SUNDAY PICK | Twin Cities Pride parade: 40 years marching, and prouder than ever

By Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet
June 22, 2012

Twin Cities Pride 2011. Photo by Jay Gabler.

Minnesota is a land of contrasts—some amusing (we're supposedly prurient, but we also produced Prince) and some very serious. Though polls indicate that a constitutional amendment redundantly banning gay marriage in Minnesota currently looks likely to win the support of a narrow majority of voters in November, we're also the home of one of America's largest GLBTQ Pride celebrations. On June 24 at 11 a.m., thousands of Minnesotans will flood Hennepin Avenue to support and celebrate our diverse community. That's a lot of love.

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©2012 Jay Gabler

Twin Cities Pride 2012

06/23/2012 (All day) - 06/24/2012 (All day)

As one of the largest GLBT Pride Celebrations in the United States, and the largest in the upper Midwest, our celebration is comprised of several annual events, the biggest two being the Prid

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