Rain doesn't stop Atlanta Pride Parade

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The annual Atlanta Pride Parade went on Sunday in spite of occasional downpours along Peachtree Street. The event recognizing Atlanta's gay community attracted a large crowd.

Volunteers carry a large gay pride flag along Peachtree Street as a large crowd watches the annual Atlanta Pride Parade amid intermittent showers.

Melody Voirin, dressed as Divine Betsy Ross, sits on the back of the No Mas Cantina float at the start of the Atlanta Pride Parade.

Darby Garcia (left) and Francisco Orellana, with Positive Impact, donned head dresses for the Atlanta Pride Parade.

The Home Depot float spells out Atlanta in oversized tools as it turns onto Peachtree Street during the Atlanta Pride Parade.

Part of the large crowd gathered along Peachtree Street for the Atlanta Pride Parade.

Friends Grace Nichols of Albany (left) and Whitney Morris of Warner Robins cheer for parade participants along Peachtree Street.

Colby Sims of Hampton, Ga., jumps and cheers for parade participants at the intersection of Ralph McGill Boulevard and Courtland Street.

Baton Bob, a Midtown Atlanta street character, dances along Ralph McGill Boulevard, during the Atlanta Pride Parade.

Wet Bar's appropriately themed sailor float moves in the rain along Ralph McGill Boulevard.

In case anybody had forgotten that it's an important election year, a parade participant's bottom carried the message "VOTE."

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Volunteers carry a large gay pride flag along Peachtree Street as a large crowd watches the annual Atlanta Pride Parade amid intermittent showers.

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