Gallery: View the Scenes from East Lansing’s Pride Festival this Weekend
This past weekend, East Lansing hosted its fourth annual Pride celebration downtown.
The festivities included an open stage drag show, more than 50 local vendors and more. View Photojournalist Brian Wells’ photos from the event.
Drag queens perform during an open-floor drag show Saturday, June 14, 2025, at East Lansing Pride. (Brian Wells for ELi)
Drag queens perform during an open-floor drag show Saturday, June 14, 2025, at East Lansing Pride. (Brian Wells for ELi)
Drag queens perform during an open-floor drag show Saturday, June 14, 2025, at East Lansing Pride. (Brian Wells for ELi)
Drag queens perform during an open-floor drag show Saturday, June 14, 2025, at East Lansing Pride. (Brian Wells for ELi)
Mr. Lansing Pride 2025 Jay D. Raven addresses the crowd at East Lansing Pride Saturday, June 14, 2025. (Brian Wells for ELi)
Attendants walk through more than 50 vendors at East Lansing Pride Saturday, June 14, 2025. (Brian Wells for ELi)
People post messages talking about their LGBTQIA+ journey on a display at East Lansing Pride Saturday, June 14, 2025.(Brian Wells for ELi)
A person holding a sign and making anti-gay statements stands near the crowd at East Lansing Pride Saturday, June 14, 2025. (Brian Wells for ELi)
An attendant from East Lansing Pride gets into an argument with a person who walked through a crowd making anti-LGBTQIA+ comments at East Lansing Pride Saturday, June 14, 2025. (Brian Wells for ELi)
An East Lansing Police officer intervenes when a small argument erupts between an attendant from East Lansing Pride and a person who walked into the crowd making anti-queer comments at East Lansing Pride Saturday, June 14, 2025. (Brian Wells for ELi)
People listen to Drag Story Time with Auroara Manifesto, hosted by the East Lansing Public Library, during East Lansing Pride Saturday, June 14, 2025. (Brian Wells for ELi)
Attendants walk through more than 50 vendors at East Lansing Pride Saturday, June 14, 2025. (Brian Wells for ELi)
Geech performs on-stage during East Lansing Pride Saturday, June 14, 2025. (Brian Wells for ELi)
Attendants walk through more than 50 vendors at East Lansing Pride Saturday, June 14, 2025. (Brian Wells for ELi)
Sidewalk chalk supporting the LGTBQIA+ community decorates Albert Street during East Lansing Pride Saturday, June 14, 2025. (Brian Wells for ELi)
A person offering free hugs waits with a sign at East Lansing Pride Saturday, June 14, 2025. (Brian Wells for ELi)