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PHOTOS: The Pride of Boston

PHOTOS: The Pride of Boston

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Multiple events culminated in a huge parade with over 200 registered participants.

The 44th Boston Pride Parade and Festival drew a record estimated 400,000 people. More than 25,000 people in two hundred groups marched in the annual parade, which was led by Gov. Deval Patrick and Mayor Martin J. Walsh and ended with a festival on City Hall Plaza.

"There's been a huge evolution in the kind of folks attending," Boston Pride president Sylvain Bruni told The Boston Globe. "There are more families, more babies, more couples, more youth, more straight people -- it's much more diverse than it's ever been."

Photos included here are courtesy of Marilyn Humphries and Merina Zeller via Boston Pride.

Boston_001_0_0 Warm weather brought out the guns for Gay Pride.

Like we said, really warm weather.

Boston_003_0 Some participants were stricken with Rainbow Madness disease. Here, medics attend to a victim.

Boston_004_0 Music men raise their trombones high.

Boston_005_0 Vertical diversity.

Boston_006_0 Governor Patrick with Boston Pride president Sylvain Bruni, who presented him with the certificate as grand marshal of the Boston Pride Parade.

Boston_007_0 Big Pride smiles for the camera.

Boston_008_0 Remember to use liberal amounts of sunblock, boys.

Boston_009_0 Another victim of Rainbow Madness disease.

Boston_010_0 Careful. There is a wild animal right there!

Boston_011_0 Pride of flexibility.

Boston_012_0 Intergalactic diversity is welcomed.

Boston_013_0 Hey, ladies.

Boston_014_0 Hey, boys.

Boston_015_0 Happiness is multiplied by the thousands.

Boston_016_0 The DJ gives the Pride its rhythm.

Boston_017_0 Gay dogs.

Boston_018_0 It's about time we opened the doors to folks from other solar systems.

Boston_019_0 A great day to be celebrating with friends in Boston.

Boston_020_0 Ladies working the festival.

Boston_021_0Volunteering at your local Pride parade or festival is a great way to be of service and meet new people.

Boston_022_0 Young men about to misbehave.

Boston_023_0 Just a few feathers helps make the day that much better.

Boston_024_0 Sunglass hug.

Boston_025_0 Go forth and be prideful. Uh, gay prideful.

Boston_026_0 No, you can't have my beads!

Boston_027_0 A lot of folks put in a lot of hard work for a great day for all.

Boston_028_0 Hold that pose, kids.

Boston_029_0 Jeannie Tracy and Alex Newell perform.

Boston_030_0 The boys and girls of Babson College.

Boston_031_0 The ribbon-cutting came at the start of the parade at the corner of Boylston and Clarendon Streets, at the rainbow crosswalk that was painted especially for Boston Pride. From left to right: Sylvain Bruni (Boston Pride president), Lorrie Higgins (girlfriend of Mayor Walsh), Mayor Martin J. Walsh, Gov, Deval L. Patrick, his wife, Diane Patrick, and Linda DeMarco (Boston Pride vice president,)

Boston_032_0 Guarding the ranbow and a freelance lesbian hugger.

Boston_034_0 Boston boogies.

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