Support for Pride of Dripping Springs grows after banner bandits target promotion efforts [Video]

DRIPPING SPRINGS, Texas – A sea of rainbow colors filled the Dripping Springs Event Center on Saturday.

“Anything you can think of that you want customized for your family or your animals, we make them,” said Jessica Williams, helping a vendor called Tantalizing Tumblers.

The vendors are part of Pride of Dripping Springs.

“We really wanted to create a place where a lot of the folks that live out here felt safe, felt like they had an environment where they could be themselves,” said Juana Searcy, president of Pride of Dripping Springs.

Searcy said this is the event’s fourth year, and it’s bound to keep coming back despite pushback.

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