Tag: pride parade
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‘The opposite of shame’: Pride Parade celebrates LGBTQ+ community despite hardships
Thousands of LGBTQ+ revelers and supporters lined the streets of downtown Colorado Springs for the annual Pride Parade on Sunday. Unity has long been one of the prevailing themes of the Pikes Peak Pride Festival’s culminating event — perhaps the only place where church members can be seen marching behind a dozen or so Satanists,…
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‘American Idol’ runner-up to headline this weekend’s Pikes Peak Pride in Colorado Springs
Wherever there’s a mic you’ll find Blake Lewis. The runner-up on season six of “American Idol,” who now lives and performs in Las Vegas — “anywhere they’ll give me a mic,” he says — will headline this year’s Pikes Peak Pride festival. He’ll perform Saturday at Alamo Square Park. The festival is free. “I’ve had…