Photo Gallery: 2017 Atlanta Pride parade [Part 1]

It was a gay old time on Oct. 15 as nearly 100,000 people packed downtown and Midtown Atlanta for the 2017 Atlanta Pride parade. Don’t forget to check out our other parade galleries, plus special ones this year devoted to the pets, the kids and the politicians of the parade. Enjoy Part 1!

(Photos by Rob Boeger, Ronni Radner and Patrick Saunders)

Michele McIntosh-Ross watches Galambos’ funeral from Sandy Springs City Hall.

Sandy Springs’ city flag flies at half staff to honor the memory of former Mayor Eva Galambos, who died April 19.

Molly Boyenga, left, and Melissa Rixley watch the funeral of former Sandy Springs Mayor Eva Galamos as its streamed to screens in Sandy Springs City Hall on April 21.

Stan Mislow, with wife Betty Winslow, points out his home on the map of the proposed city of LaVista Hills.

Whitney Frank, center, with daughters, Olivia, left, and Addie, right, at the 2013 Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.

Left to right: Rebecca, Kathleen and Kay Stueve

Alice Lyons and Gladys Gunning are two of the original Ladies of the Lake. In the 1940s, they would would gather at the lake with their children and tend to park upkeep. [Photo provided by Ladies of the Lake]

Mary Chris Murry

Angela Cassidy

Brookhaven Farmers Market reopens for 2015.

Lemonade Days drew crowds to Brook Run Park.

Brookhaven Mayor J. Max Davis jokes with the crowd during a portion of his 2015 ‘State of the City’ address.

J. Max Davis delivers his 2015 ‘State of the City’ speech.

Brookhaven Mayor J. Max Davis delivers his 2015 ‘State of the City’ address.

Casey Cunningham and Claudia Middleton of Chamblee High volunteer to help landscape.

The Elvis Vault. Photo by Chad Radford

Johnny O. Graham

Marty Nolan. Photo courtesy Facebook.

Troy Baker

Curtis Poretsky and William Joseph Skillas of Chamblee Charter High School do some landscaping work at the DeKalb Service Center.

Asia Durr

Asia Durr (number 25) takes a shot.

Courtesy Atlanta Bicycle Coalition.

Atlanta Bicycle Coalition director Rebecca Serna (Courtesy Wild Grain Photography)

Atlanta Streets Alive (Photo by Steve Eberhardt)

Manuela Bornstein

Maggie Wise, with her husband, Brett, and their two dogs Suzie and Kip relax during a stroll through Murphey Candler Park.

Herbert Kohn

Helen Weingarten

Morgan O’Keefe, 11, at left, and Kerston Moss, 8, feed the geese at Lake Murphey Candler.

Steve Rose in his office at the Sandy Springs Police Department.

The team includes the following fifth graders: Andrew Ellis, Jackson Langley, Davis Lantier, Davis Maxey, Sam Stovin and Jackson Tilgner. The final competition will take place May 20 – May 23, at Michigan State University. Pictured (from left to right): Andrew Ellis, Davis Lantier, Davis Maxey, Jackson Langley, Sam Stovin, Jackson Tilgner

Jackson Langley and his mom, Leslie, look over photos from their Odyssey of the Mind competitions.

Clockwise – Jackson Langley, Davis Maxey, Sam Stovin, Jackson Tilgner, Davis Lantier, Andrew Ellis

Robert Avossa

Bob Lundsten