One of the largest groups marching in the parade was the group Mormons Building Bridges, which is made of up of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who advocate for equality for the LGBTQ community.Ĭamille Baily Aagard has served in various positions in the LDS Church as a lifelong member, including as a Relief Society president and a missionary. Local fire and police departments waved and handed out stickers, and as usual Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank was there participating as well. Some of those marching included members of the Boy Scouts and the U.S. “Pride is love, there is so much love here,” one attendee said while standing next to her partner-who added, “Pride is being able to walk around and be ourselves and be together like a normal couple.” The theme for this year's festival was "Pride is.", with participants being invited to finish the sentence. Doesn’t matter what you are: gay, straight, whatever! Have pride in who you are, come out and celebrate life.”
“I’m a heterosexual married guy, people have pride in themselves. He and his wife brought their daughter and decided to make a day out of it. It was Orem resident Scott Healy’s first time visiting Utah’s Pride Parade. and continued for six blocks through downtown Salt Lake City. Utah’s Pride Parade kicked off on 200 South at 10 a.m. SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah Pride Festival is the largest fundraiser for the Utah Pride Center, and while last year more than 35,000 people were present, it’s likely that new records for attendance were set in 2015.