Oakland Pride returned Sunday for the first time since the pandemic as cheerful crowds filled several city blocks for the all-day festival.
OAKLAND -- Oakland Pride returned Sunday for the first time since the pandemic as cheerful crowds filled several downtown city blocks for the all-day festival.
"Connecting with people and just feeling comfortable in expressing ourselves as we are," said one of Fern's friends from We Skate Oakland who goes by Abby. Among the community organizations at Pride, Project Eden focused on LGBT youth. Its team says they're hopeful about the progress made in controlling the monkeypox epidemic. They're helping the public understand it is not a disease limited to the gay community. In addition, their work is intended to help transgender and non-binary students throughout the school year.
"Just being a person who is listening -- that one person they can talk to because we know that lowers their risk of committing suicide."
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