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Volume 3 Book 10 Part 7 of
Living in the Bonus Round

Attacked at the Omaha Gay Pride Parade!

[ Book 3-9 ] -- [ Pt 1 ] [ Pt 2 ] [ Pt 3 ] [ Pt 4 ] [ Pt 5 ]
[ Pt 6 ] [ Pt 7 ] [ Pt 8 ] [ Pt 9 ] [ Pt 10 ] -- [ Book 4-1 ]

June 19, 2004.
Omaha Gay Pride Parade.

They said Saturday was the day for the Omaha Gay Pride Parade! They said it was somewhere over near the Old Market just a few blocks from our place. Jimmy was working on another project and told me to just go and take pictures.

I went back over to the park and got to Old Market but it didn't look like a gay pride parade... I saw PIES! POTATOES! VEGGIES!
 

The Omaha Farmers Market!

Natural dog bones and farm raised beef.

Well, I couldn't find the Gay Pride parade, but I thought if it's nearby, this will certainly be an interesting mix of people. I went further south and then cut over west. That's when I ran into a different crowd. These people weren't shopping. They were just congregating.

Rainbow dog & a stroller built for four.

There it is! Here come the rainbows.

River City Mixed Chorus.

The Unitarians and PFLAG.

I was very fashionable.

Nebraska AIDS Project. First United Methodist Church.

A touch of Mardi Gras.

GLSEN: Teachers united against discrimination.

All ages. All orientations. All genders.

After the parade, we went to the booth area.

All in all, it was a great time. Lots of families and kids, dogs and a parrot. I was especially heartened to see a great representation from churches. There was also one protestor holding a nasty sign, but I frankly didn't bother to take his picture. Why give him the publicity?

Saturday night the house was packed once again. I really have absolutely fallen in love with this city and sad that we have but one day left.

[ Book 3-9 ] -- [ Pt 1 ] [ Pt 2 ] [ Pt 3 ] [ Pt 4 ] [ Pt 5 ]
[ Pt 6 ] [ Pt 7 ] [ Pt 8 ] [ Pt 9 ] [ Pt 10 ] -- [ Book 4-1 ]

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