I think gay pride should be just that, gay pride. It shouldn't be a celebration of sexuality, but a celebration of unity.
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What would YOU do?
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gabriel1
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I agree, A display of unity and not sexuality. Then the question comes up of the parades. How do we show unity without sexuality, because you know that with the more "flamboyant" members of our community, people are always going to see something sexual and (not my words) "disgusting". How do we change the perceptions?
G-Lexington
Lex. Icon. Devil.
And what would that entail? What would a gay pride event look like?
Lex
Lex
and the band played on
sadly
sadly
G-Lexington
Lex. Icon. Devil.
>>>We should stop SHOWING how proud we are of us and just keep in mind that we ARE proud of ourselves. And make ourselves useful to the society. Isn't that what a useful citizen should be?
Of course. That's what we do 364.5 days out of the year.
"Pride" is the opposite of "shame". "We're here, we're queer, get used to it" may seem like a cutesy faggy little slogan now, but there was a time when it took large cajones to say that in mixed company. In fact, it's a great thing that it's become a campy slogan - it indicates that we have, in fact, come a long way baby. And that's a victory well-worth celebrating.
Why all the sex? Because that is in fact what we are. Not being mincey or wearing rainbow short-shorts and shaving our chests, necessarily. But we are homosexuals. We are attracted to other men. We have sex with other men. That is what we are. I don't think entire parades need to be sexual in content - as I've said, the ones in Denver do a great job of combining the sexual aspects with all other aspects of "gay culture" in its many forms. But to insist on a parade without any sexual aspect is to hide the one thing we in fact have in common. It'd be like having a parade of athletes and insisting none of them wear uniforms or have any sports equipment visible. Hiding that makes the parade just a random group of people walking down the street.
"Is this the athlete parade?"
"No, it's the gay pride parade."
"Oh." (long pause) "They all kinda look alike to me."
Lex
Of course. That's what we do 364.5 days out of the year.
"Pride" is the opposite of "shame". "We're here, we're queer, get used to it" may seem like a cutesy faggy little slogan now, but there was a time when it took large cajones to say that in mixed company. In fact, it's a great thing that it's become a campy slogan - it indicates that we have, in fact, come a long way baby. And that's a victory well-worth celebrating.
Why all the sex? Because that is in fact what we are. Not being mincey or wearing rainbow short-shorts and shaving our chests, necessarily. But we are homosexuals. We are attracted to other men. We have sex with other men. That is what we are. I don't think entire parades need to be sexual in content - as I've said, the ones in Denver do a great job of combining the sexual aspects with all other aspects of "gay culture" in its many forms. But to insist on a parade without any sexual aspect is to hide the one thing we in fact have in common. It'd be like having a parade of athletes and insisting none of them wear uniforms or have any sports equipment visible. Hiding that makes the parade just a random group of people walking down the street.
"Is this the athlete parade?"
"No, it's the gay pride parade."
"Oh." (long pause) "They all kinda look alike to me."
Lex
i am useful to society
i hope i can be helpful to a positive change in the way the world sees us.
i know i can walk with my head held high because i did the right thing
can you?
It all boils down to Integrity. And the best person to evaluate that is yourself. That's all I have to say in this thread.
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gabriel1
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Can anyone really answer this? I mean should the parades be "toned" down to look like every other parade? Do we just have a parade of gay people like they would be on an average day, in suits, scrubs, uniforms, showing that we are lawyers, doctors, mechanics, hair stylists, the person at the sub shop, the barista at Starbucks, the checker at your grocery store, the stocker at the same place?
G-Lexington
Lex. Icon. Devil.
Pete, you don't look so good in blue. 
Lex
Lex
Pushover
Made of Win and Awesome
Still in the closet, yet I have no gripes with being gay. I just can't wait for the moment to break free and live normally. I'm working up to it, I really am.
How can I take pride in myself when half the world hates me?
How can I take pride in myself when half the world hates me?
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Soilwork
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I wouldn't change a thing.
Pride day is a blast and if you dont' like it, stay home.
I don't give two shits if people dont' like the parades, the drag queens, the leather freaks or me on my motor cycle and I dont' care if what we do gets used against us in the press..
ANYTHING that the gay community does gets used against us in the press. We're never going to get the respect of the generaly population by self-censoring.
Pride day is a blast and if you dont' like it, stay home.
I don't give two shits if people dont' like the parades, the drag queens, the leather freaks or me on my motor cycle and I dont' care if what we do gets used against us in the press..
ANYTHING that the gay community does gets used against us in the press. We're never going to get the respect of the generaly population by self-censoring.