Photos: Protesters delay St. Louis Pride parade through downtown
The 40th annual St. Louis Pride parade was delayed about 40 minutes as anti-Boeing and pro-Palestinian protesters blocked Market Street. Police arrested the protesters after firefighters cut chains that held the arms of the protesters together.
“I identify as asexual, so I’m a robot today,” said Boeing software engineer Maggie Duckworth, seen practicing airplane twirling alongside Boeing’s float at the St. Louis Pride parade on Sunday, June 30, 2024. Protesters who opposed defense contractor’s sponsorship of the annual parade later disrupted it.
Drag performer Lady Elizabitch, winner of the Gay Hearthrob 2024 pageant, dons the sash while preparing to ride in the St. Louis Pride parade downtown on Sunday, June 30, 2024.
Balloon-laden Enterprise Mobility employees gather in Citygarden before walking in the St. Louis Pride parade downtown on Sunday, June 30, 2024.
St. Louis Mayor Tishaura O. Jones walks on Market Street in the St. Louis Pride parade on Sunday, June 30, 2024.
Balloon-laden Enterprise Mobility employees gather in Citygarden before walking in the St. Louis Pride parade downtown on Sunday, June 30, 2024.
Crissy Wells of UAW Local 2250 Wentzville, becomes a chicken on her group’s float in the St. Louis Pride parade on Market Street downtown on Sunday, June 30, 2024.
Petra Kershaw wears a rainbow dress as she waits to march in the St. Louis Pride parade as anti-Boeing and pro-Palestinian protesters are chained together while blocking Market Street, interrupting the parade in downtown St. Louis on Sunday, June 30, 2024. The parade was delayed about 40 minutes as police arrested the protesters after firefighters cut their chains. For more from the parade, please see Page A3.
Protester Wes Schnitker chants, joining anti-Boeing and pro-Palestinian protesters on Market Street that interrupted the St. Louis Pride parade downtown on Sunday, June 30, 2024. The parade was delayed about 40 minutes as police arrested the protesters after firefighters cut the chains that held them together.
A parade goer hops a barricade and joins anti-Boeing and pro-Palestinian protesters on Market Street, interrupting the St. Louis Pride parade downtown on Sunday, June 30, 2024. The parade was delayed about 40 minutes as police arrested the protesters after firefighters cut the chains that held them together.
Anti-Boeing and pro-Palestinian protesters block Market Street, interrupting the St. Louis Pride parade downtown on Sunday, June 30, 2024. The parade was delayed about 40 minutes as police arrested the protesters after firefighters cut the chains that held them together.
Protester Wes Schnitker has words with a St. Louis police officer as arrests of anti-Boeing and pro-Palestinian protesters begin on Market Street, interrupting the St. Louis Pride parade downtown on Sunday, June 30, 2024. The parade was delayed about 40 minutes as police removed the protesters after firefighters cut the chains that held them together.
A woman is arrested by St. Louis police officers after anti-Boeing and pro-Palestinian protesters blocked Market Street, interrupting the St. Louis Pride parade downtown on Sunday, June 30, 2024. The parade was delayed about 40 minutes as police arrested the protesters after firefighters cut the chains that held them together.
St. Louis firefighters cut through plastic pipe to reach chains that hold anti-Boeing and pro-Palestinian protesters together as they blocked Market Street, interrupting the St. Louis Pride parade downtown on Sunday, June 30, 2024.
A parade goer yells at a St. Louis police officer as anti-Boeing and pro-Palestinian protesters block Market Street, interrupting the St. Louis Pride parade downtown on Sunday, June 30, 2024. The parade was delayed about 40 minutes as police arrested the protesters after firefighters cut the chains that held them together.
A woman is arrested by St. Louis police officers after anti-Boeing and pro-Palestinian protesters blocked Market Street, interrupting the St. Louis Pride parade downtown on Sunday, June 30, 2024. The parade was delayed about 40 minutes as police arrested the protesters after firefighters cut the chains that held them together.
A woman is arrested by St. Louis police officers after anti-Boeing and pro-Palestinian protesters blocked Market Street, interrupting the St. Louis Pride parade downtown on Sunday, June 30, 2024. The parade was delayed about 40 minutes as police arrested the protesters after firefighters cut the chains that held them together.
Vivian Versace, Miss Gay Missouri America 2024, keeps cool before riding in the St. Louis Pride parade downtown on Sunday, June 30, 2024.
Tassandra Hamby, left, borrows pins from the crown of Sara Shay, Miss Gay United States Femme Fatale, before riding in the St. Louis Pride parade on Market Street downtown on Sunday, June 30, 2024.
Michelle Spence does her makeup before driving daughter Sara Shay, winner of the Miss Gay United States Femme Fatale, in the St. Louis Pride parade through downtown on Sunday, June 30, 2024.
BJC Healthcare employees march in a restarted St. Louis Pride parade downtown after seated protesters blocked Market Street to delay the parade on Sunday, June 30, 2024.
Drag performer Era passes candy to the crowd while walking in the St. Louis Pride parade downtown on Sunday, June 30, 2024.
Robert Cohen
Staff Photographer
They oppose Boeing’s sponsorship of the parade.
