2009 Vancouver Pride Parade !
WARNING: there's a lot of nudity in these posts. mostly men and women in underwear/bikinis but i believe there are two pictures with topless women. enjoy.
yesterday was pride '09!
it was absolutely amazing. my mom's first time and my second, but i stayed a lot longer this year. :)
here are a few pictures i took. i'll add more soon as well as some videos!
America was the best dressed out of the country flags:
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there were a lot of men dressed in bondage, most of them old. this is one of the younger fellas:
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this is basically the essence of the parade - mostly naked people, haha:
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i had the same art teacher in high school for all 4 years, this is his son who would substitute sometimes:
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i took this for my friend because her mother was suffering from breast cancer:
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this is the first real event in the parade, "dykes on bikes":
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one of the things that makes us Canadian, are the mounties:
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after the parade goes in a half circle around the 'gay village' in Vancouver, everyone heads down to English bay for merch, food, entertainment and general gayness until they head to the gay clubs afterwards. here's me and my mom with our nifty hats on the beach:
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2009 Vancouver Pride Parade ! CONTINUED
oh by the way, i want you all to know that as i post these pictures, i have no pants on and i'm wearing the rainbow hat from the previous pictures. :)
ladies dancing on a float, always fun:
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there were a few Native American groups there too:
http://i32.tinypic.com/n3sw9v.jpg
a man with a Pomeranian on his shoulder - i understand, the cement was incredibly hot:
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a beautiful drag queen:
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the flag of my home province, Saskatchewan:
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some old shirtless guy across the street, most likely smoking weed:
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here's one of my moms favorite outfits from the parade:
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the guy with the mask and superman underwear ran into the crowd and leaped onto someone i'm assuming he knew, then the dry humping commenced:
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and, what you've all been waiting for, boobies:
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more coming soon!