Seattle Gay Pride Day 2003
Life 06/29/2003 |Had an absolute blast out and about today at the Pride Day festivities. Gorgeous weather for a parade day — partly cloudy, so it was alternating warm sun and shade to let us cool off — and all sorts of fun people to watch. Watched the parade along Broadway, then wandered around the festival area at Volunteer Park.
Lots of fun — tons of pictures can be found in the photo gallery. Enjoy!
[See also: Seattle Pride Parade and Festival 2004 | 4th of July, Gas Works Park, Seattle | Pride leaving Broadway? | Home early | 2005 Fremont Solstice Parade ]
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Michael Hanscom
June 30th, 2003 at 11:11 am
I have a question on “gayness.” It is a serious question - Mike/Wudi can tell you I am not anti-gay. I just have never known a gay person well enough to ask this, and perhaps someone more erudite than I on this list can clue me in.
It seems to me the essence of of homosexuality is the attraction to the same gender. Fine, no problem.
However, in both the male and female homosexual community, there is a minority - represented by some of the pictures Mike took - who, if a female, dress in a “butch” or male manner and if male. drss in a “queen” or female manner.
Again, whatever, but this seems contradictory to me. It seems it should be just the opposite - the male should be as “male” as possible, and the female as “female.”
I want to say, again, this is not an anti-gay polemic. I am fully convinced that - using the conventional paradigm - when we stand before God, God will be far less interested in our sex lives than we seem to think God will be.
I would really appreciate thoughts on this.
daddyjohn
July 1st, 2003 at 6:08 am
As a gay man I’ll try to explain it. If I can ? There are two parts.
Is that you are attracted to the same gender. This and this alone is what makes you “Gay”
Is how you feel about yourself. Do you feel like a man or do you feel like a woman ? and its a sliding scale. Some men (and this applies to women as well) Feel 100% man and 0% woman others feel 80% man and 20% woman. and so on till you get to the point that a man might feel 100% woman and 0% man. And it is at this poing that men begin to think about sex change operations because they “feel” like a woman trapped in a mans body.
I must point out, many people misunderstand this. Number 2 is not related in any way to number 1. There are thousands, perhaps millions of men that are totally 100% straight that love to wear womens panties and no doubt dresses when no one is around. They hide this because the general public will tag them as “Gay” and they are not. But some times they feel a little “girlie” inside.
How many straight women are referred to as “Tomboys” ?
Our personal feelings about ourselves (Butch/Fem) is NOT part and parcel to being gay. Although the people of this once great country don’t get it. You can be a Man’s man that makes John Wayne look like a sissy and still be gay. Or you can be a softspoken lispy little thing that just loves wearing dresses and not be gay at all.
This is what has torn the gay community apart. Closeted gay men look at drag queens and say thats not me, I’m not one of those. Because if they admit to being gay people will think that is what the do when no one is watching. And it just ain’t true.
When we Americans figure this out (Europeans already have) Things will be so much better.
And as a side note. Proof that God does have a sense of humor.
I an a 100% gay man. 0% intrest in women. (don’t hate them, just no sexual intrest) and yet I am attracted to men that look and act like women ? Don’t get me wrong. I don’t want them to dress up in drag and pretend to be a woman. I like men! But feminine men. Go figure?
July 1st, 2003 at 11:23 am
Thanks. This makes a lot of sense.
And I certainly agree God has a sense of humor. I am a straight male, but TV shows such as “The Man Show” and most displays of what “men” would want on Father’s Day do not represent me at all. If that is what it means to be a man, then I am something else, a straight ???. I just finished placing a book order for two cookbooks, for me. I do not find jokes about passing flatus funny, I do not murder large animals, I do not air drown fish, I do not sit in front of a TV watching sports, etc.
In most schools, there are three doors usually seen in a row - boys, girls, and janitor. I guess I am a janitor.
Thanks again
John
July 1st, 2003 at 5:45 pm
From what I hear you are a loving Husband and a Careing Father, Call it what you will. It just don’t get any better than that!
ps One of the gay bars in Anchorage had three bathrooms in a row. Boys, Girls, & Undecided. I always did get a kick out of that.
July 7th, 2003 at 3:42 pm
I just wanted to say thank you for posting your pictures of the Seattle Pride Parade. I was disappointed that none of the local newspapers or weekly’s published photos of the numerous award-winning floats (including mine for the Gay Fathers Association of Seattle, which won a $500 prize). So far, yours is the only site I’ve found with any decent pictures of the parade participants en route. Thanks for sharing!!!
March 9th, 2004 at 4:39 pm
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, March 9, 2004
AUTHOR OF EXPLOSIVE NEW BOOK THAT SHATTERS THE ‘EX-GAY’ MYTH TO APPEAR IN SEATTLE
Anything But Straight, by Wayne Besen, Disproves the Controversial Notion That Gay People Can Become Heterosexual Through Prayer and Therapy
SEATTLE. – Haworth Press announced today that Wayne Besen, author of the controversial new book ANYTHING BUT STRAIGHT: Unmasking the Scandals and Lies Behind the Ex-Gay Myth, will visit Seattle to debunk the false right wing notion that homosexuals can “pray away the gay.” Besen will appear at the following venue:
Friday, March 12 7:30 PM LGBT Community Center 1115 E. Pike Street
The Seattle event is part of a near-unprecedented 60-city book tour where Besen will take his important message to America’s heartland and Canada.
“This book is timely because it helps stop the right wing from using ex-gays as props in their hateful efforts to change the Constitution to thwart same-sex marriage,” said author Wayne Besen. “Many people see Anything But Straight as a crucial tool in countering these destructive programs that destroy families in the name of family values.”
Please visit http://www.AnythingButStraight.com for further information about the book.
Besen is a nationally recognized advocate for gay and lesbian rights. He is a frequent guest on leading news and political talk shows including: the NBC Nightly News, The Roseanne Show, CNN’s Talk Back Live and The Point, Fox’s O’Reilly Factor and Hannity and Colmes, Fox News and MSNBC News.
Besen made international news when he photographed “ex-gay” poster boy John Paulk cruising a gay bar in Washington, D.C. In August, Besen again made headlines when he uncovered HIV positive ex-gay leader Michael Johnston’s not so ex-gay life. Besen traveled to Norfolk, Va. and found that Johnston was allegedly having unsafe sex with several men, even as he was a spokesperson for Rev. Jerry Falwell and other major right wing groups.
“This extensive tour will educate Americans on the harm of these groups during a divisive election year where leaders are attempting to exploit the ‘ex-gay’ myth in their efforts to thwart same-sex marriage.” said Besen.
August 1st, 2005 at 11:55 pm
on tv gay men have femine voices and if you look in real life the gay men have the same tone of voice as regular guys. So are you offended by the way tv marks you to be or don’t care or what