For drag queen Stormie Daie, who has hosted Alamance Pride since its creation, reaching a milestone of 10 years is something deeply personal. She said she remembers the first afternoon when the crowd came together.
“The first one, we were under threat of gun violence that day,” Daie said. “But Alamance Pride has always been like a ley line or an energy drawing, I think, for the queer and marginalized and progressive of Alamance County.”
Ten years later, Daie described the growth as something almost spiritual…