Atlanta LGBT Pride draws regional crowds

Hundreds of thousands of gay men, lesbians, bi and trans people and their family, friends and supporters crowded the sidewalks and streets of Atlanta for the 37th annual Gay Pride parade on Sunday, June 24.

The Pride events draw people from cities and towns across Georgia and the South, excited to experience the power, diversity and beauty of their lives.

Among the many contingents and floats representing community organizations, religious, social and youth groups, businesses, AIDS activists and more, Queer Progressive Agenda organized a contingent promoting the U.S. Social Forum which is about to begin here in Atlanta.

Banners and signs in the contingent reflected political issues such as ending war and occupation, human rights for all and calling for freedom for the Cuban Five.