Pride Day!

POSTED BY: Melee
UPDATED: Thursday, July 15, 2004 13:44
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MELEE

Saturday, July 10, 2004 11:13 PM

Well, here in Vermont it is anyways... singing drag queens and more rainbows than a care bear factory, good times! So, happy Vermont Pride Day to anyone to whom it applies. *throws flowers*

PURPLEBELLY

Sunday, July 11, 2004 6:27 AM

Must be time to out some of those Firefly relationships

GHOULMAN

Wednesday, July 14, 2004 7:02 PM

Jayne or Book? lol! I know Inara prefers "mostly" men. A girl needs choices eh?

ANNIK

Wednesday, July 14, 2004 8:12 PM

Woo hoo! Hope it went great. Ours was in June but I couldn't make it this year ... reports from pals say it was one of the best-ever, and it was certainly great weather for it ... hot and sunny.

Cheers,
Annik
... my sister's a ship. We had a complicated childhood.

HERO

Wednesday, July 14, 2004 8:19 PM

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Originally posted by Melee:
Well, here in Vermont it is anyways... singing drag queens and more rainbows than a care bear factory, good times! So, happy Vermont Pride Day to anyone to whom it applies. *throws flowers*

Good for you. Every other day Vermont has no pride, so good for you.

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JCKNIFE

Wednesday, July 14, 2004 9:19 PM

Look, I'm probably going to regret this, but I HAVE to ask--if homosexuality is a biological condition (i.e. you're wired that way), why does there need to be a Pride Day?

Now, that said, I'll bet there are things like "Left Handed Day" and "Twins Day" so maybe it's as simple as that. Some genetic anomolies are minorites of one kind or another and as such, want a day to feel special. I guess I got no problem with that.

We don't have anything like it in Ohio so I can't speak from experience of having seen one. That might change my opinion.

"This is Ohio. If you don't have a brewski in your hand you might as well be wearin' a dress."

JENCHRISSYM

Wednesday, July 14, 2004 9:34 PM

There are similar occurances such as Black History Month and there are Latin festivals and hell there is even a Talk Like a Pirate Day. People celebrate all kinds of things.
I think it is fabulous and I am always happy to participate. I think of it as being a way to let people know you are not ashamed about something that some think is shameful.

EBONEZER

Wednesday, July 14, 2004 10:28 PM

Down where I live its ALWAYS pride day. We have a week long pride party once a year. Its...interesting. Even straight people go.

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SIGMANUNKI

Wednesday, July 14, 2004 10:45 PM

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Originally posted by JCKnife:

... why does there need to be a Pride Day?

I think of it as there are a lot of morons out there that disagree with this way of being so much so that they have gone out and created a terrible image of what homosexuals are/aren't. So, this day is the community going out and displaying what they actually are and that they aren't afraid to say it anymore.

It's kind of a protest against the terror that they've been put through over the years. Unfortunately, this will have to continue for, IMHO, generations as there are too many idiots that are still against this way of being.

That being said, after the job is complete it's still good to have a party every once in a while

and to remember your past, etc.

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"Canada being mad at you is like Mr. Rogers throwing a brick through your window." -Jon Stewart, The Daily Show

JCKNIFE

Thursday, July 15, 2004 1:42 AM

Okay, I'm NOT tryin' to hate here, I really want to know this. Please read with an open mind.

The pics I have seen of gay pride parades and stuff from NYC and Frisco are typically involving a lot of leather, guys in drag, really over-the-top stuff. Is this "displaying what they actually are" or in fact anything to be proud of?

I think if I were a young man and not sure about my own orientation, I would be scared away by this kind of behavior--I'd be afraid that, if being gay means I have to be THAT, even one day a year, then it isn't for me.

Maybe the media focuses on the extreme examples of people in these parades and some of them look normal. I really don't know. But obviously the majority of gays don't go through life looking like La Cage aux Folles extras.

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