Pride Festivities
Posted by Sare on June 7, 2009
Hey yall! Lenore and I had a great time passing out suckers with our flyers attached at Pride weekend. Lenore was at the Dyke March yesterday and we were both at the Parade today. The suckers were popular, the flyer was read, and we went through 600 pieces like they were nothing at all. Young and old, straight and gay – everybody loves a sucker!
It was great to see so many people whose t-shirts and outfits proclaimed they were exploring their own sexuality in healthy ways mingling around with families, kids, the religious, non-profits, for-profits – as if to say, ‘God made me like this – whether or not you want to accept it is moot.’
I was part of a twitter conversation between some people who had divergent views on whether or not the Pride festivities should be family friendly, and one person said yes, the other no. I understand where the ‘No’ vote was coming from – he was on the Marcella’s float, which always has many beautiful people wearing not so much clothing, but my view is this: God made us beautiful, and beautifully. If more children got a chance to witness more people secure in their sexuality, in their bodies… well, in the words of one my parishioners, ‘maybe we’d have fewer gay teens trying to commit suicide.’ Indeed. Maybe we’d have few straight teens committing suicide as well, to say nothing about our culture’s serious issues with eating disorders.
Anyway, on an up note: it was great fun, passing out a little cheer and having a little impact on the lives of complete strangers.
