It shouldn't be called Gay Pride

[Lube]

Do we have American Pride Day/parade? No, we have Independence Day/parade.

Do we have French Pride Day? No, there is Bastille Day.

What does every single Pride Parade celebrate? The Stonewall Riots.

It should be called Stonewall Day and the Stonewall Parade. That's what started all the pride parades.

 

[Lube]

Stonewall riots from Wikipedia.

 

[hotb0d]

but Gay Pride sounds more fun.

Stonewall Pride, people will get confused and have no idea what it is all about. Appreciation of stones?

 

[LoveIsNow]

Well, I believe for the first few years, they had Gay Liberation Day parades. I was fond of that name, or would have been if I were alive.

 

[Lube]

but Gay Pride sounds more fun.

Stonewall Pride, people will get confused and have no idea what it is all about. Appreciation of stones?

Education.

 

[hotdog1846]

It's amazing how far we've come in the past 41 years since Stonewall.

And it's amazing how far we have to go. Face it ... a man who's in love with another man freaks other people out. And it makes us ashamed of who and what we are. Sex is kinda embarrassing to most people (with a shred of modesty), and deviant sex ... it's hard to be proud.

We're just too small and disliked a minority to ever think we're home free. Pride, in who and what we are. We're different, different is good. Cherish the difference. Be proud, not ashamed. When you're ashamed, you can't speak up, or speak out. Shame does that to a person. Our adversaries count on that.

Eternal vigilance, and pride ... that's what'll really keep us free.

 

[TickTockMan]

They don't all have to do with Stonewall. The only real common factor is sexual diversity. Stonewall just gave BH and the others the momentum to get the first few going.

 

[hotb0d]

Education.

and who's going to do that?

 

[Swellegant]

Well, what exactly are we celebrating? A riot? Or a the spirit behind the riot?

Independence Day does not celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence (otherwise you might call it Signing Day, fewer syllables), it celebrates Independence itself. We don't celebrate the war fought to gain our sovereignty from England, we celebrate the thing we were fighting for.

Pride does not just celebrate the Stonewall Riots, it celebrates the concept that was born during those Riots, the pride we have in ourselves, our refusal to cower in the dark any longer, our refusal to pretend to be other than we are. We are what we are, we stand up proud and unafraid... that's what Stonewall was about... so it makes sense to call the parades and festivals Pride.

I do object to calling it "Mardi Gras" as they do in some places, though. Anything based in Catholicism is suspect for a gay tradition. And I have nothing to say about Bastille Day... that's one of the silliest designations for a national holiday ever. But I guess the Bastille is nicer to think about, since nobody got killed there, than the systematic murder of thousands of aristocrats and royalists that formed the centerpiece of the French Revolution.

 

[bankside]

Gay freedom did not begin with stonewall. Go back 19 years to the Mattachine Society. Go back to 1791 for the legalisation of homosexuality in France. Or even Bentham a bit earlier in the UK.

So why Stonewall again?

 

[TickTockMan]

Gay freedom did not begin with stonewall. Go back 19 years to the Mattachine Society. Go back to 1791 for the legalisation of homosexuality in France. Or even Bentham a bit earlier in the UK.

So why Stonewall again?

Stonewall was just the turning point. It’s what got the majority involved. It is by no means the start of the movement.

 

[Marco Sensual]

It should be called the stereotypes parade.

 

[Reika]

Every GLBT person should know about the Stonewall Riots. They were the beginning of the movement that continues to this day. There are Stonewall Hotels all over the world, that stand in tribute to those who took to the streets. We've got one in Sydney.

I had heard of stonewall, but i thought it was something to do with Ireland.

I've just read the wiki and watched a couple of videos/reports online, really want to learn more about it now.

 

[Paws]

Super happy phun day!

 

[SLOPPYSECONDS]

Do we have American Pride Day/parade? No, we have Independence Day/parade.

Do we have French Pride Day? No, there is Bastille Day.

What does every single Pride Parade celebrate? The Stonewall Riots.

It should be called Stonewall Day and the Stonewall Parade. That's what started all the pride parades.

Stonewall represent cultures whats fuckeds ups ans it great these cultures figurin out da deep well of shit they is ans ( folks ) caught in da shit learnin ta be free of da shit what still there

but nice all countrys try figure out their versions of shit ans all pile it up ta gether ans flush it

until then folk around world Pride in not get bury by alls da Worlds so called Civilized cultures SHIT



no forget polish ya lovelys everyday ans give alls da people nice smile keep their day always gay

 

[Kulindahr]

Well, what exactly are we celebrating? A riot? Or a the spirit behind the riot?

Independence Day does not celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence (otherwise you might call it Signing Day, fewer syllables), it celebrates Independence itself. We don't celebrate the war fought to gain our sovereignty from England, we celebrate the thing we were fighting for.

Pride does not just celebrate the Stonewall Riots, it celebrates the concept that was born during those Riots, the pride we have in ourselves, our refusal to cower in the dark any longer, our refusal to pretend to be other than we are. We are what we are, we stand up proud and unafraid... that's what Stonewall was about... so it makes sense to call the parades and festivals Pride.

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It should be called the stereotypes parade.

 

[Lube]

I had heard of stonewall, but i thought it was something to do with Ireland.

I've just read the wiki and watched a couple of videos/reports online, really want to learn more about it now.

I'm happy to have inspired someone.

 

[Lube]

They don't all have to do with Stonewall. The only real common factor is sexual diversity. Stonewall just gave BH and the others the momentum to get the first few going.

You could say the same thing about the signing of the Declaration of Independence or the events at Bastille. You have to start somewhere.

 

[Lube]

Gay freedom did not begin with stonewall. Go back 19 years to the Mattachine Society. Go back to 1791 for the legalisation of homosexuality in France. Or even Bentham a bit earlier in the UK.

So why Stonewall again?

Because the first 3 pride parades (in NY, LA, and Chicago) celebrated the anniversary of Stonewall. And pride parades since are based off those 3. Maybe other pride parades were started for other reasons, but the vast majority are based off Stonewall.

 

[SLOPPYSECONDS]

Because the first 3 pride parades (in NY, LA, and Chicago) celebrated the anniversary of Stonewall. And pride parades since are based off those 3. Maybe other pride parades were started for other reasons, but the vast majority are based off Stonewall.

Just add tiny bit

folks has pride walked <centurys>but not in da glares of Media lights or banner Add label

gloss ans glitter of many thing come from deep<where media ans countrys just no deal with

GAY PRIDE MARCHES develop many Prides a join

Rose Parker a female who sit on a bus! not important it Rose Parker or she female

but sit on a bus ans millionnnnnnnsssssss of people of past historys pay for human insanity

so STONEWALL is but one many ( GAY < what yet in birth still ) ans stills no out of da Intensive care ward
much tos a dos yet

nice when da audience of whateva labels they pushin shovin humpin jackin rollin tryin thinkin dressin ans rest da Jazz join in ta help it

but fa grace of Voodoo go you< or whateva is expression

anyway HAS GREAT PRIDEINS ans NICE SHOES DUDES