This is always the heart of Miami Beach Pride, where you find the largest crowds, live music, performances from world-class DJs and even spot a few celebs. Throughout the main weekend of Miami Beach Pride, there is a massive two-day Pride Festival Village taking place. Photo courtesy of SRL Media Inc Pride Festival Village and the Celebrity Cruises VIP Lounge Here's my rundown of the most anticipated parties during Miami Beach Gay Pride, find out more on the Miami Beach Pride website!
In particular, we love going to Miami Beach Pride and always attend in full glitter and rainbow paraphernalia! In this guest post, I've set out why we love it so much, from all the many special events, social mixers and must-attend parties. My partner Teraj is a Miami native so, naturally, we have visited this vibrant city many times over the past few years. In this guest post, Barry has put together this detailed guide to some of their favourite highlights of Miami Beach Pride:
Our buddy Barry Hoy of the Asian Maple Leaf gay travel blog and his handsome boyfriend, Teraj love coming to Miami Beach Pride each year. While Miami Beach Pride may not be one of the biggest pride events in the world, it's certainly one of the most unique… how many Pride events do you know that take place along a beach?Īnd what a beach! The famous 12th Street Beach of South Miami is easily one of our favourite gay beaches in the world, so a pretty exciting spot to host a Pride event at don't you think? “Miami Beach Pride is one of the biggest and best gay events in South Florida which you will not want to miss!” The parade also had Parents Family & Friends of Lesbians and Gays, and this one mother making a statement of acceptance, which unfortunately not the attitude of so many families.These are the best events and gay parties at Miami Beach Pride that you won't want to miss. I also like getting a cooperative young man to pose with an old grampa - sort of a tourist pic: "Having a Great Time - Wish U Were Here." Yes, I still enjoy the eye-candy of skimpily clad bare-chested young men dancing in the parade. This has always been an issue for they hypocrites who denounced same-gender marriage to see those partners who stayed together longer than the average heterosexual couples.įinally, what I like to see at a Gay Parade are the cars & floats of young buff men, dancing in briefs. There was a float of "Legacy Couples" those who have been partners for decades, even before they could legally marry nationwide. This is what it is about, showing inclusion of our once closeted and denigrated minority. Then came the floats of commercial sponsors and gay-friendly companies as well as all the civic organizations in town. He was followed by the usual array of marchers from Police and Fire Departments and vehicles. What could be more appropriate to start a gay parade. I did get a few pix of the parade and floats with performers starting with the Pride Colors being carried by a shirtless guy in swimwear on roller blades. However, I do appreciate the progress we are making in society. I could not get a pic of them because they actually were a couple and it would have caused a problem. I met another couple of younger female officers and commented about the pairing female partners. Partners on the department, not a couple.īut, they had a good humor about it and even posed for an event foto. I came across these two female Miami Beach Police officers standing together and tho hesitant, I did approach them and ask if they were partners. I practice very low-risk sex but just on the outside chance, periodically get tested. The parade starts at noon but I enjoy wandering around and mingling with so many like-minded ppl celebrating our minority of diversity.Īs usual there was a mobile HIV testing vehicle, so I went in and got tested. The weather was sunny and cool so I put on my Bi-Pride T-Shirt and biked down to SoBe about 11 AM.