On Saturday, Kirkwood Avenue was blocked off in downtown  Bloomington for the 11th annual Pridefest. This festival brought out thousands of people celebrating LGBTQ+ lives and the fight for liberation. WFHB News Correspondent Ella Cummings speaks with various groups and attendees about what pride means to them. 

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<a href='https://wfhb.org/bloomington-pridefest-brings-residents-downtown-to-celebrate-lgbtq-community/img_2015-2/'><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2560" height="1920" src="https://wfhb.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/IMG_2015-1-scaled.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" srcset="https://wfhb.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/IMG_2015-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://wfhb.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/IMG_2015-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https://wfhb.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/IMG_2015-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://wfhb.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/IMG_2015-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https://wfhb.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/IMG_2015-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://wfhb.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/IMG_2015-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /></a>
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Photos by Jessie Grubb and Kade Young.

On Saturday, Kirkwood Avenue was blocked off in downtown Bloomington for the 11th annual Pridefest. This festival brought out thousands of people celebrating LGBTQ+ lives and the fight for liberation. WFHB News Correspondent Ella Cummings speaks with various groups and attendees about what pride means to them. Photos by Jessie Grubb and Kade Young.

On Saturday, Kirkwood Avenue was blocked off in downtown&nbsp; Bloomington for the 11th annual Pridefest. This festival brought out thousands of people celebrating LGBTQ+ lives and the fight for liberation. WFHB News Correspondent Ella Cummings speaks with various groups and attendees about what pride means to them.&nbsp;

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Photos by Jessie Grubb and Kade Young.

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