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    110 Photos of 7 Fully Packed Days of Alaska Pride

    Russ Reno Photography
    06/20/18
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    Anchorage photographer Russ Reno gives us a complete picture — with inventory — of a robust Pride in Anchorage. Read more below

    Anchorage photographer Russ Reno gives us a complete picture \u2014 with inventory \u2014 of a robust Pride in Anchorage.

    Russ Reno sent us this list, and inventory that reads like a poem, of the contents of Anchorage Pride. -- Editor

    Anchorage, Alaska 7 days of Pride

    We had 28 official events and at least 15 other events

    2 themes - 1 message "The Next Generation - More than a Rainbow"
    4 Bar-b-que's
    8 Drag shows
    1 Parade
    PrideFest on the ParkStrip
    4 Meet-and-greets
    2 Outdoor concerts
    178 Vendors
    40+ Parade entries
    1,000s of participants
    49 bells for Orlando
    1 church protested our kids events
    1 church opened their doors, parking lot, and bathrooms to apologies for what Christians had done in the name of God.
    1 Pageant
    1 Film Festival
    1 Elders brunch
    1 Trans talk
    1 Beyond the Closet Talk
    Brunch with a drag queen
    Stories with a drag queen
    Ginger Minj in concert
    Reindeer sausages
    Deven Green in concert
    Food drive
    Raffle
    45th annual Gay Freedom Day Remembrance
    Social hour with appetizers
    Pride Swag was sold
    Drag Queen Bingo
    The Anchorage Fire Department was stopped by a Drag Queen and forced to pose for a photo-opp.
    STD testing
    Polyamory education
    We built a lemonade stand, painted faces, and adopted a dog.
    We drank beer, ate pizza, and watched a movie (Philadelphia)
    We watched a 5-year-old run in a Rainbow 5K Marathon
    We watched several of our friends loose to a 5-year-old in a marathon.
    In attendance were our Mayor, Senator, Councilman, City and State Representatives, Assembly members and several future representatives of downtown Anchorage and all of Alaska.
    We had a King and a Queen, a Duke, and a Duchess
    24 Virgin Drag Queens
    We played bingo

    This year there were several firsts
    First-ever live stream of the Equality Parade in Anchorage
    First-ever Gay Pride to be led by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
    First time ever that Jews and Catholics walked hand-in-hand in our equality parade.
    The National Park Serviced held banners for Stonewall National Monument.
    Old white guys marched for LGBTQ rights.

    And our Pride photographer took over 4,000 photographs and spent at least 80 hours choosing what few he would share.

    That was Pride 2018 in Anchorage, Alaska.

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