Portland Pride Parade
This last weekend we went to the pride parade in Portland. It was a fun time. It was also a very odd mix of people. I think Portland is a bit different from other cities in the way that people here like to think they're progressive. I don't know if they are or are not progressive, but that's how they brand themselves. To that end, you can always find a protest or demonstration taking place downtown on any given weekend, so it wasn't surprising that the parade had a large turnout. Like I said, the parade itself was fun, but it was also strange seeing so many people passionately rally for so many different causes.
There was, of course, the group of people who decided to use the parade as a forum to tell everyone else that they were going to hell and that God hates us. They even told us to keep our dog (gertie) away from the homosexuals. I really liked the fact that they also warned against the dangers of abortion because if there is one thing gay people love, it's their abortions.
These young men were protesting their right to get abortions.
This guy was rather passionate about gender neutral bathrooms. The back of his sign said something about the horrors of a binary gender system. I don't really understand what this was about, but I think it's clearly way ahead of its time...
Then there were the gay square dancers. They may have been having the most fun out of everyone.
And finally, these lunatics talking about equal rights or equality or something.
No matter how you cut it, the parade was an interesting time and a lot of fun. We'll definitely be back next year.
gay square dancing is awesome