{"id":53596,"date":"2024-06-02T09:23:36","date_gmt":"2024-06-02T13:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=53596"},"modified":"2024-06-02T09:23:36","modified_gmt":"2024-06-02T13:23:36","slug":"genesee-county-batavia-glow-out-pride-month-kickoff-flag-raising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2024\/06\/02\/genesee-county-batavia-glow-out-pride-month-kickoff-flag-raising\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Batavia\/GLOW OUT Pride Month kickoff\/flag raising"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"558\" data-attachment-id=\"53597\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2024\/06\/02\/genesee-county-batavia-glow-out-pride-month-kickoff-flag-raising\/20240601_175827\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240601_175827-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1588&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1588\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-G991U&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1717264707&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0028&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20240601_175827\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240601_175827-scaled.jpg?fit=900%2C558&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240601_175827.jpg?resize=900%2C558&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240601_175827-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C635&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240601_175827-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C186&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240601_175827-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C476&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240601_175827-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C953&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240601_175827-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1270&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240601_175827-scaled.jpg?resize=150%2C93&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240601_175827-scaled.jpg?w=1800&amp;ssl=1 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Marianne Clattenburg<strong>,<\/strong> Vice Chair\u00a0of the Genesee County Legislature, presented a proclamation to GLOWOUT at Saturday&#8217;s kick off<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Information from provided press release)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Batavia Pride began Saturday, June 1st with opening remarks and raising of the pride flag at the Batavia First Presbyterian Church at 300 East Main Street. Afterwards, a Block Party was held from 6 \u2013 8 p.m., also at the Batavia First Presbyterian Church. The Block Party included raffles, refreshments, and the coronation of Batavia Pride 2024\u2019s Rainbow Court which honored local youth who will be in the Pride Parade in Batavia on June 8th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E3tpSbvQdMY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>Video of Opening Remarks and Flag raising-June 1, 2024<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Events continue on Friday, June 7, when GO ART! will host a professional happy hour for those 21 and over from 4 \u2013 6 p.m. at GO ART!, 201 Main Street in Batavia. Also on Friday, June 7, all are welcome at Eden Caf\u00e9\u2019s First Friday art exhibition from 5:30 \u2013 7 p.m. at 242 Ellicott Street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Parade and Festival will be on Saturday, June 8, beginning with a Story Hour event for families in Jackson Square at 3 p.m. The Pride Parade will line up at Batavia First Presbyterian Church, with marchers assembling at 4 p.m. and stepping off at 5 p.m. The route will cross Main Street, turn left onto Washington Avenue and left again onto Bank Street, finishing back at Jackson Square where the Pride Festival (including vendors, food trucks, and multiple drag shows) will go from 6 \u2013 10 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marianne Clattenburg, Vice Chair\u00a0of the Genesee County Legislature, presented a proclamation to GLOWOUT at Saturday&#8217;s kick off (Information from provided press release) Batavia Pride began Saturday, June 1st with opening remarks and raising of the pride flag at the Batavia First Presbyterian Church at 300 East Main Street. Afterwards, a \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2024\/06\/02\/genesee-county-batavia-glow-out-pride-month-kickoff-flag-raising\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53597,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[4341],"class_list":["post-53596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-batavia","tag-glow-out-pride-celebration"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-dWs","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":53480,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2024\/05\/28\/genesee-county-glow-out-to-host-the-sixth-annual-batavia-pride-festival\/","url_meta":{"origin":53596,"position":0},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/GLOW OUT to host the sixth annual Batavia Pride Festival","author":"aka","date":"May 28, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Press Release Batavia Pride is celebrating its sixth year in 2024. The celebration of LGBTQ+ love and resilience has grown each year since 2019 with the support of communities and allies. \u201cWe\u2019re very excited about Pride this year,\u201d said GLOW OUT! President John Couri. 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GLOW OUT held and opening celebration and flag raising on Monday evening to kick off National Pride Month. \"This is just the beginning,\" says Lauren Berger, Executive Director of GLOW OUT. \"We have a few more events\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Batavia&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Batavia","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/category\/gennesse-county\/batavia\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/snapshot_002.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/snapshot_002.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/snapshot_002.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/snapshot_002.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/snapshot_002.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":32962,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2022\/06\/01\/batavia-glow-out-and-youth-league-kick-off-pride-month-with-block-party\/","url_meta":{"origin":53596,"position":2},"title":"BATAVIA\/GLOW OUT and Youth League kick off Pride Month with Block Party","author":"aka","date":"June 1, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"June 1st marks the beginning of Pride Month and members of GLOW OUT and Youth League held a Block Party at Batavia's First Presbyterian Church where a number of churches and organizations participated. The Batavia Pride Parade and Festival is taking place on June 11, 2022. 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