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PHOTOS: 20th Annual Gay Easter Parade brings Easter bunnies, drag queens together

The parade raises money for Food for Friends and is sponsored in part by gay Mardi Gras Krewes including Apollo, Petronius, and Amon-Ra.

by Matthew Hinton | April 22, 2019

The 20th Annual Gay Easter Parade features walking groups, horse-drawn carriages, drag queens, and brass bands, and Easter bunnies in the French Quarter in New Orleans, La. Sunday, April 21, 2019.

The parade raises money for Food for Friends and is sponsored in part by gay Mardi Gras Krewes including Apollo, Petronius, and Amon-Ra.

Here are photos from the parade:

Matthew Hinton

Matthew Hinton

Matthew Hinton is a New Orleans area freelance photographer whose work has been recognized by the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) Best of Photojournalism Awards in 2014 and 2016, and by numerous awards from the Press Club of New Orleans, including the Hal Ledet President's Print Photography Award, the highest honor the Press Club can bestow upon a photographer.
Matthew Hinton has previously been a staff photographer at both of the daily newspapers in New Orleans. His work has appeared nationally and internationally through freelance work with the Associated Press and AFP, Agence France-Presse.

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