Mixed reactions

[jay]

Today usually provokes a mixed response... I'm happy to see the expressions of pride and community and love and the free expression of these. While at the same time, at a personal level reminding me that I'm marginal, an outsider. Too mundane to be at a Pride parade, too weird to be welcomed enthusiastically in parent groups or at church... not fitting well anywhere, really.

I hope that my many participating friends have a beautiful day marching or watching, as well as those up at the Loving More conference at Harbin. For me, I'll be at home working on rewiring electrical circuits and fixtures...

Comments

[airshipjones.livejournal.com]

Actually, my experience in the last few years has been that the SF Queer Pride Parade has turned into the SF Beer Pride Parade, what with all the beer vendors, beer pinions and flags, and the beer company sponsorship. I have been turned off to the parade for a while now, though I do support the concept.

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... sounds more like NASCAR than counter-culture...

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

Queers drink beer, too. :)

I didn't even notice the beer folks this year, largely because they were neither before nor after me in the parade, and I didn't see the whole thing. But there's a lot of corporate sponsorship, corporate floats: Altoids, beer companies, Gold's Gym, etc. The festival's usually too crowded for my taste. I wander to where people I know are likely to be.

But it's not for everyone. Lots of people ignore it, or watch it on TV. You could be one of those people. That's not a bad thing.