Thoughts on a Pride Weekend

[redbeargrl]

It's Pride Weekend here in San Francisco, which, as if you couldn't guess, is a really big deal.
I will not be attending this year for obvious health reasons. Even if I could walk more than ten steps without falling over, my time at Pride is over. I marched for several years, and later, Ms L and I rode with Dykes on Bikes for almost a decade. Maybe

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[marygriggs]

Powerful words. That's definitely a Pride I want to celebrate, too!

Mary

[zofbadfaith]

I wish LJ had a "Kudos" button, like facebook has the "like" one, damn.
But you're so right, Bear; pride here was last week, and I stayed home and refused to be part of it.
It's sad, really, that Brazil's parade is considered one of the biggest in the world, that people come here from other countries just to participate, but that it has become a place for booze and one day stands for most people. It's sad and disrespectful and it makes me ashamed, and that's why I don't wanna be a part of it, not here. But maybe one day people will learn that pride, and respect, is not making out with someone for everybody to see, but loving someone for themselves.

<3

[twisted_knicker]

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[twisted_knicker]

Bear...You spoke the words in many of our hearts and I couldn't love you more for it. I have in fact never attended a Pride ever. By odd happenstance I even missed the NYC Pride the Once time I was actually in NYC.

But back to the point, beautiful words and ones that I stand beside wholeheartedly. <3<3<3<3<3