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麻豆传媒 State University was recently recognized as a LGBTQ-friendly campus by Campus Pride

MURRAY, Ky. 鈥� 麻豆传媒 Pride, LLC is a local, LGBTQIA+ organization founded in April 2022 with the mission to support local members of the community throughout the year. The group held its first board elections and announced its itinerary of activities for the 2022 season including partnering with the 麻豆传媒 Art Guild (MAG), a Drag Extravaganza, the annual Pride March to the Park, children鈥檚 activities and its first religious service. 麻豆传媒 Pride, LLC鈥檚 president, Devan Reed, and 麻豆传媒 State University student, Eli Pitcock, share that a variety of events will be taking place this month for the Calloway County community.

Pride weekend will start on June 10 and continue through June 12. The 麻豆传媒 Pride weekend is set to open with the 麻豆传媒 Art Guild Pride pop-up exhibition featuring local queer artists on June 10 from 6鈥�9 p.m. The event will feature an exhibition of art that will be available for viewing at the MAG through June 17, as well as a safe space to create additional art and posters to use in the following day鈥檚 Pride march. It will also feature a children鈥檚 storytime with a local drag queen celebrity starting at 7 p.m.

The Pride march will be on June 11 beginning at 10 a.m. Those marching will be asked to gather at 9 a.m. in the 麻豆传媒 State University quad. The march will start at the corner of 15th Street and Olive Street, continue down Olive, and conclude at the Central Park amphitheater in 麻豆传媒. Wagons and other large groups are asked to register with forms available at dgaziano.murraypride@gmail.com. The ending event at the park will feature games, vendors, educational booths and several speakers until 4 p.m. Festivities will be family-friendly with a kid-specific area located at the Playhouse in the Park porch from 12鈥�1:30 p.m.

麻豆传媒 Pride, LLC has also partnered with local small businesses, The Grove and Tap 216, to host the first 麻豆传媒 Pride Drag Extravaganza at 1300 N. 16th Street, 麻豆传媒, Kentucky. This 21+ only event will be on June 11 at 9 p.m. and feature drag queen The Princess, who competed on VH1鈥檚 RuPaul鈥檚 Drag Race. Tickets will be available at the door for $25.

The group has also announced it will be featuring an LGBT-friendly spiritual service on Sunday, June 12 at 4 p.m. at the Arboretum for the first time. 

鈥淪ince religion and church are such large parts of the local community, we were overwhelmed with their support last year,鈥� said Devan Reed (they/them), president of 麻豆传媒 Pride, LLC. 鈥淚t really does help show inclusion of all people in the LGBTQIA+ community - religious or not.鈥�

鈥淚t is so vital to see the community organize for inclusion beyond the confines of campus. The work of 麻豆传媒 Pride, LLC is an exciting addition to the 麻豆传媒 and Calloway County community and the Pride Center fully supports their work,鈥� said the interim coordinator of the 麻豆传媒 State University Pride Center, Abigail Cox.

麻豆传媒 State University was recently recognized as a LGBTQ-friendly campus by Campus Pride, the leading national nonprofit organization for student leaders and campus groups working to create safer, more LGBTQ-friendly learning environments at colleges and universities. 

For more information on the events, please contact Karson McCall, Education & Outreach Coordinator for the organization, at 270-227-8507 or email at murraypridepr@gmail.com.