Pride: The Good, Bad & Ugly

The gay community is not as homogeneous as the non-gays might like to think. We’re like the majority – what I refer to as the mainstream non-gays – there are factions, special interest groups, one-issue advocates, the nondescript and the brazen. But this diversity within the community also has its prejudices, and we all don’t love the same things. It seems to be politically-incorrect that I and some other gays have little tolerance for gay pride parades. My own taste in parades would encompass… no, wait a minute… I don’t think I like any, what I call, frivolous parades, regardless of the message. Being an equal-opportunity curmudgeon, I also cringe when I see a Shriner on a little tricycle, or a mascot in a plush costume coming my way.

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