Supporters and protestors speak on Cortland’s first-ever pride festival

Cortland’s first-ever pride festival. (Photo Source: The Cortland Voice).

The first-ever Cortland Community Pride Festival was held over the weekend at Courthouse Park in the city of Cortland.

Timothy A. Bennett, owner and publisher of The Cortland Voice, spoke with the organizers, attendees and protestors at the festival. Below are interviews:

Here is an interview with Mike Doughty, the festival organizer who is also the program coordinator of the Cortland LGBTQ Center (interview starts at 0:11 and ends at 4:41):

Mike Doughty. (Photo Source: The Cortland Voice).

Here is an interview with Jen Graney, director of the Cortland Free Library (interview starts at 4:41 and ends at 7:21):

Jen Graney, director of Cortland Free Library.

Here are videos of the festival (videos start at 7:21 and end at 9:26):

Here is an interview with Sydney Dawson, a protestor at the festival (interview starts at 9:26 and ends at 9:41):

Sydney Dawson. (Photo Source: The Cortland Voice).

Here is an interview with K. Yang, a protestor at the festival and founder of a website called stopfemaleerasure.com (interview starts at 9:41 and ends at 16:33):

K. Yang. (Photo Source: The Cortland Voice).

Here is an interview with Isabel Sterling, a local author who was part of the community-led workshops at the festival (interview starts at 16:33 and ends at 17:58):

Isabel Sterling. (Photo Source: The Cortland Voice).

Here is an interview with Deidre Kirkem, co-chair of the Cortland County Community of Color (C4) who attended the festival (interview starts at 17:58 and ends at 18:42):