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Maidstone welcomes first Pride event organised by thirteen year old girl
KentOnline / KMTV
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25/06/2024
Pride flags and banners have been flying high in Maidstone, as the town is celebrating after holding its first-ever Pride festival.
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It's been a day to remember for Maidstone, as the town celebrated its first ever Pride Festival.
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Starting off with a parade towards Jubilee Square, the party was then taken to the Lock Meadow,
00:13
where visitors were treated to performances from a variety of LGBTQ plus artists.
00:20
Well as you can see behind me, Maidstone's first ever Pride is absolutely packed,
00:27
and while it literally rained on their parade earlier,
00:30
it hasn't stopped them from bringing their own rainbow and sunshine to the town.
00:35
Maidstone Pride was made possible because of a small group of young people
00:40
with a £2,000 grant from the Borough Council. Maidstone Pride's founder is only 13 years old.
00:48
Me and my mum went to London Pride and on the train back, I asked why was there a Maidstone
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Pride and my mum said she wasn't sure, and it was showing to me that they hadn't already had one
00:59
and that Maidstone didn't have that sense of inclusivity or diversity that other towns did.
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Pride festivals are about bringing a sense of love and belonging to the LGBTQ plus community,
01:11
and then there's the all-important question on whether or not the turnout met expectations.
01:17
I expected it to be exactly like this, a lot more people turned up than I thought,
01:21
and I thought a lot of people would turn up, a bit more than I thought would actually happen,
01:26
and the parade went very well. Where we could have Maidstone Pride was pretty hard,
01:30
so there was a lot of debate where we could have it. We finally settled on Log Meadow,
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which I think is a good venue. I asked visitors about the importance of Maidstone's first Pride.
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I think it's really good because there's a lot, especially in Maidstone, there's got a lot of
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acceptance for people a lot of the time. I think it's very important, especially with the parade,
01:56
because people get to see that queer people are humans.
02:06
Because it's not always known as the most accepted community in Maidstone,
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so it's even better to have, you know, a Pride event here.
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I think it's really lovely that Maidstone's actually doing this.
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It's like, well, I've seen so many Prides going on in other places, but never here.
02:23
It looks like Maidstone Pride will be looking to stay,
02:27
with supporters waiting eagerly for next year's celebrations.
02:31
Henry Luck for KMTV in Maidstone.
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