The 2015 Utah Pride Festival Parade took place Sunday, June 7 in downtown Salt Lake City. It was clear, it was bright, it was as big as life and twice as splendid.
2015 Pride Festival Parade
SLUGmag
No Utah Pride Festival is complete without a parade. This year’s parade was a bright and bustling affair, complete with ballons, music, beefcakes and Bible-thumping hecklers. Above all, it was a celebration of how far we’ve come as a society. Countless LGBTQ and ally groups came together, forming a moving tapestry of support and respect. Some of the entrants were outrageous, but taken together, the whole was a mosaic of comfort and acceptance. What was once a spring of hope is now a wide ocean of confidence. Across the nation, and in Salt Lake today, Pride is becoming more and more real every year.
Photos by Mike Lehmann
