Throughout June, WTOP is celebrating Pride and recognizing and honoring the rich history and diversity of the LGBTQ+ community in the region.

This year’s Pride Month events will be “bigger and better than past years,” as part of the WorldPride celebrations in the District.

That’s what Giovanni Rocco, with the Capital Pride Alliance, told WTOP.

“We’re bringing people from all over the world together to celebrate that and to really go back to our roots of Pride being not just a celebration, but a protest as well,” said Rocco, a board member and co-chair of the communications committee of the Capital Pride Alliance.

As part of these efforts to “celebrate living our authentic selves,” this weekend is chock-full of events and parties for those in the LGBTQ+ community to gather and have

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