For the first time ever, the Mile High City will celebrate Black Pride.

Not to be confused with the annual LGBTQIA+ Pride celebrations that take place every June, Black Pride Colorado—a collaborative effort from The Center on Colfax, Youth Seen and the Juneteenth Music Festival—is a way to marry the identities of those who embrace their African American heritage and their queerness.

Part of the reason for organizing Black Pride Colorado, according to the program’s website, is to serve as “a reminder that pride started as & continues to be an act of resistance.”

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