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What is the role of pride parades? How is that role met or filled by its participants?

I frequent a design blog that I really really respect and appreciate. But recently the man who runs the blog (a gay man) recently said he disapproves of many pride parades, saying it they are more about bacchanalian events more about go go boys and spectacle rather than the queer movement. Now this bothers me but for reasons I have difficulty articulating. I'm also worried that my aversion to his opinion is just as intolerant as what I perceive to be his opinion on the appropriate ways to express queerness. I'd really like to hear what others have to say about the roles that pride parades play in our community.

also I accidentally posted a similar question without the explanation in the food category. Oops. Yes newbie mistake. feel free to ridicule me for that in addition to answering my question.

ghostpost asked in Gay Pride 11 months ago | Report
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    It is just a parade, followed by a picnic. Don't over think it. One can attend an independence day celebration without forming a strong opinion about the revolution and you need not care about seafaring to attend the sea-fair parade.

    Kip Waddle answered in Gay Pride 11 months ago | Report
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    Pride is about pride. Inclusiveness is the point of the whole thing, and spectacle is one of our greatest weapons. Oh! How I do find folks who endlessly debate this issue quite tiresome. So--my flaming flamboyance doesn't represent everyone gay in the universe? Hooray! Beige boringness does not reflect me or my life. But I'm not about to whine about it, or take a judgemental exclusivist stance against the people in my community, or argue that all the accountants marching in baseball caps don’t reflect me, and set forth an unrepresentative image of gayness, and are therefore politically damaging/irrelevant, somehow embarrassing, or acting against my alleged “cause”. Because YAWN.

    Adrian Ryan answered in Gay Pride 11 months ago | Report
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