Utah Pride Week is back and bigger than ever

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) It has been three years for the reason that Utah Satisfaction Middle hosted a big in-person satisfaction week. That each one modifications this week. 

Satisfaction officers say this yr’s Satisfaction Week is larger and higher, together with the realm they’re celebrating. Officers say they needed to increase on fifth road partially as a result of throughout the 2019 Satisfaction Competition, the traces had been too lengthy they usually wanted to make extra room. 

Utah Satisfaction week formally kicked off Sunday with a Drag Queen Present and Retro Solar-Day Dance Occasion, however there are nonetheless loads of large occasions occurring all week. 

“I feel it’s going to be good for everybody to assemble once more, to have fun Satisfaction to look at the parade to attend the competition and march down State Road, I feel persons are simply prepared to precise satisfaction,” mentioned Public Relations Supervisor for Utah Satisfaction Middle Kevin Randall. 

The parade can be practically doubling in dimension, going from seven blocks to 13 blocks lengthy. Officers say it will partially promote social distancing, however additionally they say they anticipate much more folks – round 75,000. 

This yr officers even have an app out for the primary time. It features a schedule, a map, distributors and an inventory of different LGBTQIA+ occasions occurring all month lengthy.