Pride Parade

Last week was Gay Pride Week in Victoria and the boisterous Pride Parade was held on Sunday. Just about every organization and business was represented in the parade and there were thousands of spectators to enjoy this annual spectacle. The lovely ladies pictured here are from the Cheesecake Burlesque Revue.

Pride Parade Potpourri

Here's a sample of the Pride Parade photos I took. Though there's a lot of them I still feel that I have barely managed to suggest the wide range of individuals of all ages and orientations who took part and organizations and businesses of many types that were represented.

Victoria is Gay

Here's a quick snap of today's Pride Parade taken only a few hours ago. For many years the city's Victoria Day Parade was the big parade of the year but there is no doubt it has been eclipsed by the Pride Parade which must have drawn tens of thousands out this year. Macdonald Park where the parade ended was jammed with thousands more who came out to celebrate many kinds of diversity. Now if we can just keep up that spirit of tolerance and acceptance for the rest of the year!

The weird colored sky is the result of the many forest fires that are burning in BC and neighboring Washington State. They cast a very strange yellow-orange light over everything.

Gay Pride Week - Drag Ball

Baseball has never been so much fun as Drag Ball, one of the kick-off events for Gay Pride Week (July 1- 8) here in Victoria. Above, members of the Queens team add a whole new layer of meaning to "stealing a base."