Arlington Pride announced today (Wednesday, June 4) that the Rev. Carol West, retired senior pastor of Celebration Community Church, has been chosen to receive the organization’s LGBTQ Visionary Award.

“Arlington Pride is honored to present this award to Rev. West in recognition of her decades of trailblazing leadership, fearless advocacy and unwavering love for the LGBTQ+ community,” noted a press release announcing the award.

“To call Rev. Carol West a visionary is to only scratch the surface of her extraordinary impact on Tarrant County and beyond,” the press release continued. “She has been a pillar of strength, compassion and courage in the LGBTQ+ community since the late 1960s — a time when living openly and advocating publicly came with great risk.”

West began her ministry in 198

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