CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Pride events this weekend turned Uptown Charlotte into a party.
Large crowds came out to the parade on Sunday to celebrate.
Organizers expected hundreds of thousands of people in the city for the two-day festival and parade.
"It's welcoming," said Rayonna Lee Gutierrez, who just moved to Charlotte this summer. "It's a fresh breath of air. It's a relief to bring me and my family to an area that supports."
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A man who goes by Smokey said, "I appreciate it because it gives us a time to bring everyone together. Everyone feels a part of something."
People at the parade told Queen City News a celebration like Pride is especially important at a time when things can feel unsettled in the LGBTQ+ community.
This week, the Supreme Court was formally petitioned to reconsider and overturn its landmark gay marriage ruling.
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"I am gay. I have a wife of almost five years, and yes, it does seem fragile," Lee Gutierrez said. "There's a lot going on all over the world. I feel like even if you're not gay, if you're related to someone who's gay or you're friends with somebody who's gay, it's definitely a sensitive topic right now."
Parade organizers say any social justice movement will come with pushback.
"Right now we're facing some upheaval and some attack and some targeting of our community, and so we just have to keep going," said Meredith Thompson, Charlotte Pride's managing director.
Andrea Boone is from Charlotte and marched in the parade.
"We have to celebrate everybody, and I believe that today Charlotte showed out and showed love to the community, and it was beautiful," she said.
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