Matt Anderson of the Garage Theatre creates atmosphere using a “bubble gun” along the route of this year’s LGBT Pride Parade Sunday, May 22.
10:25am | From where I was sitting (or standing or dancing), it seems a rapturously good time was had by all Sunday at the 2011 LGBT Pride Parade.
The parade itself, though, almost seemed to take a back seat to the community’s (n.b., not just the gay community’s) having a lovely excuse to congregate along Ocean Boulevard and just be together.
I’m no pro photographer, but here are a few images from my perspective.
All photos by Greggory Moore
This young gent sports a T-shirt at the 2011 LGBT Pride Parade on Sunday, May 22, that exemplifies the extreme Right’s worst nightmare: They’re here, they’re queer AND THEY’RE RECRUITING!
Young children who participated in the 2011 LGBT Pride Parade along Ocean Boulevard on Sunday, May 22, remind spectators that one can never be too young to learn acceptance.
These youthful spectators at the 2011 LGBT Pride Parade on Sunday, May 22, conjure up a certain MGMT lyric: “The youth is starting to change. Are you starting to change?”
A spectator at the 2011 LGBT Pride Parade on Sunday, May 22, is “texting while tough.”
Gay, straight and Jello — Spectators gathered along Ocean Boulevard on Sunday, May 22, make a toast before downing Jello shots during the 2011 LGBT Pride Parade.
First District Councilman Robert Garcia, who is openly gay, flashes a peace sign with a fortuitously placed flag in the background while participating in the 2011 LGBT Pride Parade on Sunday, May 22.
The Garage Theatre’s Matt Anderson shoots bubbles at the camera during the 2011 LGBT Pride Parade on Sunday, May 22.
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