While we will be in Ohio for San Francisco Gay Pride, fortunately there are plenty of pride events happening in Solano County.
We also attended the Pride Picnic for the second year in a row on Mare Island put on by Solano Pride and Vallejo Gay Network.
Shando was recruited to volunteer at the Humane Society of North Bay‘s presence at this first annual Benicia Dog Festival for the benefit of animals that are displaced by natural disasters. Joe is on the HSNB board. Please consider donating to help homeless cats and dogs in the area!
I don’t usually try to compete with the most outrageous outfits, but I was kind of proud of my ensemble this year, which used Shando’s bowtie from our wedding and my bear-themed suspenders.
For several years now they have had a pride in Castro Valley, the unincorporated town I used to live in for several years and where my daughter finished high school. The pride event is in her high school parking lot, in fact. We took some pictures of and with friends and for the AIDS quilt and Orlando Pulse night club shooting memorials.
It was a gorgeous day in SF this year and my friends from NC were in town, including my friend from many years ago in New York, Tom Safreed.
We only stopped by for a little while, but it was nice to see a bunch of people we hadn’t seen in a while. The Yorkie shown is NOT ours, but rather one of a friend of ours who I’ve known for years. I was glad to get the picture with the Hillary placard. I have one with Obama from eight years ago! The corndog prop I’m holding is known as a “porndog,” in case you’re wondering. I’m vegetarian, but it was a prop that my friend John had many of his friends hold. I don’t know if he even ate it afterwards!
