CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — A parade that advocates tried for years to supply in Cedar Rapids lastly got here to fruition.
Greater than 30 entries participated within the inaugural Satisfaction Parade on Saturday, June 4, 2022, with an estimated 3,000 spectators lining Third Road in southeast Cedar Rapids by means of New Bohemia, after the specter of rain had handed.
Andrew Harrison, who served as grand marshal, mentioned the town had turned down requests in earlier years to carry a satisfaction parade, and CR Satisfaction President Corey Jacobson mentioned a deliberate parade in 2020 was canceled as a result of pandemic.
The group’s mission is to create alternatives for consciousness, inclusivity and visibility of LGBTQIA+ people throughout the neighborhood.
“This neighborhood’s been asking for this for years,” Jacobson mentioned, noting that the primary Cedar Rapids satisfaction pageant was held in 1995. “Simply to see the neighborhood response; it’s been overwhelming.”
The Satisfaction Competition will probably be held July 9 in New Bohemia.
See images from this yr’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Cedar Rapids and extra from the inaugural Cedar Rapids Satisfaction Parade, beneath:
