There are still three more Drag Story Times at Boston Public Library Branches this month, including tomorrow morning at the North End branch, June 21 at the Connolly branch in Jamaica Plain and June 28 at the Jamaica Plain branch.
You have to register, but looks like they have plenty of seats.
WBZ reports it's still dead due to last year's angsty dissolution of the group that had run it over board members declining to come to grips with trans and Black inclusion issues.
A year-old debate over the future of Boston Pride has spilled into the mayoral race, with candidates Andrea Campbell, Annissa Essaibi George and Michelle Wu announcing yesterday they won't be at a Pride-sponsored forum this Monday. Read more.
Boston Pride organizers today announced they've postponed the Pride parade and other events scheduled for June until next year due to Covid-19 concerns.
Alyssa Banker Hiller was one of the tens of thousands of people who either marched in or watched the annual Pride parade today. She spotted the float with survivors of the Pulse terrorist attack.
More photos: Read more.
Ryan Ruel snapped shots at the Boston Pride parade today, including the Boston Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.
Posted under this Creative Commons license and in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
Lauren Stoler watched these guys and their big ball on West Newton Street in the Back Bay this morning.
Tens of thousands of people either marched in the annual Pride parade today or cheered on from the sidewalks along the route. From little kids on parents' shoulders to senior-citizen couples holding hands as they marched, people enjoyed the parade. You could tell some people were really having a ball: Read more.
Cambridge Mayor David Maher welcomes guests to the 25th Anniversary Pride Brunch
Former Cambridge Mayor Alice Wolf remembers the day 25 years ago when she opened the doors of City Hall for the city's first Pride Brunch.
"This day 25 years ago was, as an elected official, perhaps one of the most emotional days for me," Wolf said this morning at what is now an annual event. Read more.
Aside from a brief and not very heavy spot of rain, it was a perfect day for the annual Pride parade from Copley Square to City Hall Plaza.
We stationed ourselves on Charles Street. By the time it was all over, the kidlet had built up quite the collection of beads.
One of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence:
He's got wings!
Kimball photographed one of the marchers in today's Pride parade.
Eeka captured participants as well:
Greg Cook attended the Boston Pride parade and has the photos to prove it. Courtney Sacco was there, too.
How you can tell this was Boston Pride.
More photos:
AntiDiluvian was there
So were Tomewatson, Historygradguy, Rudbekia and Shyto.
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.
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.
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.
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