Capital City Pride
capital city pride olympia washington nonprofit organization host lgbtq event largest annual twoday capital city pride festival parade held june festival draw people year olympia pride festival rally hosted celebrate lgbt community honor civil right gain past year highlight youth activist honor longtime activist commitment entertainment pride parade highlight day olympia pride festival grown year approximately people attend contemporary pride festival festival funded private fundraising sponsorship grant tourism promotion fund organization annual budget approximately capital city pride began grass root organization began operate auspex olympia rainbow center operating independent group committee elected officer organization expanded marketing sponsorship work since organization new management slowly transitioning become olywa pride prior pride parade held relative safety large city olympia become first small town outside seattle host pride event initial group organizer included evergreen state college student vikki marinelli tod streater kelly hawk judith samuel communitybased people sid evans michael murphy anna schlecht together effort produced first olympia pride march lead marathon park ended rally state capital drawing crowd people pride rally march organized new group organizer whose effort chronicled documentary titled small town pride produced olympiabased film maker marilyn freeman capital city pride founded sole purpose hosting annual pride event time march political tone shifted celebratory one traditionally capital city pride parade festival held saturday moved sunday festival grew two full day annual pride parade downtown olympia drew spectator many firsttime attendee came show support lgbt community following orlando massacre capital city pride