happy belated pride :)

[DramaQueen]

so this past week was pride week in Toronto, and it's a week to celebrate the LGBTTQ community, it concluded yesterday with the pride parade.
it was honestly one of the best days of my life! i had SO much fun! and it was full of so much love and happiness
I honestly have never seen so many people celebrating and dancing and smiling and having such a great time. I can't wait for next yr!!
I felt like I was part of something really big and exciting! I was so amazing at the amount of supporters came out, over 100,000, the main street of Toronto was PACKED FULL of people. It was amazing

Here are a few pics:
(those of you who have me on facebook are privy to see the less appropriate pics (there's lots and lots of nudity at the pride parade! hahah) )

Any Canadians recognize the guy in the middle?!?!?

i LOVE those people hanging out of the window (i want to live there!)

people from the art gallery went by and painted that on my hand.
also note the beads....we wound up getting SO MANY BEADS! hahah

there were soooo many more people than that


Was it pride week anywhere else? Does your city celebrate pride week/have you ever attended any events? Have you ever been to a parade/march/event that just made you really feel like you were a part of something big?!
Share your stories!! (don't have to be just pride related, any causes!)

**this is NOT meant to be a political thread, i just wanted to share my amazing experience, homophobes & haters need not reply, pls keep rude comments to yourselves. Don't want this to turn into a political thread, just talking about celebrating love and happiness.

 

[BabyPiglet]

I saw these on your FB. Wow, I wish we had a pride parade here! Just looking at the pictures make my heart feel so full of love, like maybe there's a chance we can all live on this planet in harmony one of these days.

 

[Axel]

There's a pride week in Manchester, I think, but I've never been.

I'd kill to go to Boston Pride Week, though. Oh my god does it ever look like fun! (ok, seriously, I would make the best gay man ever...I'm not even remotely joking here. that whole "oh my god thing"? totally exactly what I just thought of while wishing I could go to B-Town for Pride Week).

 

[nerdylightbulb]

SF's was Sunday.

They had a pink triangle on the highest point in the city to symbolize all the people had been through and someone burned it. o.0"

 

[princess.chell]

It was Pride in Chicago this past weekend (all with the Taste of Chicago and Crosstown Classic...busy weekend )

On Saturdays there's Pride celebration which is like a street fair kinda deal. Sunday is the Pride parade on the North Side. I was supposed to be at the parade, but got called into work It's a huge deal in Chicago, so many politicians showed up at it to support them. I really wanna go next year!

Your pictures are awesome! So jealous that I didn't make it this year, again.

 

[AmandaSparks730]

Aww our pride week was last weekend.

Yay me, 1.5 years since I came out!

 

[Babyjustrun]

We don't really do pride back in NB. But I think in Ottawa (where I am now) it's in August.

And it looks kinda like Rick Mercer, but I'm not entirely sure lol...

 

[pigletgirl]

To be perfectly honest, I have no idea when the one here is. Never really ever paid attention. They also don't advertise here either.

 

[My Wild Love]

Looks like so much fun!
I've never been to the Boston Pride Parade but my friend went last year. He said he had a blast and met a bunch of cute boys!

 

[DramaQueen]

We don't really do pride back in NB. But I think in Ottawa (where I am now) it's in August.

And it looks kinda like Rick Mercer, but I'm not entirely sure lol...

it is rick mercer!!
he's my favey!

Pride was so fun!