Respect, equality and diversity were the themes of the day as 15,000 people took to the streets of Belfast to celebrate the annual Gay Pride parade at the weekend.There is the video at the link above, photos and more are HERE.
Saturday's colourful ‘Outer Space’-themed parade, the culmination of a week of events to mark Pride's 20th anniversary, saw the city centre bursting with colour, noise and floats.
>>Video: Gay Pride 2010<<
Police maintained a presence at North Street and City Hall near two small groups of religious protesters who were met with boos by some parade-goers.
Founder member of Belfast Pride, PA MagLochlainn, said one of the main aims of the parade was to help “excluded youngsters”.
“We are bigger, happier and more inclusive than ever. People are here to have fun with more straight people, families and kids joining us than before,” he said.
“There are problems in the world such as poverty and slavery that are far more pressing than who someone sleeps with who,” he added.
Presbyterian minister Reverend Chris Hudson, of All Souls Non-Subscribing Presbyterian Church in south Belfast, was named Belfast Pride ‘Hero of the Year' for his support of the gay community.
And so it goes.
The world, she is a changing! :)
ReplyDeleteIt indeed interesting to read of more and more Pride celebrations around the world.
ReplyDeleteI also read where a legislator in Chile introduced measures to echo neighbor Argentina with regard to marriage.
Of course, on the other side, the RC "officiall" joined the radicals in Israel in condemning Pride there.