{"id":414796,"date":"2026-08-23T19:23:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T19:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/414796\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T19:23:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T19:23:00","slug":"thousands-celebrate-austin-pride-parade-organizers-emphasize-resistance-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/414796\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands celebrate Austin Pride parade, organizers emphasize resistance message"},"content":{"rendered":"

AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Tens of thousands of Texans filled downtown Austin on Saturday night for the 36th annual Austin Pride celebration, with organizers emphasizing a message of resistance.<\/p>\n

Thousands marched through the heart of the city as part of the parade and festival, which carried this year\u2019s theme: \u201cViva La Resistencia.\u201d Outreach Director Jamal Crier said the theme reflects Pride\u2019s origins and its continued purpose. \u201cWhat pride started as a riot and now lives as a resistance of love and celebration, even when administrations try and tell us that we can’t,\u201d Crier said.<\/p>\n

People in the crowd said the moment felt especially significant this year. <\/p>\n

Cynthia Soliz, an Austinite, called it \u201ctremendously important. Tremendously important.\u201d Another Austinite, Matthew McFall, said, \u201cWith everything that’s been happening, it’s become more important than anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The celebration came weeks after the rainbow crosswalks at the intersection of Colorado and Fourth streets were removed following a state order. On Friday, the city of Austin placed a permanent historical marker at the intersection honoring the community\u2019s long history. The marker had been in the works for years, but its dedication came one day before the Austin Pride festival.<\/p>\n

Asked whether he feels supported in the community, McFall said, \u201cI absolutely do. It’s just the political part that needs to have the support in it. Otherwise, we’re still screwed.\u201d<\/p>\n

The parade finished at the Ann Richards Bridge near Lady Bird Lake. Attendees said it was important to show up in support of Pride.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Tens of thousands of Texans filled downtown Austin on Saturday night for the 36th annual…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414797,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-414796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}