Gay spotting in 12 pictures

Aug 7, 2011 | by Fione | Event, Photos

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Hi my name is Fione. I have always lived in suburbs and this is what I write about. I don't like mancaves that don't allow women, unneeded advice and people jumping the queue. I like photography, the smell of sweets and the sun. I was away for some while, but I'm back writing and photographing, bringing you articles about new to discover spots.

I had an overdose of pink this weekend at the Gay Pride. It was hunting season for me and my gay friends in Amsterdam. I brought my gay radar and shot a couple of bears and a lost dyke; even a few gay friendly Dutch celebrities in their natural habitat.

At first it was so crowded, with three rows thick on the canal shores there was no proper place to watch the parade. People were climbing parking meters, hung out of windows and doing everything possible to get a glimpse of the hysterical bouncing boats. I was glad I arranged a spot on a boat on the Prinsengracht. Then hell broke loose and the rain began to pour from the sky. Fortunately, I already took a few hundred pictures. When I walked back home everybody took shelter from the rain. I took leave, drained but gaily amused.