Celebrations of another sort - The Pride March SLC is usually one of the largest in the country. Supporting the rights of LGBTQIA+ in this environment is more important than ever. It was fun seeing the unicorns, drag queens, and roller-dancers, yet, more importantly, deeply moving to see parents supporting their kids and not-their-kids, offers of free hugs and of being mom/dad for kids estranged from their families, and seeing the youth in this movement. Movement and expression, inner/outer, open/closed, total body connectivity - these concepts (part of the Laban Movement Analysis system that I am currently studying) were embodied in the crowd as we walked from the Utah State Capitol to Liberty Park, alongside the 200-foot long, 2-lane-wide rainbow flag through the streets of Salt Lake City.
