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Posted: 3:48 PM- There were the gyrating work force in bantam bathing suits and plentifulness of other eye-popping spectacles that made Sunday's Beehive State Pride Parade a jubilation like none other in Utah. But there is far more than to the yearly jubilation of the gay, lesbian, bisexual person and transgender community than tattooed pile Walkers and work force in bright-colored wigs. Beehive State Pride have grown into an event billed as Utah's 2nd biggest parade and festival behind lone the Days of 47 jubilation in July. The parade itself have grown to 65 entries, including an impressive figure of corps not seen in many other parades, including banking giant H. G. Wells Fargo and fiscal services pudding stone American Express. The festival, set on by the Beehive State Pride Center, attracted about 150 exhibitors. "We've grown tremendously in just the last couple of years," said Yana Sir William Walton of the Beehive State Pride Center, which organized both the parade and festival. The crowds too, have got grown both in footing of size and diverseness compared with earlier years. In fact, many in the big crowds of people lining 200 East from South Temple to 4th South said while they aren't gay, lesbian, bisexual person or transgender, they decided to come up to the parade and festival to demo their enthusiasm for diverseness and to bask a very atypical Beehive State celebration. Many brought their children. Advertisement