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(Walter Wuthmann/WBUR)"/></picture><figptn class="article-fig-ptn">Hundreds of thoands of people led the para route for the cy's first Pri celebratn sce 2019. (Walter Wuthmann/WBUR)</figptn></figure></sectn><sectn class="article-sectn--ntent hang-punctuatn article-sectn--first article-sectn--centered article-sectns"><p class="">Rirs wearg black jackets om the <a href=">Movg Vlatns</a> women’s motorcycle club led their bik up Saturday as onlookers cheered and waved rabow flags Copley Square.</p><p class="">They revved their eng – and wh that, the first Boston Pri para sce 2019 was off.</p><p class="">The annual celebratn of the LGBTQ+ muny was layed by the panmic, and then nceled after s anizg mtee <a href=">disband</a>.</p><p class="">Jt behd the roarg motorcycl, Gov. Mra Healey sprted om one si of the street to the other, huggg spectators and givg high fiv. People clamored to the ont to take selfi wh the state's first openly gay ernor.</p><p class="nt-medium">"I’m jt so proud to be a part of , I’m proud to lead this state, I’m grateful for the support," she said. "And I jt want people to know, this time where there are other stat gog backwards — e to Massachetts. It’s a great place to live, to raise a fay, to grow a bs."</p><figure class="article-fig size-large"><picture><img class="size-large article-image" src=" alt="Gov. Mra Healey stopped to take photos and selfi durg the 2023 Boston Pri para. (Walter Wuthmann/WBUR)" loadg="lazy"/></picture><figptn class="article-fig-ptn">Gov. Mra Healey stopped to take photos and selfi durg the 2023 Boston Pri para. (Walter Wuthmann/WBUR)</figptn></figure><p class="">Hundreds of thoands of people led the para route, which snaked through Back Bay and the South End before endg on Boston Common. Alexis Wright of Watertown cheered on a passg dm le on the edge of the Common.</p><p class="nt-medium">"This feels like the entire of cy of Boston has shown up to support a way that’s really nice," she said. "This feels very clive. I’m seeg everyone reprented, I’m seeg fai, I’m seeg the full lor spectm terms of diversy and race."</p><p class="">Saturday’s para was the first anized by a new learship group, <a href=">Boston Pri for the People</a>.</p><p class="">The Boston Pri Commtee, which anized the event for two s, disband 2021. They faced a boytt over accatns they exclud people of lor and members of the trans muny om learship.</p><p class="">Crics also thought the event had bee too rporate, wh pany floats and banners displacg smaller muny groups.</p><figure class="article-fig size-large"><picture><img class="size-large article-image" src=" alt="Boston Duck Tour's "Back Bay Bertha" was re-brand for the 2023 Pri para. (Walter Wuthmann/WBUR)" loadg="lazy"/></picture><figptn class="article-fig-ptn">Boston Duck Tour's "Back Bay Bertha" was re-brand for the 2023 Pri para. (Walter Wuthmann/WBUR)</figptn></figure><p class="">Speakg after the para Saturday, Boston Pri for the People print Adrianna Boul said she was proud of who they clud.</p><p class="nt-medium">"This is the pri we were lookg for. We are the on, and we me together to create somethg that is grassroots, muny-centered, and really feels beme that," she said.</p><p class="">Eilakeisha Spencer marched wh her nonprof, the <a href=">Boston Lbigay Urban Foundatn</a>, which supports LGBTQ youth of lor. She said while the event wasn’t perfect, felt to her more reprentative than other years.</p><p class="nt-medium">"I fely give them a 10 out of 10 for dog this, but we still always have improvement, there’s always improvements to make," she said.</p><figure class="article-fig size-large"><picture><img class="size-large article-image" src=" alt="The para clud a walkg memorial for those the trans and genr expansive muny who had recently died. (Walter Wuthmann/WBUR)" loadg="lazy"/></picture><figptn class="article-fig-ptn">The para clud a walkg memorial for those the trans and genr expansive muny who had recently died. (Walter Wuthmann/WBUR)</figptn></figure><p class="">But the overwhelmg mood was one of excement that New England’s largt pri para had fally returned.</p><p class="">Mars Fano and their two iends had jt got off the ferry om Hgham. Fano stood takg the scene on Boston Common, wearg lorful bracelets and black bat boots.</p><figure class="article-fig size-large"><picture><img class="size-large article-image" src=" alt="Boston Mayor Michelle Wu march the 2023 Boston Pri para. (Walter Wuthmann/WBUR)" loadg="lazy"/></picture><figptn class="article-fig-ptn">Boston Mayor Michelle Wu march the 2023 Boston Pri para. (Walter Wuthmann/WBUR)</figptn></figure><p class="">They said they’d really missed Pri and the specific sensatn brgs, of feelg safe among thoands of people.</p><p class="nt-medium">"It’s always really good to jt get to public and be like – yea, I’m not the only person that’s like me the cy of Boston," they said. "It mak me feel better to live here, you know?"</p><p class="">Fano hoped that after three years of wag, Boston Pri had returned for good.</p></sectn><sectn class="article-sectn--story-group article-sectn--centered"><p class=""><em>This segment aired on June 11, 2023.</em></p></sectn></article><sectn class="article-sectn--story-group article-sectn--centered"><hear class="zone"><div class="zone-ner"><h2 class="zone-hdr">Related:</h2></div></hear><ul class="article-story-group"><li class="story-group-em"><a data-ec="Article Related Lks" data-el="Your gui to this weekend's Boston Pri para and ftival" data-ea="Click" class="story-group-lk" href=">Your gui to this weekend's Boston Pri para and ftival</a></li><li class="story-group-em"><a data-ec="Article Related Lks" data-el="Boston Pri Announc Its Dissolutn Amid Boytt" data-ea="Click" class="story-group-lk" href=">Boston Pri Announc Its Dissolutn Amid Boytt</a></li></ul></sectn><sectn class="article-sectn--story-group article-sectn--centered"><div class="ntributor has-photo"><div class="ntributor-profile"><figure class="ntributor-profile-em ntributor-photo"><a href="/si/staff/walter-wuthmann"><picture><img src=" class="lazy rd-image" alt=""/></picture></a></figure><p class="ntributor-profile-em ntributor-b"><a class="ntributor-name" href="/si/staff/walter-wuthmann">Walter Wuthmann</a> <span class="ntributor-tle">General Assignment Reporter</span><br/>Walter Wuthmann is a general assignment reporter for WBUR.</p><p class="ntributor-more"><a class="ntributor-lk ntributor-b-lk" href="/si/staff/walter-wuthmann">More…</a></p></div></div></sectn><sectn class="sectn--bo sectn--bp"><div class="uw bp--rponsive"><div class="bp-ner"><p class="bp-label">Advertisement</p><div class="bp-ntent bp-ntent--centered"><div></div><div id="adslot-61438"></div></div></div></div></sectn><div></div><div class="global-d-ponents onmand--is-playg"><div class="global-player"><d preload="to"></d><div class="global-player-bar"><div class="global-player-bar-left"><button class="global-player-bar-ntrol"><i class="in-play in-play--global-player-bar in-play--psed"><span class="in-play-shape"><span class="in-label" data-note="for-screen-rears">Rume</span></span></i></button><div class="global-player-label global-player-label--live"><div class="global-player-channel"><span>Listen Live</span></div><div class="global-player-tle"><a class="global-player-label-lk" href="/">Loadg...</a></div></div></div><div class="global-player-bar-right"><div class="global-player-x"><svg class="in in-close" viewBox="0 0 24 24" aria-labelledby="tle"><tle id="tle">Close

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