The São Paulo gay pride parade is the biggest of its kind on the planet. With 3.5 million people shutting down Avenida Paulista, SP’s most famous street and probably the financial epicenter of South America, it’s also the biggest party I’ve ever seen. Semi-trucks pulling trailers stacked with speakers 15 feet high – with stages on top to boot – motored down the street blasting electronica that could be heard from a few kilometers away. High school kids wandered about drinking Brazilian bum wine, vendors cruised around selling shots of Red Label, every drug you could imagine was in blatant use, sexual activity of all kinds was everywhere, transvestites ruled queen, and a tiny police force sat back and watched it all go by. Words can’t explain it. I’ll try with the photos.