Hi guys - I'm back from Seattle and I had a good time although there weren't many photo-ops unfortunately. Here's a brief report:
Saturday Dyke March: This took place about four blocks north of the Seattle U campus which holds the annual Quadstreak. It was interesting for me to find myself in almost the exactly location in Seattle, and also interesting because I had read somewhere a description of Seattle U girls as being sort of feminist and dominating. Well, the whole area is sort of the gay/lesbian heart of Seattle. Anyway, the local Dyke March was held at 7PM following two hours of feminist preaching and feminist music at a local park. And no feminist boobs..... And then, the March took place, and once again, no nudity occurred whatsoever. I was mildly peeved, in part because of the pics I had googled up (and posted above) just a week ago. As Dyke Marches go then, all I can say is that Portland's a week earlier was better
Seattle Pride: this being my first ever Seattle Pride parade, I was unsure as to where I needed to be. So I played a middle of the road strategy and stood at the end of the parade where I assumed I would catch all the participants as they came into the Seattle Center. Well, I didn't catch the Body Pride Ride. For some reason, they did not come up 2nd Ave to get to the fountain even though on their website, this was shown as their route. Once again, I was peeved. As Crispus's photo above shows, there was full nudity among the BP riders. But when I finally did get to see the remnants of the Body Pride Ride contingent at the Seattle Fountain, all I could scrounge was two topless women (and two well known women to boot, yes - Crispus's girl was one of them). So I really did quite poorly here. And as for other toplessness or nudity to be found at the parade, I was only able to eek out about 4 other topless/pasties women. In other words, there really wasn't much toplessness in the parade itself unless they covered up before they got to the Seattle Center, which is entirely possible...
So, would I do this again next year? Not sure. I would need to have better info about the BP riders and be better positioned and prepared. PLus I want to see OTHER people's pics form this year...
Some pics to follow...
KLondike