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Black Pride Colorado marks 5 year milestone

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A person with short cropped black hair wearing a black tee shirt sits behind a microphone in the CPR News studio. She is wearing glasses and smiling. Her right arm is resting on the back of the chair.
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Tara Jae is the executive director of Youth Seen and co-founder of Black Pride Colorado. The advocacy organization for Black LGBTQ+ people in Colorado is celebrating its 5th anniversary this month.

June is Pride Month, centered on acknowledging the accomplishments and the experiences of the LGBTQ-plus community. It’s also a time to acknowledge the challenges that persist, and those challenges are often unique for members of the Black LGBTQ+ community. Tara Jae is the co-founder of Black Pride Colorado, an advocacy organization which is celebrating its 5th anniversary this month.