It was a gorgeous Pride day in Portland, and the Mercury showed up and showed out in the city's funnest and most boisterous parade. The crowds were as thick and as positive as I've ever seen, and if there were any rando homophobes (I didn't see any) they were buried alive by the queer-friendly throngs. The Mercury was there and marching, and this year's theme (orchestrated and designed by crackerjack art director Kathleen Marie) was "Under the Sea." Here are some extra juicy pics! Hope your Pride was as great as ours.

The @portlandmercury fam does #PDXPride 🌈 pic.twitter.com/CuFl5YUXOF
— Alex Zielinski (@alex_zee) June 17, 2019

Our Editor in Chief @WmSteveHumphrey at yesterday’s #portlandpride2019. YOU BETTA WORK, BITCH! pic.twitter.com/ajCi9QytIK
— Portland Mercury 🗞 (@portlandmercury) June 17, 2019

LOVED THAT PRIDE! See you all next year we hope!