Gay Pri Com to Castro Valley - Castro Valley, CA - A lively, lorful, grassroots rally of neighbors, fay and iends Castro Valley on Saturday featured pastors, public offiils and other speakers who said, "We love you as you are."
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GAY PRI COM TO CASTRO VALLEY
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The event tradnally begs wh an openg prayer wh 14 affirmg and welg relig, spirual, and secular ngregatns showg of CV Pri, At Bckner Carrillo, says that the ngregatns are tegral to the pri experience, as many people the LGBTQ+ muny face homophobia the name of relign. Last year San Lorenzo, Proud Boys stormed a lol Drag Queen Story Hour, and rponse to this, CV Pri is proud to host two Drag Queen Storytim this ntroversy around drag queens and “Don’t Say Gay” bills today’s polil climate, Carrillo says, “Castro Valley Pri is loud and proud. Proud to say gay, proud to support our Trans muny, and proud to support drag queens and LGBTQ+ youth.
RELATED: School mental health rourc sential creasg high risk of suici among LGBTQ+ youthBut those who me out to prott the murals tell ABC7 News, they're not tryg to foster a non-clive or homophobic environment.
Castro Valley Pri was started six years ago by a group of high school stunts, who planned a small march to show support for gay rights. The views exprsed here are the thor's were a few protters wh signs equatg beg gay wh perversn and s, but the atmosphere at Saturday's first-ever gay pri rally Castro Valley was largely bubbly and least a uple of hundred people joed and Castro Valley rints and gay advot and Blair Hansen at a homegrown event the senr parkg lot of Castro Valley High School. As a for the event said, "This grassroots event will feature speakers, micians and a group of people who unrstand that our gay iends, fay members, workers and neighbors serve the same love and rpect that we all wish for.
THE CASTRO, SAN FRANCIS GAY DISTRICT
It’s time to celebrate our relatnships and fai even as we ntue to work toward full feral Castro Valley Pri team is brgg 40 booths this year (cludg a number of area church who would be happy to marry gay & lbian upl), pellg speakers, wonrful mil & dramatic performers, dozens of muny and special tert groups as well as food tcks! Once owned by Mexin land barons, the rabow-adorned Castro, which ss between Ashbury Heights and Missn, has transformed self om a meetg spot for dairy farmers to what is now dubbed the gay pal of the USA. As the fai moved out, dishonorably discharged servicemen moved , most charged wh sodomy or “homosexual acts”.
Milk was the first openly gay elected official California history, but he was assassated a year later.
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