On Saturday, Governor Josh Shapiro will attend the Lancaster Pride Festival alongside Pennsylvania’s LGBTQ community and its allies.
On the same day that the U.S. Supreme Court decided that parents should have the option to drop out of their children’s classes when the curriculum went against their religious convictions, he made his declaration. The lawsuit pertaining to LGBTQ book characters was the most recent in a string of court cases, federal and state laws, executive directives, and financial threats that have targeted LGBTQ rights.
Following President Trump’s threat to deny federal money, Pennsylvania’s main hospitals that offer gender affirming care to trans persons of all ages immediately stopped treating anyone under the age of 19, leaving patients and their distressed families without a place to receive medical care.
At last year’s Central PA Pride Fest in Harrisburg, Shapiro spoke up for the rights of trans children, denouncing politicians who mistreat trans children as vile and promising to confront bullies on their behalf.
Shapiro spoke to over a hundred people at a Pride celebration at the State Library in Harrisburg earlier this week, accompanied by Lt. Gov. Austin Davis. As the 48th governor of the commonwealth, he expressed his satisfaction in being present and standing in front of the rainbow pride flag to the attendees.
From noon to six o’clock, the Lancaster Convention Center and the surrounding area will host the 17th annual Lancaster Pride Festival. More than 200 vendors, food trucks, historical exhibits, and a performance by Heidi N. Closet, star of RuPaul’s Drag Race, are all part of the free event.
Shapiro will talk at the Main Stage on Vine Street at 12:30 p.m.
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