Comments on: It’s June, let the whining begin

By: OMG crazy freakshow!

OMG crazy freakshow! — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:08:47 +0000

[...] I mentioned in a post the other day, around Gay Pride time we always hear the Butcher Than Thou (or more correctly, Not as Butch as [...]

By: RG

RG — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:07:18 +0000

John – you HAVE to email me with the names! I’ll try and find some pics of me at the dances – oh what trip down memory lane!

Stephen – “does that make me a traditionalist or a conservative?”
No honey – it makes you old(er). I too miss the edginess, but alas, parts of our community have grown up, sold out, and have become “mainstream”. Sigh……

By: Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:43:33 +0000

My first gay pride parade was in Los Angeles in 1978. And boy, was it WILD!!!

I don’t bother going to gay pride any more. It’s boring and tedious and tame. It’s become way to family oriented for me. It lacks the edgy, on the verge of being arrested for public indecency feel that made it so appealing to me in my youth. Now people bring the kids.

Of course, living in West Hollywood, as I do, makes it easy for me to be cynical. But I still miss the outrageous, in your face, got to be real, X-rated gay pride parades of times gone by. (Does that make me a traditionalist or a conservative?)

By: Amanda

Amanda — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:36:25 +0000

We’re considering going to Pride in Houston…The only one I’ve attended was in LA. I’d like to compare the two!

By: John

John — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:50:59 +0000

Oh wow, I was at everything until I skipped town in 1996 – the Tuesdays at Ramrod, the dances in JP, etc. etc. I bet you know some of my old dance partners from back then.

By: RG

RG — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:47:01 +0000

Honey, I bet I danced with you with GFP at Pride and the dances afterward. Not to mentioned I competed with the ReneGAYdes! Small world indeed.

By: John

John — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:11:36 +0000

The most fun I ever had at Boston pride were the times I marched/danced w/ Gays for Patsy in the parade.

I can’t say we have danger and exciting “we’re oppressed” drama at Houston’s pride, but we do have it at night so we don’t all collapse of heat exhaustion, and they used to string a big disco ball up over the intersection of Westheimer and Montrose. (I hear it’s a victim of budget problems this year.)

By: RG

RG — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:08:58 +0000

Honey, let me tell you about Boston’s Gay Pride – The parade is all churches, banks, business and politicians asking for the GLBT community’s vote. And, although it gratifying to see we’re just another constituency to be seen/used, it’s also very, very, very boring. The only fun in the parade are the seriously butch Lesbians on motorcycles and the Brazilian contingent.

The block party is still going strong outside of Fritz. It’s just as big and loud and crowded as it always was. Except now, there are two distinct groups that go and dominate the party – Crystal-Titty Muscle boyz and E-Enhanced Twinks – it’s all very sad actually, although the music is good.

I’ve been avoiding the parade for the past 7 years or so. I much rather prefer the small intimate dinner gathering my friend hosts every year at his place Pride evening.

To tell the truth, I would rather go to a Pride parade in a deeply Red State – at bit more energy, a bit more danger, and bit more in your face. We seem to have lost our edge here in Boston, since basically , with the exception of Federal recognition, we’re just the same as everybody else.

All my life I’ve wanted for my community to be mainstream, and now that we basically are, I don’t want it! LOL