Pride L/A LGBTQ-plus march and festival will be June 30

AUBURN — Pride L/A will host the second annual LGBTQ-plus pride march and Liberation for All festival Saturday, June 30, beginning with a rally at 10:30 a.m. in Festival Plaza
The title comes from a call for the LGBTQ-plus community to be in solidarity with all social justice movements, including racial, economic and disability justice.

Participants will begin a march across the Longley Bridge to Lincoln Street at 11 a.m., then into Simard-Payne Park in Lewiston, where the festival will take place from noon to 5 p.m.
The festival will include a full day of entertainment, including a main stage with numerous local drag kings and queens, a talent show, a dance punk band, and a comedian. There will also be a children’s area with a bounce house, Drag Queen Story Hour, face painting, a tie-dye station, and many more games and activities. Awards will be given for best dressed youth and best dressed adult.
There will be food trucks, and local organizations and businesses will be tabling with items for sale, including information about area resources. Admission and parking (in the garage) are free; volunteers are still needed. For more information, visit pride-l-a.weebly.com/, find on Facebook, @PrideLAMaine or contact pride.la.maine@gmail.com.

PHOTO: Last year’s Pride L/A march. This year’s march and festival will be June 30. (Gary Stallsworth photo)