FORT LAUDERDALE – Officials with Pride One of Broward County, also known as Pride South Florida, producers of PrideFest, have announced the formation of a working group consisting of themselves and organizers of Stonewall Summer Pride, which debuted this year in Wilton Manors to commemorate the June anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Riots.

The working group, called United Pride of Broward County, will unveil for the first time to the public during the weekend of October 5, at the City of Oakland Park Oktoberfest event, according to Marc Hansen, PrideFest co-chair.

“We will not only be working together for unity and for the community’s best interests, but will [put it into practice] by holding events that are integrated under the United Pride of Broward County banner,” said Hansen adding, “It’s not a new corporation—there are still two separate organizations. It’s a new [way of] thinking for a new era in Broward County’s LGBT community.”