Some Pride in the Park

This past weekend was Twin Cities Pride Festival and for those of you who don't know, the celebration in the twin cities in the 3rd largest in the nation. Loring Park in Minneapolis becomes a queer Mecca for the weekend, filling every square inch with 5 music stages, a variety of tents about everything from LGBT friendly churches to leather shops, and even a kid's play zone, doggy park and canoe rides. The festival draws all types of queer individuals from all over the state and beyond and its almost overwhelming to see that many GLBTQA's in one area.

This is only my second time attending the festival and I still don't think I made it to everything but it was an amazing experience yet again. It's like walking into a strange wonderland where everyone smiles at you when you're holding a girls hand instead of trying to explain to their kids why they shouldn't stare. Everywhere you turn there are rainbows and even with the visual overload from all the colors, they automatically make you smile, even if rainbows aren't really your thing (though if you're not a fan of rainbows, I doubt Twin Cities Pride is where you should be spending your time).

It was nice to finally see some more of my "people" around the park but the problem is you can't really awkwardly introduce you're self as you're volunteering for festival security. I did make a few interesting finds on some activism groups to get involved with and hopefully it will be a nice way to meet some more queer people outside of this one weekend a year.

More on the festival to come later, plus the parade!

Much love!

-LintheTC