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. |
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Pulp, a publication. |
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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. |
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Probably square dancers. |
Ubiquitous NOW. |
Caballeros, the gay chorus. |
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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. |
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Shirtless man on truck. |
Stroke Recovery Center Walkathon. |
Enterprise car rental. |
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The end. |
The affable Chief of Palm Springs Police. |