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Inside the Glitter-Flecked Pride Photo Diary of 20-Year-Old Photographer Quil Lemons

By Laura Regensdorf
  • Photographer Quil Lemons takes on New York Pride 2017 with plenty of glitter.
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    "Of course I had to get ready for Pride 2017 with my favorite girls in the world." Lemons, with 8-year-old sister, Zuri.

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    "!GLITTER GANG! *cues 'Knuck If You Buck' by Crime Mob! These guys know me better than anyone else. I wouldn't have gone to Pride without them."

  • Photographer Quil Lemons takes on New York Pride 2017 with plenty of glitter.
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    "No Pride for some of us without liberation for all of us.”

  • Photographer Quil Lemons takes on New York Pride 2017 with plenty of glitter.
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    Photo: Courtesy of Quil Lemons
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    "PRIDE WAS AMAZING!!!"

  • Photographer Quil Lemons takes on New York Pride 2017 with plenty of glitter.
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    Photo: Courtesy of Quil Lemons
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    "*faintly heard in the background 

 'CALIFORNIA LOVE' 

LOVE IS LOVE"

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    "I love you girls so much! Zuri, Brooke, and Brie, you guys are my little angels! Thank you for supporting & believing in me."