New Jersey’s 26th Annual LGBTQ Celebration has kicked off this Sunday along with the Asbury Park boardwalk and Sunset Park.
The event has drawn thousands of the spectators to watch the state's LGBT organizations and also LGBT allies walk all across the town sporting rainbow shirts and also flags, and to see the pride's festival featuring food, live performances and also dozens of vendors.
It also drew the politicians and also advocates, who are concerned about the nation's future after the election in November 2016.
Laura Pople's favorite moment at the Jersey Pride in Asbury Park pride has nothing to do with the singers, marchers or flags.
"I love it when I can watch new people in our committee looking around, realizing what they did, That moment of, 'I helped make this happen,'" said Pople, an organizer.
"After the election, there was a need for everybody to be able to be sure our society, and our community, can continue to offer a healthy environment for everyone," said Pople, also the president of Jersey Pride.
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker has marched in the parade, while the gubernatorial candidate and also state Sen. Ray Lesniak and the U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone have joined other politicians on the stage to rally the attendees in order to vote in the June governor's primary.
The New Jersey’s pride event has always been tied to the politics in the state. Pople said that, her help begin the tradition in the year 1992 after the state of New Jersey has passed a gay and lesbian anti-discrimination law.
They looked for the location which was centrally located, quintestionally the state of New Jersey, had the welcoming environment. Asbury Park fit all those qualifications perfectly.
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