9 June 2006

It's Pride weekend once again. Some gays think we don't need "Pride" and that we're beyond that or that it glorifies the wrong thing. It is ISN'T just about shirtless gay men on floats, shaking their moneymakers down 17th Street. For me, it's an affirming, even liberating time--the chance to be out and "proud." I'm out and proud everyday, mind you, just by being myself -- but at Pride we can really make some NOISE about it...and have some FUN doing it. This time really shows the diversity of our community--how it transverses age, race, religion, and social-economic status. From the club boys and gym bunnies -- to the bull dykes and the gay and lesbian families, pushing their kids up and down Pennsylvania in baby carriages. When friends greet each other with a greeting of "Happy Pride." I'll post some pictures in this space early next week.