Comments | framefolly: pride and joy

framefolly

pride and joy

Jun 26, 2011 18:44

Same-sex marriage was legalized in New York State late last Friday. I feel happy and moved and proud to be a New Yorker. It's another step toward greater equality.

( Here are some pictures from today's Gay Pride Parade taken from the corner of Fifth Ave. and 33rd St: )

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rahirah June 26 2011, 23:17:30 UTC

Thank you for the pictures - this is a weekend to remember. :D

framefolly June 27 2011, 15:39:27 UTC

Thank you for being one of the people who made this weekend feel more real, powerful, and joyful.

Back around 2002, I came across A Raising in the Sun, and I was completely agog at how it exceeded my every expectation for fan fiction -- it didn't just reset the bar, it built a whole new jungle gym. Naturally, I started poking around and lurking to try to find out more about the author. I soon realized that you were a lesbian, and I remember my first reaction very clearly: "Isn't she afraid?"

I hope that, with more big and small acts of courage by many more people, someday this question will only make historical sense.

wildrider June 26 2011, 23:18:05 UTC

OMG YAY!!!! I adore the Macy's balloons!

So full of squee.

framefolly June 27 2011, 15:43:26 UTC

I know! I thought of you when I saw them, and I said, "I have to get this for Kathy!"

Counting the days until your arrival :)

wildrider June 28 2011, 01:03:16 UTC

YAY!

Me, too!

sillymagpie June 26 2011, 23:34:02 UTC

The photos are great. It's great to see businesses and religious groups participating.

framefolly June 27 2011, 15:45:07 UTC

Thanks! It was my first gay pride parade -- somehow the timing never worked out before -- and I felt so happy to see support coming from such diverse sources.

sillymagpie June 28 2011, 02:15:46 UTC

My first time in San Francisco I got off BART at Montgomery Street station and walked right into a gay pride parade. Best. Introduction. to SF. EVER.

framefolly June 28 2011, 14:41:31 UTC

> Best. Introduction. to SF. EVER.

Wow! Yeah!

missmurchison June 27 2011, 00:08:47 UTC

Yay! You've caught up with us here in Iowa:P

framefolly June 27 2011, 15:47:21 UTC

Yay!

There's a Chinese saying, "Jian xian si qi," which, roughly translated, means, "When one observes wisdom, think about how to match it."

In other words, better late than never ;)

thisficklemob June 27 2011, 01:56:05 UTC

Lovely pictures, and lovely thoughts.

(If you're interested, I posted some thoughts and pics back when Massachusetts legalized same sex marriage, here and here.

'round here, the pride parade has some flamboyant drag queens and dykes on bikes... but also church groups, youth groups, hospital employees, and soforth. It's nice.

It's important that HIV/AIDS not be forgotten... not just in the gay men's community, but for straight women as well, particularly women of color, and IV drug users. And well, everywhere.

{{{hugs}}}

framefolly June 27 2011, 15:51:09 UTC

Thank you SO MUCH for posting the links! I got teary all over again at reading your account and seeing your pictures.

{{{hugs back}}}

You rock :D

thisficklemob June 27 2011, 21:45:29 UTC

:) It was a good day. The m/f couple who got a license at my city hall that day also chose that day deliberately.

Massachusetts has a three day waiting period on all marriage licenses, unless a judge issues a waiver. I remember some of the couples who'd filed the lawsuit to begin with got waivers and got married at midnight the first day it became legal.