PRIDE 2006

My friend Rick (that's not Rick in the picture) came down from Seattle for the Pride festivities this past weekend and I tagged along for the party Saturday night and the parade Sunday morning. The whole experience, which is something that I have attended almost every year since 1978, always makes me smile. Despite what many other people think, the Pride Celebration is a chance for people to say YES to life, to living, to being alive and being free and to each and every one of us - regardless of gender identity, sexual preference, or just plain bad taste in dress - being who we are.


The highlight was of course the joyous celebrational parade that clammored down Market Street for about three hours on Sunday afternoon, led off by the "dykes on bikes" followed up by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence dancing with squares from the AIDS quilt.

It was a reminder of friends and loved ones once here, and now gone; a reminder that we don't ever dance this dance alone.

You can see more photos of the celebration at sfgate.