Today is the day of the gay pride parade in Mexico City. Alejandro and I have never been to one, and I doubt that we will attend this year's parade either. However on Thursday, I was walking through the Zona Rosa, a neighborhood which is the center of much of the city's gay nightlife. The area was definitely getting ready for today's big event.
Obviously a spot for having your photo taken.
Liverpool Street (all the streets in the Zona Rosa are named after European cities) was closed to traffic for some sort of event.
That's something I would not expect to see... a couple of policemen with rainbow flags.
The window of "Cuidado con el Perro", a popular chain of clothing stores was decorated for the occasion.
"Vivir con orgullo" "Live with pride."
An electronic billboard on the Paseo de la Reforma had a special advertisement from Ikea.
"El clóset es para la ropa." "The closet is for clothes."
Many businesses in the neighborhood were flying rainbow flags.
Even outside of the Zona Rosa, there were some flags flying.
The first gay pride parade was held in 1979, and it has grown to be one of the largest in Latin America with around 250,000 people attending.
Although homophobia still exists in Mexico, particularly in rural areas and small towns, attitudes in the big cities have changed tremendously in the last decades.
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