Happy Pride

[Thorn]

Why is **** d[]yke censored and *** not?

[Provost Harrison]

puff?

[Provost Harrison]

Thankyou Thorn, I was wondering what word was censored there

The word pr!ck is censored which seems really silly as it is a normal word. Dr. Strangelove was trying to discuss blood glucose tests and this one word was constantly censored out. Talk about lacking common sense...

[Atahualpa]

Asher is gay?

[Gibsie]

Asher is the proverbial gay ****

[Apocalypse]

The thing about d y k e is that it is still used as an everyday nonoffensive word in some areas.

[Az]

so is ***.

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by Atahualpa
Asher is gay?

Gay as gay can be

[Provost Harrison]

In the Netherlands, d*y*k*e has a different meaning entirely...perhaps I should say dijk

[rev]

Hmm. I went to a pride festival in Hollywood last weekend and had the time of my life. I'd never been to anything like it, but went to accompany my bisexual roommate. Had anyone asked, though, I was going to tell them I was there to hit on all the women that had absolutely no interest in me... just like anywhere else! hah.

Anyway, I had a blast. To put it in perspective, these guys called me over and one said, "Hey, you're cute". I said, "Sorry, guys, I'm straight" and both forcefully chided me: "Why are you apologizing for being straight?! We're not apologizing for being gay!".

All in all, it wasn't about declaring to the rest of the world "we're here, we're queer!", it was about meeting like-minded people and knowing that you're not alone out there. And, all in all, I probably saw about, oh, five scantily clad guys (no girls) over the course of the day... out of probably ten thousand in attendance.

It was a lot of fun and I'd recommend it for any straight guy or gal -- you'll get a lot of ego-boosting compliments from the same sex and you won't be under much pressure to impress the opposite sex (because most of them don't care).

[Provost Harrison]

*waits for Stew and whatever vile bigotry he is going to spew forth*

[Agathon]

A mate and I have had a running argument over about 8 years or so as to whether one can be proud to be gay.

He thinks so, I don't. I think that gay pride only makes sense for other reasons than gayness (being oppressed, visibility, etc.) and not in itself. As someone said, being proud to be gay for the sole reason that you are gay seems no less absurd than white pride.

Then again PA will be here to show us some WP soon.

[molly bloom]

Originally posted by Agathon
A mate and I have had a running argument over about 8 years or so as to whether one can be proud to be gay.

He thinks so, I don't. I think that gay pride only makes sense for other reasons than gayness (being oppressed, visibility, etc.) and not in itself. As someone said, being proud to be gay for the sole reason that you are gay seems no less absurd than white pride.

Then again PA will be here to show us some WP soon.

It makes sense in the same way that 'black pride' and 'black is beautiful' made sense.

I'm no more proud of being gay than of being right handed, but in the context of all the advances made in getting discriminatory legislation shelved, then yes, I'm proud.

In any case, who needs a reason to par-tay?

It's not as if New Orleans' Mardi Gras or the Rio Carnival
is full of ardent churchgoers.

[red_jon]

Originally posted by Asher
Then I also know another guy who equates sex with a handshake.

Is it me?

I've actually said before that I compare *mutual masturbation* (note, not full sex) as about as meaningful as a handshake

The only thing I'm proud of though being is a Welshman hunter.

I've never actually been to a pride event. Always seem to miss them.

[molly bloom]

Originally posted by red_jon

The only thing I'm proud of though being is a Welshman hunter.

Well, I have one, and I'm keeping him.

His younger brother resembles Colin Farrell.

Mmmm....