“I started because it was during the pandemic and everyone was really isolated,” she said. Taylor resident Denise Rodgers created a Facebook page in May 2020 for the LGBTQ community and their allies. Taylor's event follows a virtual celebration last year that came about online. Pride commemorates the 1969 Stonewall riots - a spontaneous uprising sparked by a police raid on a gay club in New York City. Taylor is getting ready for its first-ever in-person Pride event Saturday. There are few passing cars.īut then, on the side of an old, warehouse-sized structure, there’s an unfamiliar sight: a large banner with six little ducks in a row, each a color of the rainbow. Pedestrians walk with purpose this time of year, trying to avoid the heat rising up from the concrete, crossing the road before street lights give the OK. While they've stood strong throughout the years, the buildings can't block out the beating sun, so awnings line the sidewalk every way you look. At the center of miles of land and homes, older buildings poke out of the ground making up Main Street.
The faded marquees and antique storefronts in downtown Taylor paint the familiar scene of a Texas town.
