San Jose Gay Pride 2008

The Bay area celebrated gay pride this past weekend in San Jose. Your boy Cisco was on hand to partake in the celebration. The event took place at Guadalupe Park and the weekend attracted over 20,000 participants. The crowd was extremely diverse, pulling in a good mix of Latinos and Blacks. That’s always a good thing. Mother Nature gave us another great weekend as the temperatures held in the high 80’s, perfect for celebrating life, liberty and pride.

Club Papi kept the Latin stage hopin with Jeanie Tracey and Flava Click Here to see the video. My boys Quest (Mike, “Step it up and Dance”) and Devon topped off the show with their perfectly choreographed routines. Lola hosted a dance competition for the ladies, can you say thong, tha thong, thong, thong. Quest hosted a “Step it up and Dance” competition for the fellas. The clubs in San Jose were packed all weekend. The Club Papi dancers (myself included) performed at Hunter’s and Abyss. YOCISCO.com’s cosemetic consultant, Sabina and Karlos, YOCISCO.com’s entertainment consultant were both out and about celebrating San Jose’s gay pride. All in all, the weather, good friends and hot nights made for an enjoyable trip in the Bay. Click Here for the photos from San Jose Pride Weekend.

San Jose pride is a prelude to the one of the largest gay pride celebrations in the country- San Francisco gay pride. San Francisco pride is next weekend- June 28 and 29th. Your boy, Cisco will be back in the Bay area next weekend for all the craziness. This weekend- I’m headed off to LA for a few photo shoots with some very talented photographers. So if you see me out in LA LA land, holla at me!

Darian Aaron is a YOCISCO.com affiliate. He has his own blog called Living out Loud with Darian. Darian is also a writer for Clik Magazine. I had the pleasure of chillin with Darian while he was in Denver a couple weeks ago and the honor of being interviewed by him. We spoke about many topics, especially about me being a gay father. Click here to see the interview. Darian also persuaded me to do a little strip tease for his readers. Click here to see the lil dance I did for Mr. Darian. Watch for more upcoming articles and stories from Darian on YOCISCO.com.

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Plus- The Exclusive YOCISCO.com “Homosexuality and Hip Hop” Photo Shoot