Pride

[Grizz]

Its a great day, had a fantastic time last year and it was all so relaxed and non-attitude that everyone was included regardless of your sexuality. If you fancied a beer and loved to sit down and worship the sun or enjoyed dancing your tits off in one of the club tents with all the bears then it was great place to be. The only people who seemed to be so vitriolic in their opposition were the religious people screaming their hatred at the park gates.

I don't condone the 'sex in the bushes' that a few seem to get hung up on, but its very few out of then 75,000 that were there last year. I was there all day last year and didn't anything of the sort, yet people who hate the idea of Pride always seem to come across it year in year out.

Also don't agree with the 'not a place to take the family' attitude aswell. My sister-in-law and her two kids loved it, had a great time meeting all my mates, having their faces painted by the drag queens and a great day out in the park. She's superb at handling all the 'why.....' questions cos she's just honest with them and in the end the kids really don't notice or care. That's how we'll finally get ourselves an inclusive society for all rather than this 'my kids are ready to see that....' culture.

Pride weekend...... great excuse to have a party!

 

[jevs]

I like the way there's this assumption that local residents will naturally disapprove of Pride - I live about 2 mins away from Preston Park and can't wait for Pride; I've been for the last 4-5 years - really, some of my best friends are gay - one of them helped to organise the first one- and it's always top fun - a free carnival right on my doorstep. It's also, incidentally, a brilliant place to pull girls.

The idea that a load of thick, cunty blokes are so scared of it that they keep away is nothing but an added bonus that hadn't actually occurred to me before.

Unfortunately, there's also a lot of elderly residents who live in Rookery close and the grange on the A23 plus a few care homes and many elderly residents in Preston park avenue.

I speak to quite a few of these residents on a daily basis and many of them are driven out of their homes by this event.

 

[Cian]

I like the way you assume that any fella who does'nt like pride is a think cunty type bloke who's scared of it.

This thread rather suggests thats true, considering the majority of anti statements get "backed up" with homophobic abuse, accusations of illegality, etc. Which realistically suggests thick and cunty on those saying it.

 

[Paxton Dazo]

A Spurs fan, eh? Funny, I'm sure Hitler once said something similar about the Jews. But then you probably don't know much about Spurs history or fan base do you, I doubt they cover that in your GSCE Humanities class.

Or were you simply trying to impress the big boys on here with your daring devil-may-care attitude and inspirational use of language?

I dont know much about our history, or our fan base ?

Didnt realize there we're so many Mincers on here.

 

[NMH]

whens the STRAIGHT PRIDE festival? I want to celebrate STRAIGHTNESS!

Because marching to celebrate your sexuality is so suspect, it's a certainty that you'd be jeered as a closet nobgobbler just for doing that.

If people are happily confident about their sexuality, they just don't need to go proclaim it to impress anyone else - because that would just be gay.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Unfortunately, there's also a lot of elderly residents who live in Rookery close and the grange on the A23 plus a few care homes and many elderly residents in Preston park avenue.

I speak to quite a few of these residents on a daily basis and many of them are driven out of their homes by this event.

Why and how are they driven out of their homes?

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

whens the STRAIGHT PRIDE festival? I want to celebrate STRAIGHTNESS!

Start one then. Nothing stopping you.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Its a great day, had a fantastic time last year and it was all so relaxed and non-attitude that everyone was included regardless of your sexuality. If you fancied a beer and loved to sit down and worship the sun or enjoyed dancing your tits off in one of the club tents with all the bears then it was great place to be. The only people who seemed to be so vitriolic in their opposition were the religious people screaming their hatred at the park gates.

I don't condone the 'sex in the bushes' that a few seem to get hung up on, but its very few out of then 75,000 that were there last year. I was there all day last year and didn't anything of the sort, yet people who hate the idea of Pride always seem to come across it year in year out.

Also don't agree with the 'not a place to take the family' attitude aswell. My sister-in-law and her two kids loved it, had a great time meeting all my mates, having their faces painted by the drag queens and a great day out in the park. She's superb at handling all the 'why.....' questions cos she's just honest with them and in the end the kids really don't notice or care. That's how we'll finally get ourselves an inclusive society for all rather than this 'my kids are ready to see that....' culture.

Pride weekend...... great excuse to have a party!

Well put and I totally agree.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

line all the poofs in a line, and shoot the ****s.

Line all the poofs in a line. Great use of the language.

 

[steward 433]

This thread rather suggests thats true, considering the majority of anti statements get "backed up" with homophobic abuse, accusations of illegality, etc. Which realistically suggests thick and cunty on those saying it.

It's not an accusation though is it??

It's a solid fact. Dosen't matter whether it's a gay couple or a straight couple it's illegal and well out of order in the middle of the day when there are small children about!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Once again it's a very small minority spoiling the festivals name for the vast majority

 

[Cian]

It's not an accusation though is it??

It's a solid fact. Dosen't matter whether it's a gay couple or a straight couple it's illegal and well out of order in the middle of the day when there are small children about!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Once again it's a very small minority spoiling the festivals name for the vast majority

Its an accusation when its basically laid down that *everyone* in attendance will be cruising Preston Park and taking Class As, as has been suggested on this thread.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

line all the poofs in a line, and shoot the ****s.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

how about a straight pride MMMMMMMMMMM

 

[Cian]

how about a straight pride MMMMMMMMMMM

What's stopping you organising one?

I somehow doubt you've the commitment, skills and willingness to put yourself out time wise / possibly financially that the organisers of Pride do. Its not something you can plan overnight.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

What's stopping you organising one?

I somehow doubt you've the commitment, skills and willingness to put yourself out time wise / possibly financially that the organisers of Pride do. Its not something you can plan overnight.

some how i don't think straight people need to march around Brighton, its quite normal to be straight with out pushing it

 

[The Large One]

how about a straight pride MMMMMMMMMMM

Every Friday and Saturday night, bottom of West Street.

 

[Cian]

some how i don't think straight people need to march around Brighton, its quite normal to be straight with out pushing it

So why did you ask for one two posts ago?

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

So why did you ask for one two posts ago?

i was looking for some feed back

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

Every Friday and Saturday night, bottom of West Street.

tell me more

 

[Cian]

i was looking for some feed back

And you got some - if you want something done, go organise it. If you don't want Pride to happen, go get elected to B&H council so you can try to prevent its funding (although, no doubt a commercial sponsor would step in to get the media attention of 'saving' the event), prevent its licensing, etc.

Otherwise you're just one bitter, homophobic gimp wanking away on the internet.