The 2024 Twin Cities Pride Festival was held in Minneapolis’ Loring Park on the last weekend in June, with a parade on Sunday winding down Hennepin from 3rd Avenue to Spruce. With 134 participants, floats represented groups from the local sports teams and Roller Derby to the Queer Caucus of the Minnesota Legislature and large local employers like U.S. Bank. The Twin Cities Pride organization, which coordinates the event, has summer camps and further pride events in other cities planned this summer. For more information, visit tcpride.org.
A mother carries her kid on her shoulders through the streets of Minneapolis during the Twin Cities Pride Parade on Sunday, June 30, 2024. The child, wearing a rainbow tutu, observes the crowd. (Devanie Andre / Pioneer Press)
A Twin Cities Pride Parade attendee laughs and smiles as she interacts with motorcyclists in the parade on Sunday, June 30, 2024. (Devanie Andre / Pioneer Press)
Motorcyclists amped up the large crowd at the Twin Cities Pride Parade in Minneapolis on Sunday, June 30, 2024. The bikes lead the charge to signify the start of the parade. (Devanie Andre / Pioneer Press)
A member of the parade stops to high-five a row of parade-goers in Minneapolis on Sunday, June 30, 2024, at the Twin Cities Pride Parade. Individuals participating in the parade were very interactive with the crowd, giving out high-fives, hugs, words of encouragement, candy, and free promotional items. (Devanie Andre / Pioneer Press)
An elderly woman gets pushed through the Twin Cities Parade in her wheelchair in Minneapolis on Sunday, June 30, 2024, smiling as she is greeted by a younger individual from the crowd. (Devanie Andre / Pioneer Press)
The Twin Cities Pride Festival’s Parade kicked off around 11 am down Hennepin Ave in Minneapolis on Sunday, June 30, 2024. (Devanie Andre / Pioneer Press)
Sharon Rosenberg-Scholl points and cheers on some of her friends who walked with the Transforming Families Minnesota group in the Twin Cities Pride Parade in Minneapolis on Sunday, June 30, 2024. Rosenberg-Scholl attended the parade with her wife of 27 years, Tina Scholl, and their close friends Katherine Lee and April Conlee, who have been married since 1995. The two pairs met on a listserv called The Moms List meant for “queer moms and wannabes” according to Sharon. She laughs and jokes “We’ve become the queer elders.” Sharon and Tina have been attending the Twin Cities Pride Festival for about 30 years when the size of the festival and parade were nothing compared to what it is now. (Devanie Andre / Pioneer Press)
A Minnesota Deaf Queers group walked in the Twin Cities Pride Parade in Minneapolis on Sunday, June 30, 2024. Members of the crowd began to use sign language to show their cheers and love for the group. (Devanie Andre / Pioneer Press)
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