PORTRAIT BY CHAD WEEDEN
“ I ’ ve always been open about who I am and how I live in the hopes that it will inspire other people to have that same feeling . When I was younger , Pride was sometimes the only chance for gay people to meet up in an environment that wasn ’ t a bar . It was to be visible and tell people that we ’ re here . Pride is an act of protest .”
— LaDiva Jonz , drag queen