Superphil
Dismember
You mean *you* don't need or want it ? I have a feeling most of us simply don't care.
Quite. Fortunately some of us don't live in Brighton so it doesn't effect us either.
You mean *you* don't need or want it ? I have a feeling most of us simply don't care.
We DONT need pride.
WHY? Because Brighton is a very gay friendly town 365 days of the year.
It should now be taken to places that are not gay friendly in order to promote equality.
Afterall thats why it started.
Now its just an excuse for people to litter the park and get off their faces, its little to do with "gay pride" as such. Look its Brighton for f*** sake we have a massive gay community and are well known for it. Start having it at places where there is homophobia.
its little to do with "gay pride" as such.
We DONT need pride.
WHY? Because Brighton is a very gay friendly town 365 days of the year.
It should now be taken to places that are not gay friendly in order to promote equality.
Afterall thats why it started.
Now its just an excuse for people to litter the park and get off their faces, its little to do with "gay pride" as such. Look its Brighton for f*** sake we have a massive gay community and are well known for it. Start having it at places where there is homophobia.
Correct. It dropped 'gay' from its title a number of years back when it also changed from a protest to a celebration. Please keep up.
But why in the most gay friendly place (outside London) in the UK?
And its not now a celebration...thats my point...
Surely now is the time to take it to other places.
IMHO, i don't think this is a valid argument.
pride is a celebration, much like notting hill carnival, it is not irrelevant in brighton.
to use some comparitors against your argument;
we also have a pretty good arts scene too, should we scrap the brighton festival?
maybe edinburgh fringe should move to burnley? east lancashire really struggles on the comedy circuit.
and in regards to your final comment, i believe that there still is a fair bit of homophobia in the city, well, if this forum (being the all-seeing microcosm of brighton society) is anything to go by.
You dont get people off their faces on class A's or a huge amount of litter or stuff that is not excactly "family/child friendly" in the middle of the afternoon etc...
So what are "we" celebrating exactly?
Yes, no one wants it i mean we dont get a straight pride do we so why should they get to party because they are gay!!
i'm sure the organisers have a perfectly competent policy and procedure for this
Because it isn't exclusively for gay people?
I want Pride - so you can't say that "no-one" wants it, 'cause that just ain't true!
Can't we just bounce last years thread and be done with it?
well they definitely need to review it/stop turning a blind eye because the amount of used needles, empty baggies, empty poppers bottles, used condoms on Preston Park after the event is a bloody disgrace
Litter is inevitable yes