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SACRAMENTO’S EARLY GAY PRI PARAS
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“I wanted to celebrate pri this year sce both my parents are gay and I am gay, ” said Frento, attendg the para for the first time.
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Now s 28th year, the ftival and s acpanyg para have bee an inic part of life California's pal cy, raisg funds for the Sacramento Gay & Lbian Center. The year 1979 was pivotal for Sacramento’s gay muny. Banned discrimatn agast homosexuals state employment, via executive orr.
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