In Photos: Toronto Pride Parade 2009
The 2009 Toronto Pride Parade started out pretty wet. But worries about umbrellas lining the front row of the route, obscuring good view (and photos!) of the passing floats and marchers, quickly dissipated as the rain stopped pretty much just after the parade started.
Much like last year, the parade was diverse, fun, colourful, political, commercial, and religious; but most importantly it was LOUD and it was PROUD!
Check out the embedded slideshow below, or view it full-screen here.
Photography by Photosapience.
Comments (13)
I think one of the funniest moments was when the CAW and other unions that had signs supporting city workers went by. The crowd went from very noisy to completely silent.
It was also, of course, very commercial. More and more, we're seeing vehicles / people in the Pride parade that don't seem to be so much celebrating diversity as advertising their own services / products / corporations. It's a little bit disheartening among all of the truly beautiful and affirming groups to see some focused less on the gay community's pride and more on their spending power.
Another way to look at the 'commercial' aspect is to see the marketing as a gesture of support from the business community. 20 or 30 years ago do you think businesses would have been so eager to support Pride? It means further acceptance of gay culture into the mainstream. I kind of thought that was the point, no?
Only saw a bit of the parade, but I saw the firetruck and the army jeep in the parade. That picture encapsulates why we are much cooler than the US.
I found it interesting that the Conservative party wasn't present at all.
I guess an event where ~ 1 Million people show up is a special interest group?
Hmmm.
Correct me if I'm wrong but I think they were there with an albeit small group. They marched ahead of the Liberals and NDP with largest contingent.
I'm surprised this photo of Dimitri The Lover at pride wasn't included:
I am proud to live in a city where we can celebrate PRIDE. Where we let one another love and be loved in which ever manner they choose.
Toronto is one great city.
(Unions aside.)
The parade was so much fun. It was my first parade and I actually felt like i could be myself. I also saw a boy I completely fell in love with. He was right beside me. Love at first sight. My friend kept telling me to talk to him but I just couldn't do it. I am truly in love with that boy for some reason. Pride rocks. Some things might be a bit overdone but everyone should be proud to be what they are.
I'd say the Greens had quite a showing for a party with no seats.
And the Liberals... correct me if I'm wrong but neither Bob Rae nor George Smitherman showed up to appear beside their faces?
Also: Atheists representing! Only four of us, but we were there! Let's get the Pastafarianism out there next year.
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