City of Loveland marks its first Love is Love March in honor of Pride Month - Greeley Tribune

The first Love is Love March celebrating Pride Month stepped off 11 a.m. Saturday in Loveland with about 100 participants.

Flying rainbow flags, holding “Love is Love” signs, waving Pride flags and other flags representing the LGBTQ+ community, the excited group of all ages of adults, teens and children gathered in parking lots just off of Cleveland Avenue.

As the group made its way toward the Loveland City Hall and Foote Lagoon Amphitheater, 500 E. 3rd St., passing cars honked and people cheered.

• About 100 people gathered in Loveland to celebrate Pride Month with a march to the city's town hall and amphitheater. (Tamara Markard/Staff Reporter)

• More sights from the Love is Love March in celebration of Pride Month in Loveland. (Tamara Makard/Staff Reporter)

• More sights from the Love is Love March in celebration of Pride Month in Loveland. (Tamara Makard/Staff Reporter)

• About 100 people gathered in Loveland to celebrate Pride Month with a march to the city's town hall and amphitheater. (Tamara Markard/Staff Reporter)

• About 100 people gathered in Loveland to celebrate Pride Month with a march to the city's town hall and amphitheater. (Tamara Markard/Staff Reporter)

• Greeley's Everett Gonzales, Jr. and his mom, Genie Canalas, participated in the first Love is Love March in Loveland. (Tamara Markard/Staff Reporter)

• Nearly 100 people came out to Loveland on Saturday to show their support for the LGBTQ+ community in the city's first Love is Love March for Pride Month. (Tamara Markard/Staff Reporter)

• Fair Lane, left, Sadie Laporte, center, and Ivy Faerie, right, meet with fellow marchers at the first Love is Love March in Loveland. (Tamara Markard/Staff Reporter)

• More sights from the Love is Love March in Loveland on Saturday, June 26, 2021. (Tamara Markard/Staff Reporter)

The march is the first event to take place in the city of Loveland in honor of Pride Month.

“I think it’s important to support the first march in bringing exclusivity to the Loveland area,” Loveland drag queen Sadie Laporte explained. “We wanted to come out and be part of the vision that Loveland can be.”

Laporte, who hosts a drag queen bingo and revue shows in the city, was dressed to the nines with Ivy Faerie and Fair Lane in matching outfits complete with heels and hats.

Greeley’s own Everett Gonzales, Jr., founder of the Great Greeley Bake-Off, also attended the march, alongside his mother, Genie Canales.

Gonzales, Jr. was asked to speak during the festivities, along with other guest speakers from northern Colorado LGBTQ+ communities. In addition to the guest speakers, volunteers read inclusive children’s books to the crowd.

The march was organized and emceed by local drag king and educator Simon Hyperion.

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2021-06-26 22:00:32Z

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