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I just wanted to throw a thread out there about yesterday.
Here in New York City it was the Gay Pride parade and as I live a couple of blocks from the route, I went along with my fiancee to the parade. We have actually done this now for the past three years and I just wanted to share a few thoughts here:
#1. This is the best parade NYC has to offer.
#2. To see people who may or may not be able to share their lifestyles with others able to display them in such a proud fashion to the public really was awe-inspiring.
Whether straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, black, white, hispanic, round, square, human, alien, I think every type of being was represented yesterday in this parade. It really is truly amazing to think this may be one of the only large sacle events that incorporates every kind of human, and celebrates those that have been persecuted so much in the past.
Whether it was a float for gay rights, a float for a night club, a float for a university group, or even a drag queen dressed up like Mary Poppins, everyone had a good time, everyone was listened to, and no one was discriminated against. It is truly amazing to see.
It makes you wonder about what is going on in this country and think specifically about the recent Supreme Court rulings (re Texas.) You wonder how and why certain lifestyles are judged differently than others, and when you are in the midst of such celebration, you wonder if these people are not harming others and simply loving one another, whose business is it besides their own?
I do not know if any of this is coming out logically, I just wanted to say how much fun I had and how much respect I have for everyone who was able to participate.
Specific funny memories include (and only on the block I was standing on - you can imagine what it was like all along the parade route) the group of people who held signs that read:
"Honk if you love oral sex!!!" Also the group of topless militant lesbians who stopped in the middle of the street and started whipping each other in front of the NYPD. It was great, not to mention all the floats, costumes, colors, and flags.
The parade goes down Fifth Avenue and ends in the West Village. At night the celebrations continued and then there were fireworks. I have to give the day a big thumbs up and look forward to next year's parade.
To use a well-known line off of one of the floats:
celebrate diversity,
Here in New York City it was the Gay Pride parade and as I live a couple of blocks from the route, I went along with my fiancee to the parade. We have actually done this now for the past three years and I just wanted to share a few thoughts here:
#1. This is the best parade NYC has to offer.
#2. To see people who may or may not be able to share their lifestyles with others able to display them in such a proud fashion to the public really was awe-inspiring.
Whether straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, black, white, hispanic, round, square, human, alien, I think every type of being was represented yesterday in this parade. It really is truly amazing to think this may be one of the only large sacle events that incorporates every kind of human, and celebrates those that have been persecuted so much in the past.
Whether it was a float for gay rights, a float for a night club, a float for a university group, or even a drag queen dressed up like Mary Poppins, everyone had a good time, everyone was listened to, and no one was discriminated against. It is truly amazing to see.
It makes you wonder about what is going on in this country and think specifically about the recent Supreme Court rulings (re Texas.) You wonder how and why certain lifestyles are judged differently than others, and when you are in the midst of such celebration, you wonder if these people are not harming others and simply loving one another, whose business is it besides their own?
I do not know if any of this is coming out logically, I just wanted to say how much fun I had and how much respect I have for everyone who was able to participate.
Specific funny memories include (and only on the block I was standing on - you can imagine what it was like all along the parade route) the group of people who held signs that read:
"Honk if you love oral sex!!!" Also the group of topless militant lesbians who stopped in the middle of the street and started whipping each other in front of the NYPD. It was great, not to mention all the floats, costumes, colors, and flags.
The parade goes down Fifth Avenue and ends in the West Village. At night the celebrations continued and then there were fireworks. I have to give the day a big thumbs up and look forward to next year's parade.
To use a well-known line off of one of the floats:
celebrate diversity,