East-Central Minnesota Pride
eastcentral minnesota pride yearly celebration lesbian gay bisexual transgender lgbt resident rural area near pine city minnesota united state time inception first rural community u hold pride also first pride gathering held outside metropolitan area minnesota celebration held first weekend june pine city minnesota east central minnesota made pine isanti chisago kanabec mille lac county u census identified pine city surrounding area home one highest concentration samesex coupled household nonmetropolitan area state recognize th anniversary east central men’s circle provides support gay bisexual transgender questioning men area picnic held hundred people turned occasion event recognised first east central minnesota pride event eastcentral minnesota pride became official nonprofit event canceled help prevent spread covid community organization group since become involved planning running event including east central purple circle group lesbian queer allied woman region east central minnesota parent family friend lesbian gay pflag counterprotests early pride subject counterprotests across town separate park billed pro family event rural pine county resident claimed offended pride advertisement stating okay gay pine city featuring pink boa town iconic monument françois voyageur bad apple comment pine county commissioner mitch pangerl called pride organizer bad apple county board meeting using community sign school property promote event sign referenced used community group nonprofit organization east central minnesota pride also nonprofit wanted space promote event school voted use sign schoolrelated event host martina marraccino concern expressed marraccino inappropriate emcee pride event due past experience pornographic film actor city pine city stood event withhold necessary permitting occur east central minnesota pride official website