Brooklyn Pride!

The opposite of the Manhattan Mega 4-Hour-plus Pride Parade is the organic, almost barely-organized charm of Brooklyn Pride. No crowd control barriers, no corporate advertisements masquerading as "pride" floats, just a wildly enthusiastic mini-crowd of locals lining 5th Ave in Park Slope, one person deep, so every one has a front row view. As the parade moves north, from its start at 15th Street to the end at Union, spectators melt into participants, creating one unified mass of colorful celebration.
Happy Pride Brooklyn!

 

Videos after the jump....

Lieutenant Dan Choi at Brooklyn Pride

By Tony Adams

Well we didn't bump into Brooklyn Bill (see previous post), but we did catch up with Dan Choi who recently completed a fast in protest of Don't Ask Don't Tell.




More Pride photos to follow.

Brooklyn Pride - This Saturday

This should be great fun. First the parade taking off from 14th Street and 5th Avenue at 7:30 PM and continuing along on 5th Avenue Street to the Reviewing Stand at 4th Street and 5th Avenue.  The Parade continues on to Union Street.

And then, the After Pride Dance Party at the BAMcafe.