Fairhope, Alabama
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| Sunday's Pride event. |
JUNE IS PRIDE MONTH
Members of the 'Color the Eastern Shore' nonprofit organization were marking the June 1st beginning of 'Pride Month' with chalk art/drawings on the sidewalk today in Utopia Park overlooking the bay, but had to contend with drawings already put there yesterday by a conservative group with a different point of view.
In 2023 their 'Pride Festival' was held in the city's south beach park below, with a simultaneous counter-event nearby by the 'Keep Fairhope Family Friendly' nonprofit; but today the park below was still closed for ongoing construction. (Both June 1 events had to be canceled last year due to bad weather.)
Biblical-themed quotations still competed with more-inclusive LGBTQ+ themed ones on the sidewalk when we were there this morning; those we spoke with thought it was good for both sides to have had their say, though.
No permit is needed from the city for an event like this.
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| Saturdays work. |
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| Sunday's art. |