PHOTOS: Pride Parade lights up the Marigny, French Quarter

PHOTOS: Pride Parade lights up the Marigny, French Quarter

The parade featured 24 floats, 60 marching groups, and over 3500 participants in what is billed as the largest LGBT+ parade on the Gulf Coast.

by Mary Staes | June 10, 2019

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The New Orleans Pride Parade travels through the French Quarter and Marigny Friday with Big Freedia as the celebrity grand marshal.

The parade featured 24 floats, 60 marching groups, and over 3500 participants in what is billed as the largest LGBT+ parade on the Gulf Coast in New Orleans, La. Saturday, June 8, 2019.

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The New Orleans Pride Parade including the Nola Cherry Bombs travel through the French Quarter and Marigny Friday with Big Freedia as the celebrity grand marshal with 24 floats, 60 marching groups, and over 3500 participants in what is billed as the largest LGBT+ parade on the Gulf Coast in New Orleans, La. Saturday, June 8, 2019. Photo by Matthew Hinton

The New Orleans Pride Parade travels through the French Quarter and Marigny Friday with Big Freedia, center, as the celebrity grand marshal with 24 floats, 60 marching groups, and over 3500 participants in what is billed as the largest LGBT+ parade on the Gulf Coast in New Orleans, La. Saturday, June 8, 2019. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Mary Staes

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