Despite having issued proclamations in 2021 and 2022 recognizing June as Pride Month, Denton Mayor Gerard Hudspeth declined to do so this year, according to reports by KERA.
Pridenton, a local organization that has a number of events planned for June, had submitted a request on May 3 for a Pride Month proclamation from Hudspeth and the city. On May 28, the group got an email from the city saying that Hudspeth “has passed on this opportunity at this time.”
With that news, the rally Pridenton had planned for Tuesday night, June 3, to celebrate the proclamation turned into a rally to protest Hudspeth’s decision…