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Ben Griffin relaxes at his booth at BoroPride in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on Oct. 12, 2024. (Photo by Skyler Wendell)

Photo gallery: BoroPride Festival 2024

Skyler Wendell, Contributing photographer October 14, 2024

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The Hardin Draw was just one of the bands who rocked the stage and kept the crowd upbeat at the 2019 Murfreesboro Pride Fest on Saturday, September 7. (Photo by Enrique A Geronimo)

Why is BoroPride in October?

Kameron Scott, Contributing writer October 12, 2024
The 9th annual BoroPride, the LGBTQ+ festival held in Murfreesboro, takes place on Oct. 12th. Though Pride Month is celebrated in June, Murfreesboro typically holds its pride celebration in September or October.
cadee havard

BoroPride returns with performers, vendors and resources

Destiny Mizell | Lifestyles Editor November 2, 2023

Featured Photo by Cadee Havard Story by Kaleigh Young Over the weekend, Murfreesboro residents could celebrate the LGBTQ+ community by attending BoroPride at the Tennessee Miller Coliseum.   It...

For Veronika Electronika, a Tennessee bill that could ban public drag shows not only threatens him as a drag queen, but also as a small business owner of Performance Studio Cosmetics. (Photo provided by Veronika Electronika)

Tennessee might ban public drag shows. Here’s how we got here.

Matthew Giffin November 16, 2022

Story by Stephanie Hall | Contributing Writer A bill that would criminalize drag shows in public areas was introduced in the Tennessee state senate on Nov. 9. State Sen. Jack Johnson’s , R-Brentwood,...

Photo courtesy of the Tennessee Equality Project.

City restricts BoroPride org from hosting future events on public property

Matthew Giffin November 2, 2022

Story by Serena Vasudeva | Contributing Writer Murfreesboro’s LGBT pride festival has been denied future events permits by the city following a drag queen performance deemed by a letter from City...

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