WESTPORT — Sunday's fourth-annual Westport Pride Celebration is set, kicking off a month of LGBTQ+ events to highlight Pride Month around town.

“This event is a celebration of our diverse and vibrant community,” Westport Pride Founder Brian McGunagle said in a news release. “We are excited to bring people together to honor the progress we’ve made and to continue advocating for equality and acceptance for all.”

The Rainbow Crosswalk was installed Oct. 2 as a permanent reminder that Westport is an accepting town, McGunagle said. A temporary crosswalk had been installed at the downtown intersection at the beginning of Pride Month in June, but has been replaced after showing signs of wear and tear. Both the temporary and permanent rainbow crosswalks were paid for by donors.

Among the officials cutting the rainbow ribbon: Police Chief Foti Koskinas, 2nd Selectwoman Andrea Moore, Westport Pride Chair Brian McGunagle, 1st Selectwoman Jen Tooker, and members of Westport Pride’s advisory board.

The Town of Westport is making a rainbow-colored crosswalk installed during Pride Month a permanent fixture.

Plans for a permanent rainbow crosswalk in downtown Westport just took another step forward. The project is now fully funded, and it only took a few days.

It only took about three days for the Westport community to come together and fully fund a permanent rainbow crosswalk downtown.

The town's pride organization is taking strides to foster a welcoming community with its new All Are Welcome Here campaign, and members hope to get other communities to follow suit.

Westport is proud of its business and restaurant environment.

We’re proud to be a welcoming community.

Now 3 organizations are putting that pride front and center — in the window of any establishment that wants to say: “We’re in!”

The LGBTQ+ advocacy group, Westport Pride, has joined a coalition of organizations in Connecticut and New York condemning last week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision giving businesses the right to turn away potential customers based on their sexual orientation.

The Board of Selectwomen of Westport has unanimously approved the installation of a permanent rainbow crosswalk in downtown Westport. This landmark decision, made during today's meeting, highlights the town's commitment to inclusivity and support for the LGBTQ+ community.

A rainbow crosswalk at the Jesup Road/Taylor Place intersection will become a permanent feature this summer, a physical sign of support for the LGBTQ community.

A step that advocates say is a public sign of support for Westport’s LGBTQ community — a rainbow-hued crosswalk at Jesup Road and Taylor Place — should be permanent, according to a new online petition.

Westport’s annual Pride celebration took place earlier this month. Jesup Green was green – and red, orange, yellow, blue, purple, pink and brown – as 250 Westporters and friends celebrated all things lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and more.

Despite the cool, cloudy day, the Jesup Green gathering — planned in conjunction with Pride Month celebrations nationwide during June — radiated a warm spirit of inclusivity and diversity.

Rainbows were everywhere yesterday. On flags, pins, buttons. flyers, hats — wherever rainbows could be, they were there.

For the People produced by Westport based Connoisseur Media (99.1 PLR, 95.9 The Fox, Star 99.9, WEBE 108 to name a few). Starting at 15 minutes, we’ll be putting some Pride Month focus on a new and unique collaboration between Westport Pride and the Westport Museum for History & Culture

In celebration of Pride Month, town officials and Westport Pride came together to install a rainbow crosswalk at the intersection of Taylor Place and Jesup Road on June 1.

When Westport Pride holds its third annual celebration on Sunday, June 4, the event will mark how far acceptance of the lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual and queer community has come, where it is going and what remains to be done.