June is just around the corner and with June comes Chicago's Gay Pride Parade. Its a show of men in leather, drag-queens in super high heels, go-go boys on top of floats in barely there undies. It is a drunken celebration that shows heterosexuals how "splendidferous" it is to gay and proud.
That is how the media portrays it. What does this say to the perhaps closeted gay guy thinking about coming out to his parents? To many in small rural communities this is the only opportunity to identify with gay culture. Quite honestly, I have never attended a Gay Pride Parade. However, you can surely find me in the bars after the parade is over.
Gay Pride should be about community involvement and support. It shouldn't be about spectacle. The streets are lined with heterosexual who come for the display of buffoonery. The gay in turn give them what they want.
Don't get me wrong, I do not believe in conformity. However, people fear what they do not understand. Isn't being gay more than sex with the same gender? s it about showing the straight counterparts how better our half naked bodies are while dancing to Cher on top of a float?
SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT GAY PRIDE IS ABOUT!
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