Starkville Board of Aldermen agree on pride settlement

May 25, 2018

STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – Starkville Board of Aldermen agree on a settlement in the lawsuit with Starkville Pride.

The board voted 4 to 1 to pay $12,750 for attorney fees to Starkville Pride.

You may remember, the group filed a federal lawsuit after Alderman declined to issue a parade permit to hold the requested pride parade.

The board later reversed that decision allowing for the parade to take place.

Starkville Pride issued a statement shortly after the decision discussing the repairing of the relationship between the city and the LGTBQ community saying, “we are all neighbors.”

Here’s our statement regarding the settlement. Let’s make #StarkvillePride2019 better than ever 🌈 pic.twitter.com/JaDOrpXSu6

— Starkville Pride (@starkvillepride) May 25, 2018