PHOTOS: Muscle Up for Metro East Pride

The Metro East area’s first annual PrideFest was held June 21, 2008, in Belleville, Ill. This year at least 5,000 people attended the festival, which was held Saturday, Sarah Sowell, the president of Metro East Pride Southwestern Illinois told the Belleville News-Democrat. Images courtesy of Vital VOICE magazine, an Advocate.com media partner for National Pride Month coverage.