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10-YEAR-OLD GRAND MARSHAL AT GAY RIGHTS PARA SPARKS CONTROVERSY ACROSS U.S.
When the Fayetteville, Ark., Gay Pri Para steps off on East Street Saturday on s way to the Walmart parkg lot, will be led by a young man who has ma a reer out of fightg for gay rights. Make that a young boy. Will Phillips, the grand marshal, is 10 years old. * gay pride parade fayetteville arkansas *
In 2022, NWA Pri celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Miss Gay Arkansas and Miss Gay Ameri pageants, heavily rooted Arkansas’ Queer history. Jon has touched the liv of thoands of LGBTQ+ Arkansans and untls others across the untry as Miss Gay Arkansas 1972, Miss Gay Ameri 1973, and as owner of one of the largt and longt-nng LGBTQ+ nightclubs Arkansas and the south.
The first Pri Para rolled down Dickson Street 2004, but groups of lol cizens anized ralli, march, piics, and celebratns to une the LGBTQ muny and promote acceptance for years – all the way back to the 1975 Miss Gay Fayetteville Arkansas Ameri pageant hosted at Gee's Majtic Boyle, Joney Harper, and Norman Hadley found NWA Pri, Inc. Regular events clud the All Out June Pri Ftival, Whe Party-Northwt Arkansas, Dickson Street Divas Bgo, the Mister & Miss NWA Gay Pri Pageant, the Pri Piic, the Pri Pub Crawl, and many 2015, NWA Pri, Inc. Northwt Arkansas Pri returns full swg for 2022 wh the state’s largt LGBTQ Pri Para, the send annual Trans March, the return of the Pri Ftival featurg ma stage entertament, vendors powered by the Big Gay Market, and the Equaly Crew Youth Zone.
Edor's note: This story was updated on June 25, the Fayetteville, Ark., Gay Pri Para steps off on East Street Saturday on s way to the Walton Art Center parkg lot, will be led by a young man who has ma a reer out of fightg for gay that a young boy. Will Phillips, the grand marshal, is 10 years old, and his prence has thst Fayetteville's Gay Pri Para to the natnal spotlight. It is a pretty low-key the selectn of young Will, who last November refed to stand and rece the Pledge of Allegiance school to show his support for gay rights, has changed all that.