SEATTLE -
Brightly colored rainbows and all the shades of the rainbow spectrum lined the streets of downtown Seattle today as thousands turned for the 2009 Gay Pride Parade.
Gay and lesbians -- and community supporters -- turned out for the parade today, to watch or participate as the parade marched down 4th Avenue.
The parade began this morning at the corner of Union Street and 4th Avenue -- and headed north on 4th to Denny Way.
The final event of Pride Week today is "PrideFest" at the Seattle Center, a event that lasts until 7 p.m.. It features a beer garden and food vendors, a DJ and music concerts, and several speakers.
Also, several gay bars and gay-popular restaurants, hotels, and shops have special events and parties going on.
A local, highly regarded company called Classic Parade Floats created most of the floats for the parade. The company also produces floats for Seafair and other parades and celebrations all across the U.S.
Among the floats made for today's parade, imaginative creations that ranged from the wild and whimsical, including one-person self-contained floats to mega-floats of 20 to 25 feet.
Gay and lesbians -- and community supporters -- turned out for the parade today, to watch or participate as the parade marched down 4th Avenue.
The parade began this morning at the corner of Union Street and 4th Avenue -- and headed north on 4th to Denny Way.
The final event of Pride Week today is "PrideFest" at the Seattle Center, a event that lasts until 7 p.m.. It features a beer garden and food vendors, a DJ and music concerts, and several speakers.
Also, several gay bars and gay-popular restaurants, hotels, and shops have special events and parties going on.
A local, highly regarded company called Classic Parade Floats created most of the floats for the parade. The company also produces floats for Seafair and other parades and celebrations all across the U.S.
Among the floats made for today's parade, imaginative creations that ranged from the wild and whimsical, including one-person self-contained floats to mega-floats of 20 to 25 feet.
