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Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz

Allright, I'm not going to comment on the gay pride parade getting funding because I don't have all of the facts.

However, does anyone else think that gay pride parades actually do more harm than good as far as acceptance of being gay goes?
When I see any sort of coverage of a gay pride parade, all I notice are the groups of "Mr. Slave" wannabes wandering down the street half naked.

Why is it that a gay pride parade seems to be more like a weird fettish pride parade.
Isn't that exactly the stereotypes that the gay community would rather not have associated with them?

Maybe I'm way off base here, and maybe there are big gay marching bands that follow the leather clad group like in a normal parade, but that's now what the average person sees, and perception is reality. If the point of the parade is to say "Hey look at all the freaky things we do, and the majority of gay folks are into weird leather fetishes, and walking around with giant rubber fists" then that's cool have a good time.
Though in the more likely event that the parade, should convey a message of "We're just like you except we're attracted to people with the same bits as us" then maybe a format change is in order.

Sorry if this is a bit of derailment, but I think that the message the parade portrays is pretty important in deciding whether or not it gets funding. That's why I brought it up.

It is a big freak show... and thats why so many people go to watch it. Its kind of like a 21st Century circus parade.... without the animals.