Pride pa­rade at­tracts hun­dreds to New­port

by Matthew Wil­son

NEW­PORT — Main Street was filled with rain­bows on Sun­day, as the city hosted its first Pride Pa­rade.  Sev­eral hun­dred peo­ple, mem­bers of the LGBTQ+ com­mu­nity and their sup­port­ers, marched through New­port’s down­town be­hind the even­t’s grand mar­shal, U.S. Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Becca Balint.

Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Balint is both the first woman to rep­re­sent Ver­mont in Con­gress and the first openly gay per­son to serve the state in Wash­ing­ton, D.C.

The pa­rade and fes­ti­val was or­ga­nized over the past year by the NEK Rain­bow Coali­tion.  It at­tracted marchers from all over the King­dom to cel­e­brate and sup­port LGBTQ+ mem­bers of the com­mu­nity.

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