TriPride
tripride annual lgbtq parade festival rotating city tricities region northeast tennessee southwest virginia johnson city kingsport bristol tennesseebristol virginia first festival held september founder park johnson city people attendance event included first large pride parade tricities region one primary criticism year one festival large police presence perimeter established around event result intelligence fbi officer johnson city surrounding jurisdiction participated security event incident occurred festival year two festival occurred september downtown kingsport tennessee pride event first city history festival theme focused around th anniversary stonewall riot particular reference social progress thats made since riot occurred theme look far weve come year three festival happen august downtown bristol virginia bristol tennessee organizer cancelled parade festival event due covid crisis june tripride organizer offered free rainbow pride flag person community wanted one way celebrating lgbtq pride month annual festival happen october downtown bristol virginia bristol tennessee parade festival cancelled second year row due covid crisis festival expecting attendance people managing organization tripride tn inc registered c nonprofit board director executive committee responsible daytoday governing organization board member serf twoyear term president vice president exception serve threeyear term ensure overlap board election tripride official website