Comments on: Gay Pride Encourages Apathy! http://cosmodaddy.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/gay-pride-encourages-apathy/ Nuanced, poignant insights. With visual panache. Sometimes with added Cosmo. Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:40:55 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: benjaminbrum http://cosmodaddy.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/gay-pride-encourages-apathy/#comment-2738 benjaminbrum Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:15:44 +0000 http://cosmodaddy.wordpress.com/?p=3095#comment-2738 Pride stopped being political somewhere in the late 90's as things got easier and there was less to kick against. Seems the LGBT community (whatever that means) needs a little more injustice to get things going again. I did attend Birmingham Pride but that's because I wanted to be seen in the march, standing up and making some noise. I only briefly attended the "street party" (that should be rewritten as stupidity/gay tax) as I had other commitments. There were some students trying to inject a bit more protest into pride in Brum but they were viewed as being idealists or a bit of a militant sideshow not as a driving force for change. The world needs changing and we all need to do something about it. Pride stopped being political somewhere in the late 90’s as things got easier and there was less to kick against. Seems the LGBT community (whatever that means) needs a little more injustice to get things going again.

I did attend Birmingham Pride but that’s because I wanted to be seen in the march, standing up and making some noise. I only briefly attended the “street party” (that should be rewritten as stupidity/gay tax) as I had other commitments.

There were some students trying to inject a bit more protest into pride in Brum but they were viewed as being idealists or a bit of a militant sideshow not as a driving force for change.

The world needs changing and we all need to do something about it.

]]> By: james http://cosmodaddy.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/gay-pride-encourages-apathy/#comment-2732 james Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:40:37 +0000 http://cosmodaddy.wordpress.com/?p=3095#comment-2732 I don't go to Pride events for the reasons Peter mentions. It's all too much 'fun' for me - and in the great words of Stephen Fry: if there's one word which can make me shudder with revulsion, it's fun. It's a shame because whilst I'm not interested in all the frivolity that goes with Pride - I totally agree with you in your points about apathy and the fact that we're ignoring the fact we're not free people yet. I don’t go to Pride events for the reasons Peter mentions. It’s all too much ‘fun’ for me – and in the great words of Stephen Fry: if there’s one word which can make me shudder with revulsion, it’s fun.

It’s a shame because whilst I’m not interested in all the frivolity that goes with Pride – I totally agree with you in your points about apathy and the fact that we’re ignoring the fact we’re not free people yet.

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