Gay Pride Is Coming!!

[BunnyGrrl]

Originally posted by MrFun
Any hetero Apolytoners who went to Gay Pride event in support of gay, lesbian, or bisexual friend or family member??

Umm, i used to all the time....before i knew i liked the girlys...my aunt even spotted me on tv in the parade.

[MrFun]

Originally posted by finkian
I went to Pride in san fran last year-- it was fun, I'm in texas, I"m probably going to austin's pride this year

So what was this experience like?



And GP, thanks for your worthless advice.

[finkian]

it was fun. BUt the parade was really long. REALLY FRICKIN LONG But it was still excellent.

[MrFun]

How many people do you think there might have been there??

Was the size of the crowd impressive to you?

What events were there before and after the parade?

[Sarxis]

I've never been to one, and I don't know of any that happen in the Detroit Metropolitan area.

Though, if you've ever been to Royal Oak, Michigan, you'd know that every day is a Gay Pride day there.

[MrFun]

Here is a poem I found by someone named Papa John.

April Weekend, 1974
(for R.C.B., a friend)

Nine months is a long time not to see
and hold someone I could love if fate would let me.
So this weekend was like springtime
after a long, dead winter, and the half‑sunny skies,
the winds twisting our hair, and the new flowers –
bright white dogwood along empty branches –
just reflected my feelings, an odd mixture
of green elation and brown despair.

But now you are gone, I fear, forever.
And I cling – like a silly child hanging on
to a burst balloon or a dropped lollipop –
to my memories of these few days:
Friday, the supper I fixed, Richmond by night,
the gay bar; then Richmond by day, the trip
to Jamestown (past bare woods where a dogwood
or two flashed out a false promise), and the pleasure
of holding your hand; on Sunday, the aluminum foil building,
and the guy who saw flying saucers we could not see,
above the pyramid in the cemetery.

Last night I found your sweet smell on my pillow,
and it is my best memory. I tried to be happy
for all I had and not sad for one thing
I cannot have; and I really was, and am,
no matter how long the winter lasts this time.

{Places mentioned are in Richmond, VA)

[MrFun]

Another one by Papa John.

I don't remember growing up gay –
I just turned out that way.
Sure, I recall fumblings with other boys,
and staring at bodies in the shower,
but that is no recipe for making a ******.
By the time I was twenty,
I decided it was so, and it was right –
something that seemed so natural could be no sin.

But after that, I don't think I chose
my self, my gay style – gay was never
my first concern. How I walked and
dressed and talked weren't practiced –
they were how I walked and dressed
and talked before.

[Asher]

Where's ABBA?

You guys need ABBA.

[Sarxis]

Originally posted by Asher
Where's ABBA?

You guys need ABBA.

I prefer iambic pentameter myself.

Hey! My Shakespeare class finally payed off. Yay!

[MrFun]

What is ABBA??

[Asher]

HAHAHAHAHAHAH!

You're not really gay, are you MrFun?

[monkspider]

I would go out and support you guys, but sadly I don't think the gay pride tour is going to be brave enough to step foot in southeast Kansas.

[MrFun]

Originally posted by Asher
HAHAHAHAHAHAH!

You're not really gay, are you MrFun?

Hey, I am sooooo gay I tell ya!!

Please enlighten me, and cleanse me of my ignorance.



And Monk, while there is no Gay Pride locally in the Quad Cities of Iowa and Illinois, every weekend, our community has a We Care Weekend, which I already described.

This is smack dab in the middle of the Midwest.

[Asher]

ABBA is that 70s disco group. You know "DANCING QUEEN" etc.

[MrFun]

ah -- ok