Squad 18

The friendly firefighters on West 10th Street
in the West Village were feeling the
pride and sharing the love on Sunday, as
NYC's huge gay pride parade took
place a block away from their firehouse.

[Linking back to Ruby Tuesday
and Our World Tuesday.]

They do!

Given the historic legislation passed last week, Sunday's Gay Pride parade 
was one big celebration—and it was huge!  (And forced me to be 
uncharacteristically pushy to get these shots.)  I loved those guys 

with the sign that read, "Thirty Years Engaged. Let's Get Married!" 

They got a wonderful, warm response from the crowd.
[I'm linking back to That's My World. To see more of the world, go here.]

No, I did not take this photo.  A lot of people
thought this was done specifically after the
passage of the Marriage Equality Act—
but the Empire State Building was lit
up like this all week for Gay Pride.

Gay Pride Parade

The parade was yesterday, and this year
is also the 40th anniversary of the
Stonewall riots. The guy on the float?
Hey, if I had a body like that, I'd be
proud too. As for the others, I'll just
say that anything goes on this day.
(That's the elbow of my new BFF,
Officer Nunez—it's in most of my
parade pix.)