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Toronto Gay Pride Week 2002 was officially the 22nd year
of gay pride festivities in our city.
There were about 100 different entries this year ranging
from huge trucks carrying party bois dancing up a storm to
those with a more political message (such as a wide variety
of religious groups and many different PFLAG chapters) to
those marching with a single banner or two.
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| Toronto is looking more and more like a scene out of the movie "Bladerunner" all the time. Giant TVs adorn the downtown streets blaring their pixelated, but mute, commercial messages. Here the Toronto Pride logo can be seen with the "twin towers" of the CIBC and The Bay in the background at the top of Bloor and Yonge where the parade began its decent downtown. |
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In order to get a great view, some brave souls abandonned street-level and hopped onto nearby rooftops or peered through office windows above the retail stores which line Yonge Street in this stretch without a break. |
| And some even braver folks climbed lamp standards or anything else they could find taller than themselves. (The lucky ones were hoisted on the shoulders of their boyfriends for a better view. Hint: Did I mention I am single?) The police encouraged the more exotic perchers to come down. This shot was taken at the corner of Gloucester and Yonge, steps from my front door. |
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Each year, the parade opens with Dykes on Bikes (and this year was not different). Another popular fixture, especially in Toronto with such a strong Scottish origin, are a corp of bagpipers adorned in rainbow colours. I checked out as many spurns as modesty permitted; all seemed presented in a "str8" manner. And unfortunately no errant gusts of wind revealed whether these pipers were walking sheathed or in the "Full Monty" tradition. |
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No serious gay-related event in Toronto can be considered
complete without the irreverence of Enza Supermodel who in
this float shaved her legs along the 4 mile route using
Schick Xtreme3 blades. What better spokesperson for a male
shaving device than a smooth-legged drag queen?
Given that Enza came in third in the last Toronto election for mayor, and the current incumbent was conspicuously missing from this year's parade, will this boost her chances of unseating the besieged Lastman in 2004? |
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