While Amherst has long supported LGBTQ+ pride, this year will be the first time when numerous events are happening in town for the occasion.Īmherst Pride at the Mill District, as the two-day event is being dubbed, is an outgrowth of work done by a committee exploring how Amherst could best get people to have fun around the observance. The flag-raising, at 5:30 p.m., includes the reading of a proclamation, adopted by the Town Council, marking June as LGBTQ+ Pride Month, for the fourth year in a row, and expressing the town’s values in support of diversity, inclusion and equal rights. AMHERST - Amherst officials are raising the gay pride flag in front of Town Hall Friday afternoon, beginning a weekend of community activities, in the Mill District in North Amherst, to celebrate gay pride.
