I am just wondering when we get our "straight pride" weekend...
No offense, but I think these designated weekends or days are crap. Valentine's Day is a prime example. Do we really need a day to tell people we love them? And gays need a weekend to say how proud they are? Be proud of who you are all the time, and give love to those you care about all the time...just my opinion. Not trying to dumb it down if it was important for you, but I get tired of these contrived "holidays".
No offense taken. I don't understand "pride" in general. Irish pride, gay pride, Black pride. It's like being proud of something you didn't work at, earn, or even have any decision in.
What it really should be called is "Gay Party" "Irish Party (St Patricks Day), etc.
It's basically a gay Mardi Gras. It's pretty commercial at this point. How many "Delta Airlines" or "Altoid" floats does one really need to see?
Now, that being said, it's really good for our city in terms of tourist $$$'s. Draws 500,000 people.
And in the early days, it was a pretty important and revolutionary step in terms of showing unity and strength. Events like this were an effective tool at getting some rights and fair treatment. It served as a reminder to the rest of the community that you probably know and perhaps care about or respect some gay people, without realizing it.
Whether or not you agree with things like adoption, visiting a sick partner in the hospital, not getting arrested for hanging out at a gay bar. (I see both sides of adoption/marriage etc).
Changes to those things may never have happened with out the gay pride/rights movement in the 60's/70's.
So in that sense, it's important.
