A message of PRIDE: Top 15 expressions in Out Front’s Pride Edition cover contest

We’re blown away by the touching, clever and funny messages of acceptance, equality and most of all pride, that hundreds of people have offered to Out Front’s Express Yourself project.

Between April 12 and April 21, we brought our photo station to five local gathering spots – Charlie’s, X Bar, Hamburger Mary’s, Tracks and The Wrangler – inviting the community to create messages for Pride and enter them into the project by having their photos taken with their signs. Readers voted for their favorites from among more than 200 expressions.

These top 15 entries got the most votes and advance to the next round – from these, readers will again choose their favorites. Out Front’s Pride Edition is our most widely-read issue of the year, and that’s why it’s important that it be about our community and readers – about you – so your top choice will be invited to appear on the cover!

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Voting is closed. The winner will be announced June 4!
Scroll down to see full-sized versions of the photos (click to jump)

‘Equal Rights: Get Underneath it!’ by Jackie Prado and Adam Perkowski	‘Be Yourself’ by Bill Mitchell	‘Do we fit the stereotype? Love has no bounds!’ (WITHDRAWN BY CONTESTANTS)
‘Be You’ by Greg Steimel	‘Gay Feminists for Peace’ by Dominic Rubio	‘Safe Sex is Hot Sex’ by Kimberly Le and Justin Daniels
‘Pride is Empowerment’ by Charles Broshous	‘I wanna be no one but me!’ by Brandon Buxmann	‘We can’t ‘BEAR’ inequality’ by Dustin Wagner and Ryan Stafford
‘Let there be love’ by Daniel Nelson	‘Taste the Rainbow!’ by Sernan V Castillo	‘She’s my soulmate / We are lovesick / She’s my fiance’ by Erin Rust and Nicole Rosales
‘We’re finally coming of age! They weren’t ready. We’re here now. Get ready world!’ by Corky Blankenship	‘Someday I am gonna marry Holly Hatch!’ by Jody Bouffard	‘Love is love’ by Juan Alvear

(Scroll down below voting form for full-size images)

This page features the top 15 photos. Click here to see all 213 contest images.

Photos by Rod Alan Wildeman photography