Comments on: Withers: Gay Pride musings

By: Interested

Interested — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:45:55 +0000

Mr. Withers, …James,

In light of all the grief you regularly get on these columns, I just wanted to take a moment to acknowledge that you did something that people seem increasingly reluctant to do.

You admitted that a position you took, and even publicly argued for, may not be the whole picture. And even opened the door to the possiblity of being *gasp* wrong.

Thank you for the display of intellectual honesty, it made my day.

By: scott

scott — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:05:24 +0000

well, i just came from NYC Pride. Observing, not participating. And while there was some shaking of what the lord gave them, there was also a lot of shouts of “Happy Pride”, whistle blowing, families walking with their children, bands marching. In other words, it’s a parade.

Oh and the sun thing. Yeah, you definitely have got to reapply constantly, especially if you’re in the parade with no shade cover. That sun can get really hot.

By: BRUCE

BRUCE — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:27:43 +0000

Farrah Fawcett should have been acknowledged before Michael Jackson as she was born first, died first and her initials come first

That is part of being a credible journalist.
BTW one shouldn’t try to imitate genius… that is just wrong especially when you come up tragically short of the mark.

By: Morgan

Morgan — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:04:30 +0000

to me DC Gay Pride is a chance to see lots more gay folk in one place packed together than I normally get to see. Normally we gays are diluted amongst the straights and not always discernible in their business suits around Washington DC and suburbs. I go just to be a part of my community. It’s fun to see friends there sometimes. I just don’t like that the pride festival is out in the sun on Pennsylvania Ave on a typically hot and humid Washington June day. With all the people packed in so closely, you get to shade under trees whereever you can find it.
The DC festival is not a party, sure there are dancers and performers on stage, but what you have are food and lemonade vendors and rows and rows of white tents for organizations and all kinds of gay-friendly businesses. Some people carrying dogs in their arms. To me is not ostentation, not party, its community. And in DC, Pride attire was often T-shirts and shorts and very average looking people, not exactly a display of anything except mostly nice regular gay and straight folk having a good time.

By: Victor J Kinzer

Victor J Kinzer — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:10:27 +0000

Pride, like all things is right for some people and not right for others. Not everybody likes a big ostentatious party. I used to love pride parades, anymore they seem like the same old same old to me. I’m not really a fan anymore. However, I will never EVER begrudge anyone a party, those festivals were high heaven at the height of that particular part of my life. If you enjoy them go shake what the lord gave you, and screw anyone who tells you spandex is a right not a privilege.