Toledo Pride draws thousands despite cloudy skies

Thousands flooded downtown Toledo to celebrate Toledo Pride, despite rain and overcast skies.

Thousands flooded downtown Toledo to celebrate Toledo Pride, despite rain and overcast skies. The annual parade and festival is Northwest Ohio’s largest gathering for LGBTQ+ people.

The three-day celebration took place at Promenade Park, along the west bank of the Maumee River. This is what we saw.

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H.L. Comeriato (they/them) is an award-winning multimedia journalist living and working in Ohio. They were honored with the Sarah Pettit Memorial Award for National LGBTQ+ Journalist of the Year.

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