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Pride in Progress aims to celebrate and empower LGBTQ+ BYU students
Saturday, the Cougar Pride Center will host its annual Pride in Progress march and festival in Provo. The event starts at 5 p.m, kicking off at the Historic Utah County Courthouse, followed by march to Memorial Park for the festival filled with music, food and drag performances. The Cougar Pride Center is a student-run LGBTQ+ resource center for Brigham Young University enrollees. This year's Pride in Progress will mark the nonprofit's fourth event in Provo. Executive Director David Shill organized the first Pride march in 2021. He said the group's first event drew between 1,000 and ...