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Photos: Austin's 2024 Pride parade lights up the night

KUT 90.5 | By Manoo Sirivelu,
Ry Olszewski
Published August 12, 2024 at 2:02 PM CDT
A drag queen, Maxine LaQueene, with coiffed blonde hair stands in the bed of a blue pickup truck and waves a fan that says "Don't Mess With Queer Texans" while making her way down Congress Avenue during the Austin Pride Parade with Equality Texas. You can seen lots of lights and a garland of disco balls behind her.
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Drag queen Maxine LaQueene waves a fan while making her way down Congress Avenue during the Austin Pride Parade with Equality Texas.

The streets of downtown Austin were awash in rainbows as thousands gathered to cheer participants from around Central Texas who were in the Austin Pride Parade. The annual event, which takes place in August outside of the nationally celebrated Pride month of June, brought thousands to watch as local organizations marched to show their support for the LGBTQIA community.

The Bank of America team marches down Congress Avenue during the Austin Pride Parade.
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The Bank of America team marches down Congress Avenue during the Austin Pride Parade.
Crowds line Congress Avenue to enjoy the 2024 Austin Pride Parade.
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Crowds line Congress Avenue to enjoy the 2024 Austin Pride Parade.
Maverick Moses, Rumana Patel and Juliana Morris stand for a portrait during the Austin Pride Parade.
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Maverick Moses, Rumana Patel and Juliana Morris stand for a portrait during the Austin Pride Parade.
A truck lit up with lights and colorful balls with the KhushATX logo in the back makes its way down Congress Avenue during the Austin Pride Parade. People walk along side it waving with crowds lining the street. Lit-up skyscrapers are seen in the background.
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KhushATX, an inclusive South Asian LGBTQ+ group, parades down Congress Avenue during the Austin Pride Parade.
A shirtless man wearing black jeans and with tubular purple and yellow balloons strapped to his back walks down Congress Avenue. He is waving a Pride flag and accompanied by other people with similar balloon clusters as they march in the Austin Pride Parade.
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Austin Pride Parade participants march down Congress Avenue.
Two people who are members of Travelin the Rainbow share a kiss during the Austin Pride Parade. They are wearing light-up headbands and crowns that are rainbow with other glow sticks incorporated into parks of their outfits.
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Members of Travelin the Rainbow share a kiss as they parade down Congress Avenue during the Austin Pride Parade.
Flag twirlers wearing white shorts and neon pink tan tops with neon headbands and wrist bands march down Congress Avenue during the Austin Pride Parade. Here the people are looking up at their metallic pink flags that they threw up in the air.
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Flag twirlers march down Congress Avenue during the Austin Pride Parade.
A protestor is detained by the Austin Police Department at the pro-Palestine demonstration during Austin Pride.
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A protestor is detained by the Austin Police Department at the pro-Palestine demonstration during Austin Pride.
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