You can almost hear a pin drop. In fact, after the weekend's Pride festivities, the silence is almost deafening. I perched myself at various watering holes throughout Pride, talking with the people. Meeting new faces, reacquainting myself with old ones, missing friends who were not there to enjoy it all. The crowds were enormous.
Some estimates are a million people.
Now I really don't care which it is. Those numbers don't tell the real story anyway. Pride is built one by one. Each of us coming out, being proud. Yes, collectively we are a force.