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Despite an arrant dollop of black fabric paint, I managed to finish my "Bisexual Not Invisible" t-shirt. With the help of

mechanchaos, we came up with the sign slogan, "Pride: Now and Forever / Marriage Equality" with a pride-related UU graphic in the center. The sign turned out rather well!

We had little trouble finding the area for First Universalist to line up. What we had trouble with was figuring out who the others were we were supposed to meet up with. Finally, the summer minister arrived and she helped us find the others.

The parade itself went quickly. We saw my cousin Meg and my college friend Molly. The fellow we talked to at Equal Grounds recognized me and took a look at the shirt I made. Toward the end, we saw

dawnstar and

kolys, with whom we got to hang out afterwords.

We topped off the day with dinner with

dawnstar,

kolys,

sealine, and

openreel, which was a fun and fitting end to great day.

Not even the hecklers with their bibles and megaphones could get me down.

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It is tremendously easier to blend in than it is to deliberately stand out. ***hugs lots and tightly*** I loved being a part of the parade. I'd do it again, for certain. And it was fun to do dinner together too. Despite the Pride crowds, it was still a small enough table to hear everyone.

*hugs lots back*

It really is. Especially for someone who is not outgoing by nature. I wish I'd been able to do the parade this year because it would have been easier to "deliberately stand out" with my safety net of friends around me, and it might've made me a few additional contacts within the church. Even still, though, I'm glad I went. It felt great to be a part of something like that, even from the sidelines! :)