PHOTOS: Denver Pride Parade 2025

Attendees cheer for different floats as the Denver Pride Parade goes down 17th Avenue on Sunday, June 29, 2025, in Denver. (Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)

JD Aguilar of Tracks wears rainbow wings as he dances at the Denver Pride Parade down 17th Avenue on Sunday, June 29, 2025, in Denver. (Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)

Marissa Soeffing waves as her daughter, 4-year-old Eira Soeffing, sits on her lap in the Montessori Academy of Colorado float at the Denver Pride Parade down 17th Avenue on Sunday, June 29, 2025, in Denver. (Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)

José and Marta Villegas enjoy the Denver Pride Parade down 17th Avenue on Sunday, June 29, 2025, in Denver. (Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)

Liana Walker, a student with Cherry Creek School District 5, blows bubbles on children at the Denver Pride Parade down 17th Avenue on Sunday, June 29, 2025, in Denver. (Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)

Sherry Davis splashes water from her truck bed pool to the Denver Pride Parade going down 17th Avenue on Sunday, June 29, 2025, in Denver. (Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)

Silas, left, and Maddox enjoy the Denver Pride Parade together as it goes down 17th Avenue on Sunday, June 29, 2025, in Denver. (Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)

Misty Maestas with JP Morgan Chase dances down 17th Avenue in the Denver Pride Parade on Sunday, June 29, 2025, in Denver. (Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)

Drag queen Unique Li DeVine Lamar waves to the crowd at the Denver Pride Parade down 17th Avenue on Sunday, June 29, 2025, in Denver. (Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)

Quinn “The Mighty Quinn” Nelson watches floats go down 17th Avenue at the Denver Pride Parade on Sunday, June 29, 2025, in Denver. (Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)

A Denver Pride Parade participant waves the transgender pride flag as they bike down 17th Avenue in the parade on Sunday, June 29, 2025, in Denver. (Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)

Attendees watch the Denver Pride Parade from a parking garage on Sunday, June 29, 2025, in Denver. (Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)

A volunteer’s hair is done with rainbow elastics at the Denver Pride Parade on Sunday, June 29, 2025, in Denver. (Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)

Eleanor, 6, rests on her mom, Emily, at the Denver Pride Parade down 17th Avenue on Sunday, June 29, 2025, in Denver. (Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)

Darren Cordova holds up a “Fuck Trump” fan as his sister at right, Jess Cordova, cheers at the Denver Pride Parade down 17th Avenue on Sunday, June 29, 2025, in Denver. (Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)

Louie the dog watches the Denver Pride Parade on Sunday, June 29, 2025, in Denver. (Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)

Vendors selling “gay water” leave the Denver Pride Parade area on Sunday, June 29, 2025, in Denver. (Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)

Larrí and Shirley Lee, who met 22 years ago at Denver Pride in 2003, stand for a portrait during the Denver Pride Parade down 17th Avenue on Sunday, June 29, 2025, in Denver. Years later, Shirley saved her life by donating a kidney to Larrí, who is now in need of another kidney transplant and looking for a donor. “I always told her I was a perfect match, and I was,” said Shirley. (Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)

A participant holds up a sign as others wave pride flags at the Denver Pride Parade down 17th Avenue on Sunday, June 29, 2025, in Denver. (Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)

DJ Josh O mixes a set and dances with passersby outside of Revival Denver Public House at the Denver Pride Parade down 17th Avenue on Sunday, June 29, 2025, in Denver. (Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)

A Denver Pride Parade attendee sports various LGBTQ+ flags in their hair after the parade on Sunday, June 29, 2025, in Denver. (Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)