Sunderland Pride!

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I missed this year but generally like to support the event. The purpose as I see it isn't to challenge or reinforce stereotypes. Or to show Pride in ones sexual practices. They will be a good idea for as long as people are made to feel wary of demonstrating affection for their partners in public or made to feel ashamed of their sexuality. I would never hold hands with my gf in Sunderland thou I might in Newcastle. If Pride takes away the shock value by being over the top and down your throat then it has done its job.
 
Hawayawayawayaway said:
I missed this year but generally like to support the event. The purpose as I see it isn't to challenge or reinforce stereotypes. Or to show Pride in ones sexual practices. They will be a good idea for as long as people are made to feel wary of demonstrating affection for their partners in public or made to feel ashamed of their sexuality. I would never hold hands with my gf in Sunderland thou I might in Newcastle. If Pride takes away the shock value by being over the top and down your throat then it has done its job.
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Wad.
 
monkeytassle said:
I've been inadvertently caught up in 2 gay pride festivals. both turned out to be great fun. not a huge fan of seeing blokes kissing each other but aside good fun.
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I've 'accidently' ended up in gay bars in Newcastle, which have generally turned out to be decent nights.

I was approached by doormen in each one who had to explain to me it was a 'gay' bar, which clearly goes to show I don't look gay.
 
I'm outraged. Not content with hijacking the word "gay" for their immoral purpose they now seem intent on hijacking the word "pride" too. They can have fudge mind if they want it.
 
Harry Angstrom said:
So what do you mean?
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What I said, if people see if for just the street party it is then all is well and jolly but if people try to give it the same weight it used to have then there are rooted issues. One being the stereotyping of everyone with a different to the norm sexuality, which simply couldn't be further from the real world of LGBT. That very stereotyping of LGBT people these events give off is counterproductive at best and will only help the already 'influenced' people out there with negative views or even hatred of LGBT people. The whole 'pride' issue as well is putting even the most liberal people off, too. We are born this way, how can we be 'proud' of something we have absolutely no control over whatsoever. We haven't saved three hundred people from a burning building. We haven't dismantled bombs on trains or safety landed a plane. Or cured cancer. We just happen to have a sexuality slightly off the sexuality the majority of people have. That is nothing to be 'proud' of. Am not saying we should be ashamed either, of course, don't get me wrong, but the whole 'pride' label at these events makes it harder for those in the LGBT community who still struggle. And they are still out there. A simple street party once a year is not going to change that, sorry. The over the top stereotyping these events give off, the 'pride' label and yes to a degree the campness of it all is not how most people in the LGBT community see ourselves. Looking at it this way how can these events be any good to the general LGBT person ? You don't agree with me and am fine with that, of course I am, but I speak with experience and it tells me these events are of very little help. But, and I shall happily repeat it yet again, as a street party it still has its place and long may it stay that way. I honestly cannot believe I need to point all of this out to you. Unless you are winding me up, of course. People can be too liberal, you know.
 
Hawayawayawayaway said:
I missed this year but generally like to support the event. The purpose as I see it isn't to challenge or reinforce stereotypes. Or to show Pride in ones sexual practices. They will be a good idea for as long as people are made to feel wary of demonstrating affection for their partners in public or made to feel ashamed of their sexuality. I would never hold hands with my gf in Sunderland thou I might in Newcastle. If Pride takes away the shock value by being over the top and down your throat then it has done its job.
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:confused: Why???
 
alexander said:
What I said, if people see if for just the street party it is then all is well and jolly but if people try to give it the same weight it used to have then there are rooted issues. One being the stereotyping of everyone with a different to the norm sexuality, which simply couldn't be further from the real world of LGBT. That very stereotyping of LGBT people these events give off is counterproductive at best and will only help the already 'influenced' people out there with negative views or even hatred of LGBT people. The whole 'pride' issue as well is putting even the most liberal people off, too. We are born this way, how can we be 'proud' of something we have absolutely no control over whatsoever. We haven't saved three hundred people from a burning building. We haven't dismantled bombs on trains or safety landed a plane. Or cured cancer. We just happen to have a sexuality slightly off the sexuality the majority of people have. That is nothing to be 'proud' of. Am not saying we should be ashamed either, of course, don't get me wrong, but the whole 'pride' label at these events makes it harder for those in the LGBT community who still struggle. And they are still out there. A simple street party once a year is not going to change that, sorry. The over the top stereotyping these events give off, the 'pride' label and yes to a degree the campness of it all is not how most people in the LGBT community see ourselves. Looking at it this way how can these events be any good to the general LGBT person ? You don't agree with me and am fine with that, of course I am, but I speak with experience and it tells me these events are of very little help. But, and I shall happily repeat it yet again, as a street party it still has its place and long may it stay that way. I honestly cannot believe I need to point all of this out to you. Unless you are winding me up, of course. People can be too liberal, you know.
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Good post. In a way it echoes the sentiments expressed by Morgan Freeman regarding Black History Month in the States... http://www.today.com/id/10482634

Charmless Man said:
The technical term is bottom.
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I always thought he'd be more of a 'power top'.Can't argue with @Cockney Mackem 's reasoning though.
 
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