I'm a lesbian, so I might be held to different standards. But honestly this year I went to Pride wearing dad-shorts and a T-shirt. Since I went with my buddy and her kids, if I wasn't pushing a stroller, I was leading a toddler around. Basically, I was pretty low-key and unsexy. I was not at all unusual. Actually, I bumped into a straight coworker who didn't bat an eye at my outfit.

There's usually someone there in their underwear, or in clothes that you can recognize are intended to suggest a particular sexual preference. But there are also people in T-shirts, suits, or fun outfits (there are a lot of rainbow tutus and neon wigs, for instance). And they're all pretty happy to see eachother.

I kind of feel like Pride is one of the few times, in the US, where we put our money where our mouth is when it comes to nudity and sex. I constantly hear people complain that America is too uptight about nudity and sex, that we freak out at the sight of a butt. Pride is, in my experience, a pretty good demonstration of what happens when people make a conscious decision not to freak out about sex- some people decide it's a good time to show their butts, some people don't, and we all make an effort not to get upset if someone's made a different decision than us.

There are some specific events that you could go to where it's all-sex-all-the-time. And there are also religious/spiritual gatherings associated with Pride, formal events, and family-oriented events, where nudity or sex probably don't have a place. But if you're talking about the parade, and surrounding activities, when it comes to sex and nudity it's more of a hippie vibe than a sex club vibe.