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COMMUNITY.
AND WHILE THE TRAGEDY IN ORLANDO
WILL HAVE AN IMPACT, IT WON'T
STOP CINCINNATI PRIDE.
A LOOK BACK AT THE JOYFUL FACES
OF LAST SUMMER'S CINCINNATI
PRIDE PARADE REVEALS HOW MUCH
SOLIDARITY THERE IS IN THIS
REGION'S LGBT COMMUNITY.
IN FEAR.
EVERY TIME WE'VE BEEN KNOCKED
DOWN WE STAND TALLER AND
, STRONGER THAN WE WERE BEFORE.
REPORTER: SHAWN BAKER IS
CO-PRESIDENT OF CINCINNATI
PRIDE, A WEEKLONG CELEBRATION OF
GAY RIGHTS.
INSIDE A GAY NIGHTCLUB IN
ORLANDO DISGUSTING.
>> I'M NOT GOING TO FOCUS ON THE
GUNMAN.
I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON MY
COMMUNITY.
REPORTER: WHICH MEANS BAKER IS
NOW FOCUSED ON MEETING WITH
POLICE AGENCIES TO MAKE SURE
PRIDE WEEK EVENTS ARE SECURE.
>> WE WILL NOT LET THIS AFFECT
OUR EVENT.
I ABSOLUTELY KNOW OUR VERY
PROFESSIONAL AND FINE PEOPLE AT
THE CINCINNATI POLICE DEPT.
HAVE OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY'S
BACK.
REPORTER LAST YEAR, THE PRIDE
: PARADE FOLLOWED THE U.S.
SUPREME COURT'S DECISION
LEGALIZING GAY MARRIAGE.
WORST MASS SHOOTING IN THE
NATION'S HISTORY THAT TARGETED A
GAY NIGHTCLUB.
BECAUSE OF THAT, BAKER BELIEVES
NEXT WEEK'S PRIDE PARADE AND
FESTIVAL COULD TOP LAST YEAR'S
CROWD OF 90,000 PEOPLE.
>> I NOW AM EXPECTING THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE TO COME OUT IN
SOLIDARITY AND TO SUPPORT OU
COMMUNITY.
BECAUSE WE ARE YOUR BROTHERS, WE
ARE YOUR SISTERS, WE ARE YOUR
ARE YOUR MOTHERS.
REPORTER: THE CINCINNATI PRIDE
FESTIVAL IS THE CITY'S FOURTH
LARGEST EVENT.
SHAWN BAKER PLANS TO TALK MORE
ABOUT PRIDE WEEK SECURITY
TOMORROW AFTER MEETING WITH THE
CINCINNATI POLICE DEPARTMENT AND