Columbus Pride celebration named one of country’s best by ‘US News & World Reports’ list

This may not come as a surprise to many, but Pride festivities in Columbus were tapped as one of the 21 best in the country by U.S. News & World Reports.

The story, which named the top 21 Pride parades and celebrations in the country, described Columbus as a city on that’s both on the rise and exceptionally LGBTQIA-friendly

“Ohio’s capital and biggest city is one of the fastest-growing and most LGBTQ-friendly cities in the country. As such, Columbus holds the second-largest Pride march in the Midwest. Second only to Chicago Pride in the region, Columbus welcomes over 750,000 spectators to its Pride festival and march,” the story reads.

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The Stonewall Columbus Pride march will be held this on June 17, and will move throughout Downtown.

In case you were wondering, here’s a list of all the cities in the U.S. News & World Reports named:

New York City
Providence
Provincetown
Boston
Baltimore
Washington D.C.
Norfolk (Virginia)
Athens (Georgia)
Paducah (Kentucky)
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Chicago
Minneapolis and St. Paul
New Orleans
Houston
San Antonio
Santa Fe (New Mexico)
Denver
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Seattle