Starkville, Mississippi finally gets a Pride Parade.

March 25, 2018 compassq 5 THINGS TO KNOW, HEROES, LIFESTYLES, US NEWS Comments Off on Starkville, Mississippi finally gets a Pride Parade.
Starkville Pride organizers Bailey McDaniels (left holding banner) and Emily Turner lead the 2018 Starkville Pride Parade in downtown (Photo by Logan Kirkland, SDN)

Close to 3,000 people flooded downtown Starkville on Saturday for the first LGBTQ Pride parade in the city’s history.

After grabbing national attention, the grassroots group Starkville Pride was allowed to move forward with its parade despite initially being voted down by the city’s Board of Aldermen in late February.