The June 15, 2024 Polk Pride festival in Lakeland FL’s Munn Park went off without interference this time around. Last year, the same Christian nationalists that assaulted a child at the Feb 2023 Pasco Pride event showed up. They screamed and howled slurs under anti-LGBTQ banners and nearly started a fight. This time around, they did not show up. The reason might be a warrant against one of them for striking someone with a sign, which in their case probably means a sign on a stick. Anyway, word was the cops are looking for that one.

Present at the festival and able to participate without any interference were a pro-Palestine “No Pride in Genocide” contingent that gave out fliers and participated in the march around Munn Park.