Tommy Murrell

🏳️‍🌈 Pride is more than a party. Pride is COMMUNITY.

I had the opportunity to work the HRC booth at PrideFête 2026, a Caribbean Pride festival celebrating culture, identity, and community. As one of the Volunteer Co-Chairs for HRC South Florida, events like this remind me why showing up matters.

Yes, Pride can be music, dancing, food, vendors, and having a damn good time. 🌴🎶

But it’s also about finding your people and finding resources.

Throughout PrideFête, organizations like BLINCC and Free Mom Hugs were there alongside community leaders and local candidates. There were resources designed to help keep our community healthy and safe — HIV testing, condoms and safer-sex supplies, Narcan, education, and more.

And then there’s something we sometimes underestimate: connection.

You meet people. You learn about organizations doing work in your own backyard. You network. You discover resources you may not have known existed. And sometimes, you simply get the reminder that you’re part of something bigger than yourself.

So yes, Pride is a celebration.

But Pride is also community, visibility, safety, resources, advocacy, and connection.

That’s what Pride looked like for me today. 🏳️‍🌈🌴

CommunityMatters SouthFlorida

Yesterday I had the honor of being lead co chair for the HRC again. This time at Stonewall Pride.
I love working the booth.
The parties are fun. The parade is fun.
But that is not what stays with me.
What stays with me is the families.
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