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PHOTOS: Los Angeles Pride Parade As Told Through Fist Pumping

The Los Angeles Pride Parade has a reputation for being kind of crappy. Locals often skip it and make a beeline for San Francisco. So we are not particularly surprised to report that this year was no different. Not extraordinarily crappy or anything as dramatic as that. Just simply kind of crappy. There was nothing particularly radical, spectacular, or even note-worthy, to be honest. Everything was just “fine.” Even the weather was overcast in that crappy sort of way.

But you know what wasn’t crappy? The commitment to the one and the only “fist pump.” You know the kind: when you hear Katy Perry’s “Firework” and your fist involuntarily starts pumping to the beat in the air. Well the Los Angeles Pride Parade was full of really awesome fist-pumping.

Representing the bars “Micky’s” and “The Abbey” were some delicious half naked fist pumping:

Some of our favorite celebrities, including Margaret Cho, Bravo’s Andy Cohen, and Grand Marshal Johnny Weir all fist pumped their way through the parade:

Even Laura Linney, who couldn’t be there is person, gave us a digital billboard fist pump:

Fist pumpers came in all shapes and sizes:

Pretty ladies fist pumped too:

Rippled muscle boys fist pumped their butts off:

Fist pumping goes well with drag and a lot of make-up:

And the obvious variation to the fist pump is of course the fist bump:

So don’t be shy! This is the year for the fist pump and the Los Angeles Pride Parade was leading the way as best they could. So blast that Gaga, open your sun roof, and fist pump the shit out of it.

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