Although a lot of people associate gay parades with drag queens and half-naked men in leather, the Gay Easter Parade is actually a rather family-friendly event, nowhere near was extravagant as, for example, a Mardi Gras parade. The Gay Easter Parade is the final parade held in French Quarter on Easter Sunday, starting at 4:30 p.m. They include Southern Decadence (a six-day event culminating on the Sunday before Labor Day), Halloween New Orleans, the New Orleans Pride and the Gay Easter Parade. Every year, the gay and lesbian community of New Orleans organizes several large events that attract LGBT revelers from across the United States and abroad to the French Quarter.
