Pride photos!
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jedusorI thought I'd lost these because I didn't run Time Machine between dumping them from my camera and my computer deciding the other day that it would rather host a rave in various shades of blue than boot up, but the nice dude at the Apple store performed some kind of magic OS reinstall that kept all my data. So: Pride! It was pretty great. Here are a whole lotta pictures of it, mostly from my camera but a few from my phone because the camera battery ran out.
I look kind of pissed off here, but that's just the sun in my eyes.
I made the rainbow sweatbands out of old socks and Sharpie.
The bus was full of people headed downtown for the parade. The kid has a sign that says in what looks like it's probably her own handwriting, "BECAUSE MY MOMMY FELL IN LOVE WITH MY OTHER MOMMY."
Dykes on Bikes kicked off the parade!
Oh Christ. Come the fuck here, both of you. (Meaning the dyke and the bike, not the dyke and the previous dyke. That one was a bit over my upper age limit.)
Dykes on Bikes were followed by the somewhat less badass gay scooter brigade, SQREAM.
The color guard, including one remarkably well-muscled fellow in a beautiful pair of stiletto heels. (And, you know, random dude in rainbow angel wings.)
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, with a really frickin' big rainbow flag. I like the rainbow shadow in this photo, I didn't see that at the time.
This was my favorite Sister of Perpetual Indulgence.
Not a good photo, but the governor was there.
Hey there, Superman!
Batman and the Joker. The Joker was having a lot of fun skidding to a stop in front of people and laughing maniacally in their faces.
Most people in the parade were with a larger group, but this dude was just marching along in between groups by himself with a wedding cake on a stick.
These two lovely ladies were narrating the parade for us. That Space Needle outfit was just fantastic, seriously.
I saw a lot of radiant smiles on Sunday, but this kid had to be one of the smiliest. He was just SO HAPPY TO BE THERE OMG :D
One of my favorites of the pictures I took.
But wheeeeere, where do they make balloooooooons...
I thought this sticker was pretty cute.
holy crap rainblosion
I think these guys were from some nightclub. I liked the ones up top, they were shaking it with gusto.
All I caught from the description of these guys was "briefcake" before I was groaning too loudly to hear the rest.
I don't remember who these guys were with, but I liked the hats.
THE TAIL. HEEEEEEEEEE.
Another mostly-naked person on rollerblades.
All-the-way-naked people on rollerblades and bikes! I liked the Captain America.
That footwear cannot possibly be comfortable.
Behind the goth brigade with their parasols and their hearse, there was a zombie shuffling along. I laughed.
Dude with a beer can on his dick.
LOVE.
Takei Pride Parade!
The most fabulous d20 ever made.
Kind of a Lady Gaga aesthetic there. I dig it.
This guy did a pretty decent Frank N. Furter.
Thaaaat's some big ladyparts.
Thaaaat's some big spaghetti. (They were throwing handfuls of dried elbow macaroni at the crowd. I was amused.)
Somebody gave TK a bottle of bubbles. It took him a minute to get them working, but he managed to produce some eventually.
Librarians with book carts!
Public transit with pride!
Police officers with pride!
There were a lot of people in wedding regalia, since that's a big thing in Washington at the moment. Everyone who attended this parade now knows to vote yes on 74 in November.
Pretty much what the parade route looked like at the end. Feather boas and single-serving packets of coffee everywhere.
I tried on Julie's flower headdress as we were grabbing food afterwards. It goes quite well with the horns, no?
The party going on at Seattle Center was huge. This is just a bit of it. There were tons of booths and multiple stages and many, many people.
AWWWWW. AWWWWWWWWWWWW. So cute.
Sunscreen? What's that? >.> I like how you can tell that one pair of straps was up high on my shoulder and the other was draped low on my arm. You can also see clear sunburn lines where I put stickers on my boobs, but I'm not taking a picture.
I look kind of pissed off here, but that's just the sun in my eyes.
I made the rainbow sweatbands out of old socks and Sharpie.
The bus was full of people headed downtown for the parade. The kid has a sign that says in what looks like it's probably her own handwriting, "BECAUSE MY MOMMY FELL IN LOVE WITH MY OTHER MOMMY."
Dykes on Bikes kicked off the parade!
Oh Christ. Come the fuck here, both of you. (Meaning the dyke and the bike, not the dyke and the previous dyke. That one was a bit over my upper age limit.)
Dykes on Bikes were followed by the somewhat less badass gay scooter brigade, SQREAM.
The color guard, including one remarkably well-muscled fellow in a beautiful pair of stiletto heels. (And, you know, random dude in rainbow angel wings.)
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, with a really frickin' big rainbow flag. I like the rainbow shadow in this photo, I didn't see that at the time.
This was my favorite Sister of Perpetual Indulgence.
Not a good photo, but the governor was there.
Hey there, Superman!
Batman and the Joker. The Joker was having a lot of fun skidding to a stop in front of people and laughing maniacally in their faces.
Most people in the parade were with a larger group, but this dude was just marching along in between groups by himself with a wedding cake on a stick.
These two lovely ladies were narrating the parade for us. That Space Needle outfit was just fantastic, seriously.
I saw a lot of radiant smiles on Sunday, but this kid had to be one of the smiliest. He was just SO HAPPY TO BE THERE OMG :D
One of my favorites of the pictures I took.
But wheeeeere, where do they make balloooooooons...
I thought this sticker was pretty cute.
holy crap rainblosion
I think these guys were from some nightclub. I liked the ones up top, they were shaking it with gusto.
All I caught from the description of these guys was "briefcake" before I was groaning too loudly to hear the rest.
I don't remember who these guys were with, but I liked the hats.
THE TAIL. HEEEEEEEEEE.
Another mostly-naked person on rollerblades.
All-the-way-naked people on rollerblades and bikes! I liked the Captain America.
That footwear cannot possibly be comfortable.
Behind the goth brigade with their parasols and their hearse, there was a zombie shuffling along. I laughed.
Dude with a beer can on his dick.
LOVE.
Takei Pride Parade!
The most fabulous d20 ever made.
Kind of a Lady Gaga aesthetic there. I dig it.
This guy did a pretty decent Frank N. Furter.
Thaaaat's some big ladyparts.
Thaaaat's some big spaghetti. (They were throwing handfuls of dried elbow macaroni at the crowd. I was amused.)
Somebody gave TK a bottle of bubbles. It took him a minute to get them working, but he managed to produce some eventually.
Librarians with book carts!
Public transit with pride!
Police officers with pride!
There were a lot of people in wedding regalia, since that's a big thing in Washington at the moment. Everyone who attended this parade now knows to vote yes on 74 in November.
Pretty much what the parade route looked like at the end. Feather boas and single-serving packets of coffee everywhere.
I tried on Julie's flower headdress as we were grabbing food afterwards. It goes quite well with the horns, no?
The party going on at Seattle Center was huge. This is just a bit of it. There were tons of booths and multiple stages and many, many people.
AWWWWW. AWWWWWWWWWWWW. So cute.
Sunscreen? What's that? >.> I like how you can tell that one pair of straps was up high on my shoulder and the other was draped low on my arm. You can also see clear sunburn lines where I put stickers on my boobs, but I'm not taking a picture.
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Date: 2012-06-29 03:16 pm (UTC)We did homemade bagels and the NYT puzzle with River and Jo instead of going in for Pride. It was tempting but also stupid hot and there was Cil sadness going on as well. Glad you made it and I got to enjoy it vicariously! Love you!