STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — The send year was a ltle easier for anizers of a gay pri para a Mississippi llege town. It took a protracted standoff that clud a lawsu before Starkville's elected officials permted a gay pri para earlier this year. Tuday, alrman voted 4-3 to approve 2019's applitn. The Commercial Dispatch reports three alrmen say they don't thk the cy should spend on -kd servic for any paras, also votg Tuday agast a perm for a Mart Luther Kg Jr. march. Two opponents are Ain Amerin. Alrmen origally rejected the Starkville Pri perm on a 4-3 vote last year, but Alrman David Ltle abstaed om a send vote, allowg Mayor Lynn Spill to break the tie favor of the para perm. This year, Ltle voted for the perm. ___ Informatn om: The Commercial Dispatch,
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- MEMPHIS (MID-SOUTH GAY) PRI 2019
- MISSISSIPPI OFFICIALS VOTE TO ALLOW SEND GAY PRI PARA
- DID STARKVILLE LEARN S LSON? CY OFFICIALS VOTE ON 2019 GAY PRI PARA PERM
MEMPHIS (MID-SOUTH GAY) PRI 2019
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MISSISSIPPI OFFICIALS VOTE TO ALLOW SEND GAY PRI PARA
Jo HRC at Memphis (Mid-South Gay) Pri on Saturday, September 28th! * mississippi gay pride 2019 *
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DID STARKVILLE LEARN S LSON? CY OFFICIALS VOTE ON 2019 GAY PRI PARA PERM
* mississippi gay pride 2019 *
“I’ve always supported the gay muny, ” Dobson said an terview wh the Sun Herald last June.
In early 1993, Emerson, the anizer of the pri march Ocean Sprgs, placed a small newspaper advertisement to ve people to a meetg at his home to discs a gay and lbian muny center.
Growg up the early 1990s, Fayard remembers hearg adults talk about how LGBTQ advot were tryg to “have this big gay downtown Ocean Sprgs, ” when they were actually tryg to tablish a muny center where people uld get rourc and support.