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From fetish parties to all-welcoming church services, this year’s Pride has been carefully curated to offer participants both a respite from the outside world and a reminder that we’re not going anywhere - while things may look dark on the other side of U.S. We’ve updated our previous coverage of Key West’s gayest week to include a few events new to this year’s celebration. One could argue we need a Pride Week now more than ever Thankfully, it seems our little island is right on schedule to deliver the wildest, fiercest, nakedest Pride Week yet. We’ve seen our Justice Department drop its defense of Obama-era protections for transgender students, an executive order nullifying the previous administration’s initiative to forbid federal contractors from discriminatory hiring practices regarding sexual orientation and every mention of LGBTQ scrubbed from both the census and the White House website. Coverage of gay dance parties in front of Ivanka’s apartment not included, the news cycle regarding gay rights has been pretty bleak these past few months. It was only a year ago that Florida Weekly Key West published its inaugural Key West Pride Week cover story and oh, what a year it has been.