I was expecting it to be a bit more crazy see a lot more nudity.” Nalasa Cutler, 30, attending her first San Francisco Pride, said the city felt united. “It feels that the allies are here more to celebrate and less for the spectacle,” he said. Goldhaber, wearing rainbow suspenders over a bare chest, agreed. “It feels less like we’re insisting on being normal and that we just are normal. “It feels more normalised – in a good way,” said Eugene Chisenko, 31, as he and his husband, Chuck Goldhaber, 27, watched a cacophony of revellers, including families with children, whoop their way down Market Street. The US supreme court’s landmark ruling on Friday that same-sex marriages were constitutional cast a mainstream, feel-good aura over a parade which at times in the past has felt edgy and defiant. Music bands led a parade of floats for the city’s 45th annual Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride festival, a party swelled by straight allies, cheerleaders, tourists and exhibitionists, all basking in the glow of sunshine and the US legalisation of same-sex marriage.Īround a million people were expected in San Francisco, a crucible of the gay rights movement, following equally ebullient Pride marches in London, New York, Dublin, Paris and other cities.
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