406 Pride and BPD are confident of a successful and safe Pride Parade [Video]

BILLINGS — On Saturday, June 22, allies and members of the LGBTQ+ community will celebrate underneath Billings Skypoint with a parade and festival.

Downtown Billings, beneath Skypoint, where the pride parade is to take place.

As for now, Pride Week means different things to different people.

“I just see so many smiles and such delight on folk’s faces. ‘Cuz for some, this is the first time they’re in a large crowd of people who are supportive of them,” says Marcus Frye, a Board Member for 406 Pride and organizer for the annual pride parade.

For all who celebrate Pride, it’s a month of fun, color, and glam; which is why certain moments can be difficult to comprehend.

Sign outside of the First Congregational church.

On Wednesday in Missoula, a group of young men were captured on a business security camera, tearing down a Pride flag, ripping it apart, and then urinating on it.

“Well, I’ll say, this isn’t the first time… and it probably won’t …