Beneath a blazing desert sun, drag queens glide by in open-top cars and rainbow-clad cowboys trot in a sea of sparkling confetti.
It is hot. It is loud. It is magnificently queer.
It is Pride in the heart of the Coachella Valley: Palm Springs.
My journey to findPride around the worldhas brought me to what might best be described as the queerest town inAmerica.
And even though the celebrations take place in winter, with the desert sun beating down, it’s the hottest event I’ve been to.
The parade is eclectic and over the top. Cheerleaders whiz past on roller-skates and marching bands beltChappell Roanand George Michael in the shade of palm trees.
The mascot of the local hockey team rallies up the crowds – the person wearing the giant falcon suit must be boiling alive in there – but he flaps his rainbow wings and dances all the same.
‘I love your shirt,’ somebody calls as I douse myself with half a bottle of water.
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