Middletown was bursting with color and celebration on Saturday as the city hosted PrideFest to celebrate the LGBTQ community.
This is the fifth year PrideFest has been held in Middletown and it's one of the largest Pride events in the entire state.
It's meant to give visibility and recognition to the LGBTQ community.
The sounds of trumpets ushered in the annual PrideFest, with thousands coming into the city to celebrate and watch the parade.
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“From the people walking down to the people screaming and with the flags and the flags with the hearts, just everything about it, it felt like home,” Nathaniel Rivera of New Britain tells us.
Main Street was filled with pride flags and jubilant crowds.
“It makes me really happy. I’m so glad to see everybody and there’s so much representation,” Juliana Mancini of Berlin explained.
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The signs of acceptance was perhaps the most important aspect for many wanting to be their authentic selves.
“I was born this way and I’ve always known since I was a little kid, and I just want other people to see that we’re humans too,” Nathaniel Rivera of New Britain says.
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