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Well, today begins the one-month countdown to San Francisco’s pride weekend, the world’s largest pride event that typically attracts over 500,000 spectators. You can bet that I’ll make the best of it, even if I’m on a tight budget. If last year’s events are any indication, this year’s Pride should be the best one yet! The parade should have more contingents than ever before, and the massive street fair after the parade will keep everyone busy all day.
The city is scrambling to have everything in place for the celebration. The parade committee is gearing up for a record number of volunteers for first-aid, security, monitoring, etc.
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The state steps in and bans mylar balloons and mylar décor from all parade floats. A big leather squad vows to blow their loads all over Reverend Phelps and his lowly lynch mob if he stands there with signs like “God Hates Fags!” I really wish that this anonymous leather squad didn’t follow through with it. It could get them into minor trouble (Battery by Body Waste). But who knows, we have a new police chief!
And I LOVE this year’s theme, “Out 4 Justice,” representing our focus on the glaring problems facing LGBT rights, and the civil liberties of all Americans. I will be in the parade to support this theme, as I have been totally appalled by attacks on our human rights, namely the abusive PATRIOT Act, the government’s no-fly list, the Defense of Marriage Act, and the yet rampant workplace discrimination which still hurts our community.
Now I’m ranting, so I might as well also note that evey year, the SF Pride Committee names the recipient of what’s called the Pink Brick Award- a big label for a big prick who has done the most damage to the LGBT community. This year, the Pink Brick Award goes to Attorney General John Ashcroft! Yay-wooo, America loves you Mr. Ashcroft! Thank you for oppressing the gay and lesbian community, opposing our right to marriage, and fighting the Employment Non-Discrimination Act! You’re doing such a great job at constitutional dismemberment! Keep up the great work intimidating faggots and dikes!
I’ll keep everyone up to date on hard-to-find pride news and alerts in my blogs. I might make pride a separate topic to make entries easier to spot. And I promise to update my blog at least once every other day to calm the horde of pressing readers!
Notes:
- The State of California bans mylar balloons due to the remote but ghastly possibility that aluminized mylar balloons could strike power lines / Muni lines and cause a multi-block power outage during the parade. I have to agree with this decision. I would not want half of downtown to be crippled because a giant erect mylar penis whacked an overhead cable.
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SF Pride is officially called the “SAN FRANCISCO LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER PRIDE CELEBRATION.” I realize this, but it takes up way too much blog space. So SF Pride it is.
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The SF Pride Parade is arguably the third largest annual event in California behind the Rose Parade and some Mother Goose march in Southern CA.
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