that now we have is that this actually units the tone and the trajectory for the following 20 years for our metropolis,” Royce mentioned. “We have seen that unbelievable breadth and depth that our queer group has to supply. We take up each crack and crevice in our metropolis.”
This Pridefest comes one yr after 2023’s cancelation on account of COVID-19. A full listing of the weekends pleasure occasions will be discovered by clicking right here.
Go to www.okcpridealliance.org for extra details about Pridefest.
