The AIDS Healthcare Foundation has a float in this year's Rose Parade
for the third year in a row, and will feature a live gay wedding, the organization reports:
Following a United States Supreme Court
ruling in June that allowed same-sex marriages to resume in California,
AHF’s float this year will celebrate same-sex marriage and the role it
can play in helping to reduce new HIV infections among gay men. As part
of its ‘Love is the Best Protection’ theme, AHF’s float will include
what is believed to be a first: a same-sex wedding performed live during
the parade. In 2013, the Rose Parade attracted approximately 700,000
attendees, aired live nationally on eight networks to 56 million
viewers, and was televised in 174 countries for an additional 28 million
international viewers.
Playing off the Tournament’s 2014 theme
of ‘Dreams Come True,’ Aubrey Loots, 42, and Danny Leclair, 45, a gay
male couple from Los Angeles together over a decade, will be ‘Living the
Dream’ as they legally marry on New Year’s Day during the historic
parade. AHF’s ‘Living the Dream’ float will highlight the fact that
‘Love is the Best Protection.’
Loots, originally from South Africa, and
Leclair, from Canada, together own Studio DNA Salons, a chain of three
successful L.A. area hair salons. Loots also shares the distinction of
being recognized as a Wella Top Artist, who serves celebrity and
civilian clients alike while his soon to be husband manages the day to
day operations.
The Rose Parade takes place on New Year's Day.
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