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natives and Unity Project.
According to Portland Latino Gay Pride
organizer David Martinez, approximately
1,000 people - “at capacity” - participated in
the four-day “La Lucha!”-themed festivites.
Still, some Pride-goers, like Charles Milne,
felt this year’s festival was disorganized, and
on the contrary, had fewer vendors and less
representation from the city’s gay, lesbian,
bi and trans clubs and organizations. Milne
said he shied away from the booze-soaked
block parties for Sunday’s parade - what he
believed was a weekend highlight.
“The creativity, and community that this
builds is incredible,” Milne said. Kaplan
was likewise “thrilled” with Sunday’s pa­
rade; both he and Calvo witnessed larger
crowds than expected and buoyant energy
throughout.
“My understanding is that our parade
had more entries than the Rose Parade!”
Calvo said. Porta confirmed: “This year
was the largest Portland Pride Parade to
date, at 120+ organizations/entries, rang­
ing from as few as 12. people to up over
200 each. To compare, the Rose Parade
as far as I know, had around 90 entries.”
“It was such a great mix along the route,
straight, gay, families, children, you name
it,” Kaplan added.
Still, Milne’s concerns turned to mak­
ing this year’s theme a better realized vision
in future outings. “I just wait for the time
when Pride becomes more about the gay
civil rights movement o f its roots and less
about corporate profit, and alcohol and the
next good hook up.”
Pride-goers poured into Tom McCall
Waterfront Park for two days of
rainbow-hued celebration.
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Porta said Pride Northwest welcomes
suggestions on how to accommodate an­
ticipated growth and improve the overall
experience in years to come.
Just Out was there for the duration,
and appreciated everyone who stopped by,
picked up a paper, shared a few words and
a few faces o f Pride. We’ve sampled just a
few o f those moments here; turn to p. 12
for Ryan J. Prado ‘s coverage o f the violence
surrounding downtown events.
Thanks again for showing us your Pride.
See you next year.
-Amanda Schurr
McVittie—Law PC, Attorneys at Law
Licensed in Oregon, California and Washington
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