Colorado LGBTQ+ advocacy leaders on Wednesday condemned reports of hate speech directed toward a Pride float in the Montrose Fourth of July parade.
Montrose Pride’s participation in the annual parade was met with “hate speech, slurs and other attacks,” the group wrote in a post on Facebook.
“That such behavior came from members of our own community is especially disheartening. This kind of conduct has no place in Montrose or anywhere else, and we condemn it in the strongest possible terms,” the group wrote Monday.
The incident also earned condemnation from One Colorado, a statewide LGBTQ+ advocacy organization.
“I am deeply disappointed that the Montrose Pride community had such backlash after hosting its first very successful and well-attended Pride this year,” Western Slope Field Organizer Heidi Hess said in a statement.
This is a developing story and may be updated.
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