Miami Beach, the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau and, Civic Leaders as we celebrate our new home and Miami Beach Gay Pride.įor more information, please call or email MDGLCC! Join The Chamber, Mayor Bower, Miami Beach Commissions (past and present), Mr. – Runs through Ocean Drive and the Art Deco Districtįor more information visit Ĭhamber Networker – New LGBT Visitor Center Dedication Local stage between 10th and 11th StreetsĮstelle (multi award winning recording artist)ĭanny Tenaglia (world renowned DJ/producer)Ĭrystal Waters (international recording artist)Īnd Robin (international recording artist)ĭJ Sayho, Maryell Epps (singer), Mayor Matti Bower, Alexis Arquette, Geraldine, Elaine Lancaster (MC), Marky G (radio personality and MC), Miami Gay Men’s Chorus, Cristopher Frazier (poetry, spoken word artist), Tokyo Diva (pop artist), Glenn Packard (MC), and Drag it Out (drag king performers) Pride Festival Local and Main Stage Events
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Over 150 business and community booths, vendors, family fun zone, plus a refreshment garden with food and music Noon – 8 pm Lummus Park, 10th to 14th Street The parade also had Parents Family & Friends of Lesbians and Gays, and this one mother making a statement of acceptance, which unfortunately not the attitude of so many families.Don’t miss the extraordinary sights and sounds and fun of the gayest parade in South Florida. I also like getting a cooperative young man to pose with an old grampa - sort of a tourist pic: "Having a Great Time - Wish U Were Here."
Yes, I still enjoy the eye-candy of skimpily clad bare-chested young men dancing in the parade. This has always been an issue for they hypocrites who denounced same-gender marriage to see those partners who stayed together longer than the average heterosexual couples.įinally, what I like to see at a Gay Parade are the cars & floats of young buff men, dancing in briefs. There was a float of "Legacy Couples" those who have been partners for decades, even before they could legally marry nationwide. This is what it is about, showing inclusion of our once closeted and denigrated minority. Then came the floats of commercial sponsors and gay-friendly companies as well as all the civic organizations in town. He was followed by the usual array of marchers from Police and Fire Departments and vehicles. What could be more appropriate to start a gay parade. I did get a few pix of the parade and floats with performers starting with the Pride Colors being carried by a shirtless guy in swimwear on roller blades.
However, I do appreciate the progress we are making in society. I could not get a pic of them because they actually were a couple and it would have caused a problem. I met another couple of younger female officers and commented about the pairing female partners. Partners on the department, not a couple.īut, they had a good humor about it and even posed for an event foto. I came across these two female Miami Beach Police officers standing together and tho hesitant, I did approach them and ask if they were partners. I practice very low-risk sex but just on the outside chance, periodically get tested. The parade starts at noon but I enjoy wandering around and mingling with so many like-minded ppl celebrating our minority of diversity.Īs usual there was a mobile HIV testing vehicle, so I went in and got tested. The weather was sunny and cool so I put on my Bi-Pride T-Shirt and biked down to SoBe about 11 AM.