Palm Springs Gay Pride Parade 2004

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Drum Major leads off.

The Desert Winds band.

Clarinetist

Married people, but not to each other.

More married people.

"Our Love Cannot Be Invalidated"

Marriage certificates.

Richard & Frank, 2-13-2004

Marriage certificate.

Young married man.

Zephyr Real Estate handing out beads and whistles.

Rainbow RV Club

Dorothy & Dorothy

"Chandalier" which seems to offer drag queens for rent.

Dog on boa leash.

Delicious Divas, part of Chandalier.

Great Outdoors Palm Springs banner.

GOPS Jeep

Ed's Jeep

I never seen this guy on a GOPS Jeep trip, but I've missed a few.

Jeep man waving flag.

Lincoln with balloons

San Diego Cheer banner. These cheerleader groups were new thing to me. Maybe they've grown out of the Gay Games.

Man in pink hat.

San Diego Cheers.

Front Runners & Walkers banner.

Sidewinders, the bar in Cathedral City.

Equestrian.

CCBC wedding couple. I'll tell you, if your honeymoon is at CCBC, the wedding is in trouble.

Wedding couple.

Inner Faith ministries - who probably vote their moral values.

Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle - in Utilikilts!

Ron Oden. Mayor of Palm Springs.

Mike McCullouch, Palm Springs city council member.

Chris Mills, Palm Springs city council member.

Ginny Foat, Palm Springs city council member, and who went on the bus trip to Sedona.

Mark Leno, Assemblyman from San Francisco.

Mark Leno.

Blue Cadillac with a Queen in it.

Camp Palm Springs.

Desert Dyners.

Grand Marshalls...of this parade, I guess. No idea who they might be in real life.

Bottom Line, a publication.

Pulp, a publication.

Yellow Brick Road Productions.

Claremont United Methodist Church.

Young man in the crowd.

Police on horse.

"American Veterans for Equal Rights," Gay veterans.

Gay veterans.

Veteran with flags.

One veteran.

Modern tribal. I'm just not sure.

Mortrip Construction.

Desert AIDS Project.

One of the Mortrip guys showing off his big tool.

AIDS walk.

AIDS walkers.

Coldwell Banker real estate.

George Stettler, Mayor of Cathedral City.

Greg Pettis, Cathedral City Mayor Pro Tem.

Paul Marchand, Cathredral City city council member.

Unity Palm Springs.

Land Tours...or maybe this was part of the Unity contingent.

Man with a little rainbow flag.

Unity Palm Springs.

Palm Springs Leather Order of the Desert.

Palm Springs Leather Order of the Desert.

Palm Springs Leather Order of the Desert & Jeep.

Slim man in boots.

Slim man again.

Slim man with crucifix.

Mr. Palm Springs Leather.

Bears of Palm Springs.

Bear with a teddy.

Toolshed, an ethanol emporium.

Toolshed man.

Barracks, also purveyors of spirits.

Barracks men.

Palm Springs Boys of Leather. This is the first I heard of this hot little group. I could find nothing about them on the web.

P.S. Boy of Leather.

P.S. Boy of Leather.

Boots in Squares, the square dancing club.

Probably square dancers.


Ubiquitous NOW.

Caballeros, the gay chorus.

Caballeros.

Verizon employees.

Verizon employees and truck.

Verizon.

Prime Timers.

Prime Timers, which I think is the only gay organization here whose sole defining element is age...which makes it the most successful social group around.

Prime Timers.

Immigration Equality.

Immigration Equality displaying flags.

Great Autos of Yesteryear because, of course, antique cars are gay too.

Mirrored Pinto. Best looking Pinto I've ever seen.

Shiny helmet. Necessary to ride in the Pinto.

1959 Buick Electra. (Thank you, MJ).

Passenger in Buick Electra.

Tail of Buick Electra.

Bride on a Cadillac.

Bride on a Cadillac again.

Passenger in same Cadillac.

Just the Cadillac.

A Citroen. My, aren't we sophisticated!

Citroen.

Citroen.

California Highway Patrol vehicle.

Police on horseback.

California Highway Patrol Captain Chipper from the Indio barracks. I think maybe Captain Chipper is the guy in costume.

Time Warner, the cable people.

Metropolitan Community Church of Coachella Valley.

Who knows?

Radio DJ Hume from KWXY.

Safe sex guys from CSUSB.

Safe sex guys from CSUSB.

Safe sex guys from CSUSB.

Safe sex guys from CSUSB.

Safe sex guys from CSUSB.

Safe sex guy from CSUSB.

Illegible sign on safe sex guys' truck. I can make out CONDOM, but I've no clue what the other word(s) is(are). Kids.

Marty the clown. And I'm supposed to know who that is?

Marty the clown.

Rainbow Boys. I've no idea what they represent.

Mr. Inland Empire, probably from a cocktail establishment in San Bernardino or Riverside or somewhere like that.

Prime Timers President. Gotta wonder why he's not with his group.

West Hollywood cheerleaders, doing it right!

West Hollywood Cheerleaders.

West Hollywood Cheerleaders.

West Hollywood Cheerleaders.

West Hollywood Cheerleaders.

West Hollywood Cheerleaders.

Palm Springs Administrative Appeal Board. See, everyone gets into the act.

Jeffrey Prang of the West Hollywood city council.

Palm Springs Human Rights Commission.

Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Los Angeles diocese.

Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Los Angeles diocese.

Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Los Angeles diocese.

Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Los Angeles diocese.

Sister of Perpetual Indulgence.

Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Los Angeles diocese.

Tarbell real estate.

Desert Pride Center.

Desert Pride Center.

Desert Pride Center.

Long Beach gay pride.

Long Beach gay pride.

Long Beach gay pride.

Joe Thompson Chair, Human Rights Commission.

Village Fest, the thing where they shut down Palm Canyon on Thursday nights.

Heaven, dancing and drinking.

Windermere real estate.

Jessup Auto Plaza.

Walgreens.

Cheer LA.

Cheer LA.

Cheer LA.

Cheer LA.

Red Tomato, House of Lamb, where I have neglected to try all the lamb dishes.

Red Tomato, House of Lamb waiter. This is the one to get, but he doesn't look so big in person.

Red Tomato, House of Lamb.

Great American Freedom band.

Great American Freedom band.

Saxaphonist.

Percussionist.

Horn player.

Camel. I have absolutely no clue.

TV chef who doesn't eat his own cooking.

TV chef.

Guys representing a TV show called "Naked Spaces."

Pridemedia.com

Out Spoken.

Popular carpet ad.

2 men in red.

Red golf cart.

Crazy golf cart.

Men in golf cart.

Two Sponge Bobs.

Shirtless man.

Man in golf cart.

Man amongst Egyptian motif.

Lincoln.

Police on horseback.

Lincoln boiling over.

Queen in Lincoln who, when they pulled the overheated car out of the parade, continued the parade in her spike heels. What a trouper!

Man with Arizona flag.

Man with Maryland flag.

Desert Daily Guide, a publication.

Buick.

Michael Luke, Marius Biondy, Mr. Bobby Tremaine. I have no idea who they are, but my first guess is they do some kind of entertainment. Second guess is they're hairdressers.

A float for who knows?

Slim blonde man.

Shirtless man on truck.

Stroke Recovery Center Walkathon.

Enterprise car rental.

The end.

The affable Chief of Palm Springs Police.

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