Anyone who knows me fairly well knows that I LOVE PARADES. You can’t imagine my excitement over the annual Gay Pride Parade on Broadway. The last parade I attended was the Homecoming parade in F.C., so you can imagine the vast difference between that parade and this one. Josh and I missed our bus, tried to drive to the parade, tried to park, couldn’t find a spot to save our life, went back home, caught the bus and showed up 45 minutes late. Despite a shaky start, we had a roaring good time. The highlight was having my picture taken with two gay storm troopers:

These fellows were members of the Teddy Bear Club:

Staff and Patrons from local club, Neighbors:

Probably one of the funniest floats in the parade. They also passed out hilarious little comic books filled with cartoon penises strolling around avoiding syphilis:

Member of the Latin LGBT finishing up a photo opp. with a very perplexed and fixated little boy. I tried to get Josh to pose with her earlier, but he chickened out.

I thought it was interesting that this was the running theme in the parade:

Incredible costumes abound:

My all time favorite place, Cupcake Royale, had a float in the parade. They were passing out cupcakes to the crowd. I rushed over to them, eager to get in on the free cupcake action. The girls shouted, “Show us your cupcakes!” They pulled up their shirts and revealed frosting covered nipples. I pulled up my shirt and received a cupcake in reward. YES!
I managed to finagle a free shirt from the gay rugby team, on the back of the shirt it reads: Fabulously Butch.
The religious nuts stood on the corner of Pike and Broadway with bullhorns and a loud speaker. They tried to break our spirits by screaming the gospel into their microphones. I watched many parade goers engage in heated debate with the small Christian crowd. It seemed to end with someone screaming: “That’s bullshit!” Followed by the retort: “Read your bible!”
I’ve never seen so many gay supporting dogs and puppies.
Despite the parking debacle, Pride Parade receives two thumbs up!