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| 2001 Events |
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San Francisco Pride™ Originally called "Gay Freedom Day" this Queer holiday was co-opted by the commercial elements of the "community" and de-volved into "Pride". Even the "Freedom Flags" are now called "Rainbow Pride Flags." It happened in the African American community when Hip Hop got turned into the commodity called "Rap". Maybe it's inevitable, I'd like to believe it's not. I find it especially disheartening when bar friends and acquaintances greet me with "Happy Pride" as if one of the deadly sins has suddenly become a noun that one should be happy about. I participate in Pride activities because it's become one of the only ways I can connect with the "community". I don't drink alcohol and seldom go to the Castro District (aka "the Gay Ghetto") Last year, I helped the committee book DJs for the community dance area and after this event, I've volunteered more of my time to make this event better in the future.
An Entertaining Event I
didn't get a chance to stop by all of the stages, but I did manage to
check out a few of the entertaining bits, here's some highlights...
I
love running into friends old and new at these large scale events. Here's
a few I caputured on camera...
The Freedom Day Parade The
parade is like four hours long and I had to meet V-ness and her ebay posse
to see Ultra Naté. I did manage to get a few pix as the parade
passed me by...
This
year, it seems the rainbow look was edged out by PINK... |
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