ON PARADE

by Tim Brookover

photo by Dalton DeHart

On the up side, the 25th-anniversary edition of the GLBT Pride Parade on June 28 went off without a trace of rain for a change. On the down side, the protesters—no doubt emboldened by outrage at the Supreme Court announcement two days prior—went mobile this year, wandering through the staging areas and along Westheimer. No matter. The drag queens still preened, the musclemen flexed, the plastic beads flew, the politicians waved. Nine groups received awards:

Ruby Slipper

Greater Houston GLBT Chamber of Commerce

Gypsy Rose

Turtle Creek Chorale/The Strangerettes

Edison

Community Gospel Church

Houston

The Krewe of the Moons of Uranus

Rainbow Lights

Diageo (Smirnoff Twist)

Texas

JP Morgan Chase P.R.I.D.E. Team

Stonewall

Donald R. Watkins Memorial Foundation

Silver Celebration

Gulf Coast Archive & Museum of GLBT History, Inc.

Spirit of Montrose

Turtle Creek Chorale/The Strangerettes

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