Love, happiness, and acceptance was felt throughout the parade route. This is the 29th year that Philly Pride Presents has put together the Philadelphia Pride Parade and Festival, which draws revelers from across the country. She drove down from New York with her girlfriend Kacie Peters, 17, and another couple. “It’s been so much fun,” Kali Menendez, 19, said as she explained her joy. Since 1972 Philadelphia has been celebrating gay pride and the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall riots with a parade, but for many young people, the 2017 experience was fresh.
