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Posted by JayZeeBMT on Mon Jun 29 19:06:45 2009   Here I go marching in the NYC Heritage Of Pride March with the NYC Council. That's your Council Speaker, Christine Quinn (D-Chelsea) next to me. We had a real blast, marching down Fifth Avenue to 8th Street, then onto Christopher Street and past the Stonewall Inn, where it all began 40 years ago. Governor Paterson, Mayor Bloomberg, and Comptroller DiNapoli also marched. I am forever making posts here on SubChat, I thought you guys might like to see that I put my politics right out there on the streets, too...lol! It was a great day, but when I went home, I could hardly walk anymore...but Speaker Quinn is a classy lady. She was enthusiastic, sweet, and we even did an impromptu mambo during one of the many pauses in the march! |
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Posted by SMAZ on Mon Jun 29 22:41:43 2009, in response to On Parade, posted by JayZeeBMT on Mon Jun 29 19:06:45 2009. nice pics. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Jun 30 10:29:06 2009, in response to On Parade, posted by JayZeeBMT on Mon Jun 29 19:06:45 2009. Meh, it's a free country. I don't do protests, or marches. They are usually pointless. |
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Posted by AMoreira81 on Tue Jun 30 10:31:18 2009, in response to On Parade, posted by JayZeeBMT on Mon Jun 29 19:06:45 2009. Curious: where were you? I was standing where the marchers dispersed (Greenwich + 10)...and some of them were a bit interesting. |
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Posted by AMoreira81 on Tue Jun 30 10:31:18 2009, in response to On Parade, posted by JayZeeBMT on Mon Jun 29 19:06:45 2009. Curious: where were you? I was standing where the marchers dispersed (Greenwich + 10)...and some of them were a bit interesting. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Jun 30 10:58:03 2009, in response to Re: On Parade, posted by AMoreira81 on Tue Jun 30 10:31:18 2009. I guess "interesting" is in the eye of the beholder. |
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Posted by JayZeeBMT on Tue Jun 30 11:17:48 2009, in response to Re: On Parade, posted by AMoreira81 on Tue Jun 30 10:31:18 2009. We were at the very beginning of the March, right behind Gov. Paterson & Mayor Bloomberg. When we reached Greenwich/10th they put me in a car for a presser & photo shoot at the Pier.But you're right, many marchers were interesting and eye-catching. There was lots of "eye candy" keeping my head on a swivel all day long...lol! |
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Posted by Easy on Tue Jun 30 11:19:49 2009, in response to Re: On Parade, posted by AMoreira81 on Tue Jun 30 10:31:18 2009. He's holding the sign above the "The". He's not the photographer. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Jun 30 12:02:25 2009, in response to Re: On Parade, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Jun 30 10:58:03 2009. You don't win over the masses acting like that. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Jun 30 12:25:22 2009, in response to Re: On Parade, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Jun 30 12:02:25 2009. Yes, and that is the unfortunate situation in their plight. While the original photos are just what could win people over, the "interesting" ones from the subsequent post just enlivens every bad stereotype there is, and does nothing to win over the masses, in fact, it probably does way more damage. |
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Posted by Fred G on Tue Jun 30 21:45:55 2009, in response to Re: On Parade, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Jun 30 12:25:22 2009. Don't look much different than what I'd seen at Mardi Gras.your pal, Fred |
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Posted by Easy on Tue Jun 30 21:54:51 2009, in response to Re: On Parade, posted by Fred G on Tue Jun 30 21:45:55 2009. If anything it's more tame. Still, while a parade of mostly gay men celebrating their sexuality doesn't offend me, it doesn't interest me either. I would intentionally avoid it. |
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Posted by Fred G on Tue Jun 30 21:57:47 2009, in response to Re: On Parade, posted by Easy on Tue Jun 30 21:54:51 2009. Yeah they don't take attendance so you could skip it and hang out in home room instead :Pyour pal, Fred |
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Posted by Easy on Tue Jun 30 22:03:00 2009, in response to Re: On Parade, posted by Fred G on Tue Jun 30 21:57:47 2009. lol |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Jun 30 22:55:17 2009, in response to Re: On Parade, posted by Easy on Tue Jun 30 21:54:51 2009. Ahhh, there you go...at least someone knows what I mean. I guess we have to put "not that there's anything wrong with it" on every post as a disclaimer.... |
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Posted by Railman718 on Tue Jun 30 22:58:22 2009, in response to Re: On Parade, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Jun 30 12:25:22 2009. So im guessing you never been to Mardi Gras then...Yeah probally not... |
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Posted by Easy on Tue Jun 30 23:00:04 2009, in response to Re: On Parade, posted by Railman718 on Tue Jun 30 22:58:22 2009. I have. Mardi Gras has real girls and not just guys dressed as girls. |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Tue Jun 30 23:01:41 2009, in response to Re: On Parade, posted by Railman718 on Tue Jun 30 22:58:22 2009. Ha! You'd guess wrong then. VERY wrong, LOL. |
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Posted by Railman718 on Tue Jun 30 23:05:40 2009, in response to Re: On Parade, posted by Easy on Tue Jun 30 23:00:04 2009. It has guys dressed as girls as well..Nah im not gonna blow my boy up on a message board because he cant defend himself... |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Jun 30 23:07:29 2009, in response to Re: On Parade, posted by Railman718 on Tue Jun 30 22:58:22 2009. Uhh, yes I have, and I have not seen guys pretending to be guys in the parts of Mardis Gras I have been. (That's not to say it doesn't happen of course). But then again, I don't know what Mardis Gras has to do with a gay pride parade.... |
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Posted by Railman718 on Tue Jun 30 23:08:03 2009, in response to Re: On Parade, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Jun 30 23:07:29 2009. Sorry Wrong Chris...Reaches for Glasses.... LOL |
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Posted by Easy on Tue Jun 30 23:09:12 2009, in response to Re: On Parade, posted by Railman718 on Tue Jun 30 23:05:40 2009. I know, but not in the parades so much. The ones in the parades are girls. The gays are mostly, but not entirely at the gay end of Bourbon Street. I don't think that Mardi Gras is a celebration of sexuality, much less gay sexuality, like most gay pride events seem to be. |
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Posted by Easy on Tue Jun 30 23:10:00 2009, in response to Re: On Parade, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Jun 30 23:07:29 2009. "guys pretending to be guys"wtf? |
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Posted by Railman718 on Tue Jun 30 23:11:27 2009, in response to Re: On Parade, posted by Easy on Tue Jun 30 23:09:12 2009. To me it seemed like an all out freak fest...Makes the parade (yes i have been down there) seem a bit tame in a way... |
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Posted by Easy on Tue Jun 30 23:11:28 2009, in response to Re: On Parade, posted by Railman718 on Tue Jun 30 23:08:03 2009. When did you go to Mardi Gras? I haven't been since Katrina. |
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Posted by Easy on Tue Jun 30 23:14:01 2009, in response to Re: On Parade, posted by Railman718 on Tue Jun 30 23:11:27 2009. I liked it. I didn't think that it was too freaky, but you never know what you'll see there. |
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Posted by Railman718 on Tue Jun 30 23:14:17 2009, in response to Re: On Parade, posted by Easy on Tue Jun 30 23:11:28 2009. Two years before that storm hit stayed in the Montelone.. |
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Posted by Railman718 on Tue Jun 30 23:15:17 2009, in response to Re: On Parade, posted by Easy on Tue Jun 30 23:14:01 2009. I didnt say i didnt "like it"...Maybe im a bit freaky myself... ;o) |
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Posted by trainsarefun on Tue Jun 30 23:18:59 2009, in response to On Parade, posted by JayZeeBMT on Mon Jun 29 19:06:45 2009. Glad to hear that you had fun.BTW, how many of you does it take to hold up that banner? :) |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Tue Jun 30 23:19:24 2009, in response to Re: On Parade, posted by Easy on Tue Jun 30 23:10:00 2009. He meant "guys pretending to be girls". |
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Posted by Easy on Tue Jun 30 23:19:54 2009, in response to Re: On Parade, posted by Railman718 on Tue Jun 30 23:15:17 2009. lmao!Isn't it almost like New Orleans isn't even in the US? It's certainly different than the rest of the South. It has it's own cool vibe. |
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Posted by Easy on Tue Jun 30 23:25:28 2009, in response to Re: On Parade, posted by Terrapin Station on Tue Jun 30 23:19:24 2009. lol. I figured. Just messing with Chris. ;) |
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Posted by trainsarefun on Tue Jun 30 23:35:10 2009, in response to Re: On Parade, posted by Easy on Tue Jun 30 23:10:00 2009. It's on a Blur album... |
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Posted by Easy on Tue Jun 30 23:43:34 2009, in response to Re: On Parade, posted by trainsarefun on Tue Jun 30 23:35:10 2009. Strangely I never heard of them even though I owned a radio for the entire decade of the 90's. |
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Posted by JayZeeBMT on Tue Jun 30 23:46:21 2009, in response to Re: On Parade, posted by Easy on Tue Jun 30 23:09:12 2009. The NYC Heritage Of Pride March is much less a "celebration of sexuality" than it is a statement of solidarity. This is why it is called a "March" instead of a "Parade". In the early years of this annual event, it was a protest march against anti-gay bigotry and anti-gay laws (for example, it used to be against the law for any bar or restaurant licensed by the NYS Liquor Authority to serve alcohol to ANY openly gay patron, period. The Stonewall Inn was raided on the night of the Rebellion to enforce that very law), and today the March continues to focus on equality for the LGBT community.It is also a day to be out and proud, and that's why you see such colorful displays of sexuality and gay culture. But it is still primarily a political event. |
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Posted by JayZeeBMT on Tue Jun 30 23:49:05 2009, in response to Re: On Parade, posted by trainsarefun on Tue Jun 30 23:18:59 2009. Holding the banner actually made it easy to keep up with the Council sergeants-at-arms (the man and woman at either end of the banner) who set the pace. But it was a BLAST!Nothing like appearing before hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers on a beautiful summer Sunday. :) |
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Posted by BMTLines on Tue Jun 30 23:55:17 2009, in response to Re: On Parade, posted by Fred G on Tue Jun 30 21:45:55 2009. Or at the Mermaid Parade... |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Jul 1 00:05:16 2009, in response to Re: On Parade, posted by Easy on Tue Jun 30 23:11:28 2009. I was there last year. Much less busy since after Katrina, but a madhouse just the same. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Jul 1 00:05:55 2009, in response to Re: On Parade, posted by Easy on Tue Jun 30 23:10:00 2009. Hahahahah! |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Jul 1 00:08:17 2009, in response to Re: On Parade, posted by Easy on Tue Jun 30 23:09:12 2009. Actually, the parades themselves are pretty rated G. What happens on Bourbon St is not really what "mardis gras" is all about, that's only a small part of it. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Wed Jul 1 00:08:32 2009, in response to Re: On Parade, posted by Easy on Tue Jun 30 23:10:00 2009. Politicians. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Jul 1 00:09:30 2009, in response to Re: On Parade, posted by Easy on Tue Jun 30 23:19:54 2009. New Orleans does sort of seem like it's another planet. |
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Posted by Fred G on Wed Jul 1 00:13:57 2009, in response to Re: On Parade, posted by Railman718 on Tue Jun 30 22:58:22 2009. Exactly, lotsa drag at Mardi Gras.your pal, Fred |
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Posted by daDouce Man on Wed Jul 1 00:32:03 2009, in response to Re: On Parade, posted by Easy on Tue Jun 30 23:00:04 2009. You probably would have liked the Mermaid Parade recently in Coney Island |
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Posted by Easy on Wed Jul 1 00:34:42 2009, in response to Re: On Parade, posted by daDouce Man on Wed Jul 1 00:32:03 2009. I've seen pictures posted here. You're probably right. |
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Posted by Osmosis Jones on Wed Jul 1 00:38:47 2009, in response to Re: On Parade, posted by AMoreira81 on Tue Jun 30 10:31:18 2009.  *Hopes that the one on the right is a woman* |
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Posted by daDouce Man on Wed Jul 1 00:40:11 2009, in response to Re: On Parade, posted by Easy on Wed Jul 1 00:34:42 2009. Best thing is girls dressed up as girls. |
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Posted by Fred G on Wed Jul 1 00:43:24 2009, in response to Re: On Parade, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Jun 30 22:55:17 2009. Who doesn't know what you mean?your pal, Fred |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Jul 1 00:44:15 2009, in response to Re: On Parade, posted by daDouce Man on Wed Jul 1 00:40:11 2009. And sometimes undressed as girls. |
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Posted by daDouce Man on Wed Jul 1 00:45:27 2009, in response to Re: On Parade, posted by Osmosis Jones on Wed Jul 1 00:38:47 2009. I know what you mean.Chances are she is a she. If the pic was taken in Manhattan then I'd doubt it. |
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