Tens of thousands of people either marched in the annual Pride parade today or cheered on from the sidewalks along the route. From little kids on parents' shoulders to senior-citizen couples holding hands as they marched, people enjoyed the parade. You could tell some people were really having a ball:
Some people dressed up for the occasion:
Skaters gonna skate:
How in the world did these people get through the parade without suffering heat prostration?
These people, however, were just chillin' out:
A number of schools, churches and temples had contingents:
Of course, what would a large assemblage be without the Jesus is Lord guy?
Boston 2024 sent some people:
Not everybody was thrilled to see them:
Not everybody was thrilled with the parade. The Rainbow Times reports "about a dozen LGBTQ activists of Color and allies participated in a sit-in to disrupt and shut down the 45th Annual Boston Pride Parade."
The night before, meanwhile, was the annual Dyke March. Greg Cook photographed that march:
Some photos by Shelagh Dolan.
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Not Charlie Baker or Karyn
By anon
Sat, 06/13/2015 - 8:20pm
Not Charlie Baker or Karyn Polito.
Charlie is a coward
By anon
Sun, 06/14/2015 - 10:24am
He selected Tea Party Polito to appease the crazy haters in his party, and he didn't appear at the parade because he's afraid of upsetting the crazy haters in his party. Coward. For the record, there were no Republican politicians in the parade, but plenty of Democratic politicians found time.
Not so fast
By cybah
Sun, 06/14/2015 - 5:58pm
Not so fast about Karyn Polito. Let's giver her some credit..
While yes, I agree she is connected to the tea party, however, she did marry Senate President Stan Rosenberg and his partner in April.
Yeah he is the Senate President so it could be a political favor, however, if she truly was so anti gay marriage, why do any ceremony at all? So she must be softening her stance on it and according to the article), got applauded for doing so. The article also states
So I guess that's a good thing also.
But yeah, surprised that she (and Baker) wasn't there... (Cholly, however, was all over the state on Saturday (at least according to his twitter feed))
I didn't attend either
By Will LaTulippe
Sun, 06/14/2015 - 12:21pm
Because I don't think that being gay is a novelty act that calls for my attention as people proceed down a closed street while observers day drink. I'm glad those who participated had a good time, and I appreciate my Boston neighbors who are gay.
I don't give a damn about the St. Patrick's parade either for the same reason. Being Irish isn't a novelty act either.
Maybe I should be Baker's spokesman.
Strangely enough...
By Brian Riccio
Sun, 06/14/2015 - 12:47pm
I don't think you were missed.
Things people will say
By Will LaTulippe
Sun, 06/14/2015 - 4:07pm
At your funeral.
You realize that
By Sally
Mon, 06/15/2015 - 9:11am
the only reason that being gay is not, as you call it, a "novelty act" is because of events like this along with years of work by activists? Or did you think our current state of (mostly) tolerance just happened naturally...you know, like climate change?
Thomas Lloyd. Why am I so gay?
By theszak
Mon, 06/15/2015 - 9:16am
Thomas Lloyd
Why am I so gay?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U1foLW8h54
Looks to me like
By Brian Riccio
Sat, 06/13/2015 - 8:21pm
some of those bitching about Pride being exclusionary should really do less sitting and more walking. Love the sign saying they won't March with BPD.
Of course while they're sitting on their asses complaining and checking the number of Twitter followers they have, the BPD was on the street tracking down killers of children of color. Black lives matter indeed.
I just wish these children were around when the BPD had real racists in their ranks.
The Dyke March looks awesome
By Sally
Mon, 06/15/2015 - 12:06pm
and definitely does a great job of keeping politics at the forefront, whereas a scant dozen "activists" protesting the Pride March because it doesn't meet all of their "demands" seems like an exercise in pettiness. Honestly--BLM Boston seems like an organization whose whole job is to exclude and marginalize as many people as possible, including those who should be natural allies. If they want to survive and thrive instead of being a joyless, pointless bunch of pouters, they may want to study up on coalition-building and some other basic skills.
Oh--and humor. The signs in the Dyke March are beyond awesome especially the 99 Problems one.
great moments in photobombing
By Malcolm Tucker
Sat, 06/13/2015 - 9:41pm
the look on the lady in the bottom right of the Jesus dude photo
lololololololol my thoughts exactly, girl
We demand
By anon
Sat, 06/13/2015 - 9:56pm
But what do we have to offer, other than our demands?
#WickedPissed . Gay Shame soc.motss Larry Kramer
By theszak
Sun, 06/14/2015 - 2:45am
Note the efforts re:
a) #WickedPissed: Activists Hault Boston Pride Parade for 11 minutes
http://www.therainbowtimesmass.com/2015/06/13/wick...
b) Prejudice among the old soc.motss vicious, bitter, and hysterical.
c) The Gay Shame movement
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_Shame
d) By Daniel Reynolds
Larry Kramer: 'Genocide Is Being Inflicted on Gay People'
http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/people/...
http://www.gmhc.org/news-and-events/press-releases...
Won't it be grand
By anon
Sun, 06/14/2015 - 5:43am
...when no one gives a shit about what you do with your genitals and other adults?
That day has already arrived in places like Boston
It'll be good to see what all these predominantly white yuppie activists do to support the many others who have helped em carry water over the years.
I'd love to see a Black Lives Matter Solidarity Parade or a Wealth Inequality Sux Parade and so on.
As it is, the right is courting some of the LGBT elements and vice versa.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/04/23/1379823/-...
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/pro-gay-pro-...
It makes sense because once you get past genitalia preferences you have perfect right wing supporters, pro marriage, anti tax, etc.
I miss the old rebellious gay bohemians who thought marriage was for idiots as they explored new ways to live. Seeking legitimacy from a system that is fundamentally flawed is fundamentally flawed once the basic legal provisions of equal protection are attained.
From a gay bohemian
By anon
Sun, 06/14/2015 - 1:27pm
"I miss the old rebellious gay bohemians who thought marriage was for idiots as they explored new ways to live. Seeking legitimacy from a system that is fundamentally flawed is fundamentally flawed once the basic legal provisions of equal protection are attained."
As a gay male who came out in the 1970s, I basically agree with the above statement. Heterosexual people and younger LGBTQ people may not know it, and older LGBTQ people may have forgotten it, but in the 60s, 70s, 80s and into the 90s, same sex marriage was never an issue. It was never even thought about or discussed among LGBTQ peoples. Nobody was particularly interested, and many were outright disdainful. I bring this up just to give a sense of perspective and/or reference.
I like the quote from director John Waters, "I remember what was good about being gay was that you didn't have to get married or join the army. Now we have to do both." And another quote of his worth quoting, "I'm investing my money in tattoo removal and gay divorce. They are the growth industries of the future." :-)
Respectfully, I disagree
By Brian Riccio
Sun, 06/14/2015 - 6:58pm
Mainstream acceptance of homosexuality, while distasteful to some older gays who went through the struggle, will only help to insure that gays receive other legal protections.
If mainstream acceptance means there is one less Matthew Shepard, it's a win-win, no? Who doesn't love a wedding?
Privileges of Marriage
By SwirlyGrrl
Mon, 06/15/2015 - 10:15am
I have long considered the possibility that universal rights to marriage would not have been such an issue had our systems of insurance, social insurance, child custody, and medical care not been so tightly bound up with one's marital status.
In short: marriage is a privileged state, and straight allies could see that clearly as their gay counterparts scrambled to approximate even a few of those privileges.
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