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June is Pride month, and Portland has long been home to some of Maine’s biggest Pride parades. Look back at Pride parades of the past with these photos of Portland Pride celebrations over the last few decades. For this year’s Pride celebrations around the state, check out our list of 15 Pride celebrations planned throughout the month.

Marchers, led by a contingent of motorcyclists, carry banners and balloons as they march down High Street toward Deering Oaks Park in the Portland Pride parade in 1996. David A. Rodgers/Portland Press Herald
In 1997, the Central Maine Samba dancers grooved their way down Congress Street during the Portland parade. David A. Rodgers/Portland Press Herald
In 2000, AIDS activist Frannie Peabody was Honorary Grand Marshal and led the Portland Pride Parade along Congress Street. David MacDonald/Portland Press Herald
The Southern Maine Pride Parade makes its way down Congress Street in Portland in 2012. Tim Greenway/Portland Press Herald

See more photos of life in Maine from our archives here.

Aimsel Ponti is a music writer and content producer for the Portland Press Herald. She has been obsessed with – and inspired by – music since she listened to Monkees records borrowed from the town...

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