102 Photos of Pride Shining in Tallahassee

Since the early '90s, Tallahassee has had LGBT Pride festivals or parties in some form or fashion every year. But in 2008, Tallahassee Pridefest changed dramatically, coming "out of the closet" and moving from an afternoon festival in Tom Brown Park to a weeklong (and sometimes longer!) celebration with events throughout the Florida capital. Each successive year, Pridefest continues to evolve, bringing ever more creative and impressive events to Tallahassee, providing the community with an outlet where they can be themselves, accepted, and loved, without fear of reproach.

Read more about the events this year at Pridefest.FamilyTreeCenter.org, and follow them on Facebook for more! (And special thanks to Carl Bengston for the great photos. You can follow him on Facebook here.)