Pride Parade

Seattle's Gay Pride Parade is, I'm told, one of the nation's largest

such observances.  It is held in late June in Seattle's Capitol Hill

neighborhood; on Broadway and ending at Volunteer Park. 

It is an amalgam of civil rights rally, goofy neighborhood parade

and Carnival in Rio.  I have never been at an event at which

the participants take the issues so seriously … and themselves so lightly.

The spectators range from supportive and delighted (many, including me)

to puzzled to hostile (only a few and I don't photograph them).

These photographs are from the 2003 and 2004 Pride Parades.  The

entire project, which is ongoing, now includes 22 prints.