NWA Pride Week Parade returns to Fayetteville after COVID-19 pandemic Share Updated: 8:20 PM CDT Jun 1, 2021 SOURCE: 40/29 News
The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox. Share Updated: 8:20 PM CDT Jun 1, 2021 The NWA Pride Week Parade and other Pride Week events are returning to Fayetteville this year after in-person events were canceled in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The director of NWA Pride said this year s event will also put an emphasis on the transgender community.“Pride this year has also taken on I think a more somber tone considering what has happened in the state legislature the past few months,” said NWA Pride Director, Richard Gathright. “I think it’s back to its roots of being more of a protest this year. It’s a party too, but it’s a protest, that is what it was founded as.”For the first time, NWA Pride will be holding Trans March in support of the transgender communit