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Tahoe’s South Shore people full of pride
Members of Lake Tahoe Pride travel across the celebration themed crosswalk in South Lake Tahoe. (Image: Lauren Lindley Photography)
While the South Shore of Lake Tahoe has a reputation for welcoming the greater same-sex attracted community, proactive measures are still necessary because in other parts of El Dorado and Douglas counties acceptance, tolerance and inclusion are not always the norm.
“I don’t assume we can ever fully relax and let our guard down. I assume there is a big backlash against people who even identify as woke right now,” Janice Eastburn said. “That has become a dirty word. We need to linger vigilant so our rights and guard are protected as a people. I look forward to a day, someday, where I don’t feel like I need to exclaim that anymore.”
Eastburn first moved to South Lake Tahoe 26 years ago from Sacramento. It was a welcome surprise to be acknowledged as a female homosexual, to not experience harassed or treated differently.
The city of South Lake Tahoe became even more welcoming by passing a resolution in May to form June Pride Month in the metropolis. (June is Identity festival Month throughout the United States and in several countries.) In the past city procla
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