Photos: Sun shines on for Twin Cities Pride parade

A young woman adjusts the Pride flags woven into her braids during the annual Twin Cities Pride march to Loring Park Sunday.
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The sun broke through the clouds earlier Sunday, just as the Twin Cities LGBTQ+ Pride March began its route. Thousands of colorfully-dressed people attended the parade, which started at South Third Street and Hennepin Avenue in Minneapolis and proceeded to Loring Park.

Zarra Tm prepares to march with a winged mechanical puppet before the annual Twin Cities Pride march to Loring Park Sunday.
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Mayor Jacob Frey holds his daughter Frida Frey as he greets community members before the annual Twin Cities Pride march to Loring Park.
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D Rojas, president of the Minneapolis chapter of Dykes on Bikes, surveys her bikers before the annual Twin Cities Pride march.
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Members of the kink community march during the annual Twin Cities Pride march.
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Louie poses for a portrait during the annual Twin Cities Pride march.
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Gabriel Perez hugs his partner Adrian Bermeo during the annual Twin Cities Pride march to Loring Park.
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Jerry Parker, right, kisses Gary Weiser after handing him a Jello shot.
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Members of the Minneapolis chapter of Dykes on Bikes ride during the march.
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Lisa Burns, left, and Erin Marston of River Falls, Wis., cheer from a camper during the annual Twin Cities Pride march.
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Community members watch and cheer during the annual Twin Cities Pride march.
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Community members watch and cheer during the annual Twin Cities Pride march to Loring Park.
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Gov. Tim Walz waves to parade watchers during the annual Twin Cities Pride march to Loring Park.
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Devon Shepherd, center, laughs and jokes with friends during the Twin Cities Pride march.
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Greta Mundt, left, and Nicole DelPizzo dance on a traffic barricade.
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Abby Neisen of youth support and advocacy group Queer Space Collective marches with a sign reading "one day we won't have to come out" during the annual Twin Cities Pride march to Loring Park.
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A member of advocacy group Transforming Families invites people to pet a large dragon puppet.
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Community members watch and cheer during the annual Twin Cities Pride march.
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Drag queens dance on top of a fire truck.
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Al VanDenmark, 15, plays a kazoo up on a wall during the annual Twin Cities Pride march.
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Audience members watch and cheer during the annual Twin Cities Pride march.
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Dr. Angela Kade Goepferd, this year's Grand Marshal of the Pride parade, waves to the crowd during the annual Twin Cities Pride march to Loring Park Sunday.
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Community members hold a giant Pride flag during the annual Twin Cities Pride march to Loring Park Sunday.
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