This year's theme - 'Generations of Pride,' honors civil rights battles in the city that elected its first openly gay mayor last November.Īctor George Takei, who played in the 'Star Trek' TV show and movies and is now an activist for gay and civil rights, was celebrity grand marshal of the Seattle parade.Ī year ago, the U.S. In Seattle, thousands of people gathered in downtown Seattle for the city's 40th annual Pride Parade. Everyone's interested in politics and no one is having sex.'
'There's less partying,' said Larry Pettit, who said he attended the first parade more than four decades ago. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and assorted state and local politicians rolled along Market Street along with gay city police officers holding hands with their significant others as their children skipped ahead.įor some veterans of the San Francisco parade, the event has lost some its edge as it gains mainstream acceptance.
