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PRIDE NYC 2026
Video Diary of Watching and Marching in New York’s Pride Parade – with a special appearance of the Pride Puppy! Ed Elder and his Trophy Husband We arrived just at the 12pm start time, and thought the bikers were the … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Notes in the News
Tagged 5th Avenue, Ariana DeBose, asexual, bisexual, Bowen Yang, cheer leaders, drag, hunk, LGBTQIA, marching band, New York, Parade, Pride, Puppy, Quakers, rainbow flag, trophy husband, Zohran Mamdani
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BROOKLYN PRIDE 2026
Last night was Brooklyn Pride, just down the street from where we live in Park Slope. Two weeks before the big NYC march that goes down 5th Avenue in Manhattan, the Pride march that goes down 5th Avenue in Brooklyn … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Notes in the News, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged brooklyn, Cheer, Cheerleaders, Drew Warshaw, Dykes on Bikes, Edward Elder, Herstory Archives, Hetrick-Martin, Knicks, lesbian, Letitia James, marching band, Park Slope, Pride, Quakers, Queer, Queer Big Applecorps, schools
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PRIDE VIDS!
Happy Pride from Ed and me! We watched much of the parade at a perch on 5th Avenue, north of 8th Street, then walked up to 27th Street to gather and then march with the Quakers. Here is a video … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Notes in the News, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged 5th Avenue, Brad Lander, Chappell Roan, Christopher Street, Edward Elder, Gay Street, Heritage of Pride, Hetrick-Martin, J P Morgan Chase, Jumaane Williams, LGBTQ, March, marching band, Met Opera, New York City, Parade, Pride, Quakers, Queer Big Apple Corps, Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Stonewall, SUNY, Whitney Houston
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PRIDE NYC ’24
Ed and I made our wasy from Brooklyn to the Village to watch much of the Pride festivities and parade before joining the Quakers* at their late afternoon slot in the march down Fifth Avenue. What follows are a couple … Continue reading
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Tagged 5th ave, balloons, Chuck Schumer, confetti, drag queen, Dykes on Bikes, Friend of Friend, LGBTQ, marching band, Michelle Visage, NYC, Parade, photography, Pride, puppetry, Quaker, Rainbow, trophy husband, World Pride
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