Boston Pride

Paul Kelleher attended the Pride Parade through the South End, Back Bay and downtown today, posts photos and reports the guy above was bedecked with the names of every single T stop.

Another float.

BehindDarkEyes took a lot of photos (including one of a protester). So did Boston Steamer, Dan Bruno, ChaosReins and Rachel Gogan. Somebody snapped Mike Mennonno's photo.

The Dig gets results: Bill Berggren resigns from Pride Committee.

Lissa Harris ponders Bill Berggren, who is not only the group's fundraising committee chair, but coordinator for the Pride Idol talent contest this year. He says he isn't hiding his past and is only involved in 18+ events. She writes:

... Interviews with former and current Pride volunteers made it clear that the organization doesn't consider Berggren's sex-offender status an issue. The consensus is that he's up-front about his history, he's served his time and he doesn't need reminding to stay away from the under-18 crowd.

That said: If Boston Pride thinks his position doesn't reflect badly on Pride, on Boston and on the gay community at large, they're in serious denial.

Pride Week starts next week.