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Gay Pride Parade In Vancouver Attracts Large Crowd

by Yuliya Talmazan | August 2, 2009 at 04:31 pm

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The 31st annual Gay Pride Parade took place in Vancouver today, August 2, next to a sunny West End beach. The parade featured 160 colored floats and was the second largest gay pride parade in Canada. Local news agencies report the crowd of more than 700,000 people was expected to show solidarity with the LBGT community of Vancouver.

The heat wave that has hit Lower Mainland last week has died down a little, allowing parade participants to proceed with the parade as was planned.

The parade featured prominent gay activists, such as Cleve Jones, a protege of famous gay activist Harvey Milk, Jeremy Dias, and Janine Fuller. A tribute was paid to late Cindy Kampmeinert, Vancouver's first openly gay firefighter. Vancouver’s Mayor Greg Robertson was seen wearing a rainbow shirt, local papers report. NDP leader Jack Layton was also present.

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at 17:35 on August 2nd, 2009

yuls.source, thanks for this story! Would you mind adding the tag 'sexuality' so this story will also appear on NowPublic Sexuality Special News Coverage Channel. Thanks!