What have you done today...
...to make you feel proud?
It was the two-weekend-Pride-marathon of the year. I went to three Pride celebrations and I have to admit that I had a great time. I saw cool acts (The Cliks!) I danced to awesome music (live DJs!) and I marched with brothers and sisters in arms. What else is a gay boy to ask for?
Yeah, I know. Equality and all that. But this is America, so there is an uphill battle to make the stupid backward ignorant Religious Wrong that they have no business in my pants or life, for that matter. I did not see many of the wingnuts in the parades this year. Maybe because I was not paying attention? Maybe because I just was not at the right place? I don't know. I remember that last year I saw them in Chicago. And in Cleveland. But this year? Nothing. Nada. Zilch.
And that's good. Because even though I don't think that they are any less rabid, I do think that they will not have the same preponderance they had all these years, with the idiot W in the presidency (well, that is giving him too much credit, we all know that it was his 'advisors' who actually ruled this country) and his ass-licking to the fundies, who may or may have not put him in power for four more years.
It's all fucked up. But it could be worse. It could be like in Saudi Arabia, where they can hung you just for being an 'alleged' homosexual. Or in Jamaica, where hordes can beat up a man an reduce him to pulp without anybody -even less the police- doing anything to stop it. Or like in South Africa, with their foaming-at-the-mouth intolerance and barbarism.
So my Pride celebrations were good in general. Good company, big fun and most important, the feeling of being part of a big brotherhood of men who are just like me. And some of them are totally in the 'blessed-genes-category'. I got an eyeful of eye candy every day. Gay men ARE beautiful. Damn! ALL of them. The fems, the daddies, the bears, the muscle Marys, the average Joes. All of them are beautiful in their own right.
And it feels good to feel that you are not alone. I pity anyone who is in the closet. I'd rather have someone hate me for who I am than love me for who I'm not. And that quote is not mine. It's from Obama Pride. I read it many times in each one of the Pride parades I went to. Hopefully, he'll be the next president of the United States. That will teach the millions of idiots who voted for Bush a lesson.
Now, let's wait for next year. Things can only get better. Or so I wish.
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No he ido a nada que tenga que ver con la comunidad del arco iris, quizas es por eso que quiero cambiar un poco de vida...
ReplyDeletelindos angeles... quizas soy uno de esos!
besos desde mi lejana galaxia
Amigooooo!!!!.... I feel so happy cause you are happy too, me parece genial que hayas podido disfrutar de la celebración del orgullo, de la manera en que nos cuentas... Que celebres la parte de tí ( entodos los sentidos), de la que debes estar orgulloso... Aqui en Barcelona, la verdad es que la celebración siempre me ha parecido deslucida, y diría que cutre, y la de Madrid este año será el día 5 de Julio ( por cierto el día de celebración de la independencia de la "República" de Venezuela,a ver si se dan por aludidos y salen todos los gays de Venezuela a la calle y echan al facha de Chavez)...jejeje... Como vez estoy un poco belicoso ( serán la testosterona veraniega?)...jajaja... Pues me alegra mucho que estes animado, y que siga asi, más y mejor. Un fuerte abrazote
ReplyDeleteCreo que diste completamente en el clavo respecto de mis razones para ir a la marcha, la principal de ellas es sentir que hago parte de algo importante, de una comunidad que puede cambiar la historia, de un colectivo que puede hacer la diferencia. Y qué bueno que estés contento, no sabes cuánto me alegra.
ReplyDeleteUn abrazote.
¡Ah!, y el ícono se llama Dany Castaño, es punto de referencia para la comunidad en Medellín.
Hola amigo, me alegra mucho que te lo hayas pasado tan bien en un día tan especial para todos, pero más me alegra el ver tu optimismo. !Ah¡ ¡Obama presidente!
ReplyDeleteI wanted to go so badly to the pride parade in NYC but my bear had something to do and I did not want to go to that crowd of people by myself.
ReplyDeleteI did hear it rained a lot and it screw things up a little bit.
I am so crazy about going to the parade in Boston . . .maybe next year will see.
Anyway I am glad you have fun and especially that you are so open to express what you feel about the beauty of a gay man, It bothers me when someone tries to diminish someone else because "they are not" your type.
See you around