“Louder and Prouder” was the theme of the 43rd annual PrideFest and Illuminated Night Time Parade in Providence, which kicked off the summer in Rhode Island, and it was one of the biggest—and, yes, the loudest in all the best ways— that the Ocean State has ever seen. Local faves LuLu Locks, Kira Stone and comedian John Kelley hosted the mainstage with RuPaul Drag Race stars Monet X Change and Monique Heart among the headliners. Grand Marshal Ashley Delgado, Miss Lesbian Rhode Island 2017, led the parade. Honorary marshals were the TGI Netword of Rhode Island, Youth Pride and Sage RI.
