1/31/2024 0 Comments Bright gay pride rainbow![]() She had never heard the Rihanna song “We Found Love” that seemed to throb from every other float as it passed by, and it remains one of her favorites three years later. My daughter jumped up and down as if she were at a One Direction show, hooting and hollering with the people around us as each group glided past in the parade. She got free necklaces, T-shirts, and treats from marchers, who tossed them into the crowd. Everyone around her was smiling, dancing, cheering, and wearing brightly colored clothes. The timing of the parade was ideal for someone who goes to bed at 7:30 - it kicked off around 11 a.m., and wrapped midafternoon. I don’t remember a single cloud, bug, or hint of humidity. The weather was perfect - one of the very few “just right” days we get in Philly all year. But her favorite LGBTQ event, by far, was the last Philly Pride parade, in June 2019, when she was 5. During the pandemic, one of my 8-year-old’s biggest disappointments was missing the Philly Pride parade two years in a row.īefore COVID-19, I took her to all-ages performances by Martha Graham Cracker, and the Drag Diva Brunch in Fishtown.
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