Comments on: Capital Pride at 35 http://www.washingtonblade.com/2010/06/10/capital-pride-at-35/ the gay community's news source Sat, 25 May 2013 21:16:44 +0000 hourly 1 By: Scott http://www.washingtonblade.com/2010/06/10/capital-pride-at-35/#comment-1794 Scott Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:10:00 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=8513#comment-1794 Was it me, or was the pride parade pathetic. They sold spots to anyone who was willing to pay a couple of hundred dollars. It’s was poorly managed. There were huge gaps in the parade, obscure groups/people with pathetic home-made (unreadable) signs, corporate individuals/groups with no significance to the gay community. The list goes on and on. Watch a pride parade years ago and you would have seen a representation of the gay community across all boundaries that was fun and well executed. Whomever planned this year’s parage should be fired! I couldn’t wait for it to end. At this point they should just do away with the parage. Unfortunately we’ve been assimilated, and it’s no longer relevant.

]]> By: Robert McJunkin http://www.washingtonblade.com/2010/06/10/capital-pride-at-35/#comment-1793 Robert McJunkin Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:48:35 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=8513#comment-1793 For reasons that I can’t explain, the PFLAG unit brought tears to my eyes as they marched by at the parade on Saturday, as is always the case in the parades. It’s the same feeling I get when viewing the AIDS quilt. I still remember a banner that was carried by a PFLAG member in the parade a few years ago. It said something to the effect that “I’m fighting for my gay son who is in Iraq fighting for you.”

Riding home from the parade on the subway I sat next to a family, obviously straight, who had a very energetic toddler. The child was wearing a tee shirt that said “I (heart) my gay uncles.” I take this as positive step for future acceptance.

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