From 2011

Dolores Park today was a sea of rainbow leggings and near-infinite variations on gay. By the time the parade rolled around, it was like being at the center of a very large, more than a little tipsy, sexually diverse amoeba.

There were kids…
Dance moves…
More than a few mohawks
Songs and speeches…
And the occasional nap…
Sailors…
Bored texting
Furry legwarmers mixed with political messaging…
Free-range recyclers pouncing on every discarded can…
Jell-O shots…
Queer science booth…
Making out by the Lyon-Martin health clinic booth…
Popsicles, pretzels, beer, and bootleg “we are everywhere” t-shirts hawked throughout the park…
And, of course, unicorns. Happy Dyke March, y’all

H.R. Smith has, among other things, reported on tech and climate change for Grist, studied at MIT as a Knight Science Journalism Fellow, contributed to the atlases Infinite City and Nonstop Metropolis, and organized wrestling matches on Shotwell St. between different California archtypes.

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