I am gay and this affirms why I feel out of place in the "community." This also affirms that gays, along with many minorities, have been suckered into the group mentality. But a gay pride parade should be a gay pride parade.Ī PARADE ABOUT SEXUAL ORIENTATION HAVING SEXUAL THEMES? THATS CRAAAAAAAAAAZY. A food parade, a Latino parade, Martin Luther King parade, Christmas Parade, Art Car parade,(do they throw condoms out to the crowd like candy at those other parades?), have whatever parade ya want. If ya want to have a sexual pride parade, go for it. Hey! these are my people! this is what we are about and proud of it! Its absurd. Well, not just overtones, be flat out about sex. But then you realize how much of the event will have all these sexual overtones. Why is that? Other groups events I go to dont have that happen? Why are our parades and picnics that way too? I have thought of bringing family or friends, and their kids to a gay pride parade. Its funny now lol, but the point is why does it so often seem to be that you get a bunch of gay people together and suddenly its sex, sex, sex.? I went to enjoy the evening, a supposedly family friendly type outing at that, and see the Christmas lights, but it had to turn into a raunch fest.
I and a friend got on the bus, and the whole time there were people telling lewd jokes really loudly, sexual innuendos, then singing raunchy versions of x-mas songs. I went on a bus tour of Christmas lights last year. Thats not who I am and not what defines me any more than it defines any other group of people. I am a gay person and would be proud to have a parade/picnic that is not so overtly sexual. The gay person who isnt all about sex is chastised and somehow denying their "gayness". Then ironically there have been all to many times and places where blacks themselves are the strongest purveyors of the very prejudice that was foisted on them by the majority. The majority prejudice is that blacks are stupid. Like the young black kid who is picked on by the other black kids because he is acting white, because he is smart and doing well in school. gay people themselves tend to fixate on that.
They judge us not on everything else, dont see us as full people with rich diverse lives, but as people defined by sex. People look at you one way, then when you say your gay, suddenly many seem to focus on your sex life lol. We are a unique group like any other but rather than show our differences like everyone else would, (who also have people with the same fetishes, or not, same jobs, careers, family life, chores, etc.) they take the fixation and focus that others put on us "its all about sex, its a choice, not a natural happenstance". I think its that too many gay people are "internalizing their homophobia" the very prejudices placed on them by the majority. Thats not what makes them who they are, nor is it what makes gay people who they are. I am sure there are Asian or Scottish, Martin Luthor King "Leather Daddies" but they arent out there at their events on a float wearing chaps lol. Sure there is Mardi Gras (that is what it is) but what ethnic, minority, or other group has events like this in which these thing would be acceptable behavior? I cant think of any other groups parade or event that you would see this kind of stuff in. So why does it seem to have such a predominant place at our events? Its not representative, and it does offend a lot of gay people that an event that is supposed to in large part represent who we are is so slanted towards sex, sex, sex. Sex is no more a part of my "gay lifestlyle" than any other persons lifestlye. When I go to the Asian festival and parade, or just about any other groups events and parades, and there are lots of them, you dont see people almost naked, wearing "sex fetish outfits", have booths selling sex toys, sexually overt images, etc. There arent people pole dancing there lol. But I am also part Scottish and go to the Scottish rites here.
Yes but why do the gay pride picnics and parades have such a predominant sexual theme? Its fine to be gay.