Tin Foil Soldier

Joe. My. God.: Watching The Defectives
All you suburban, lawn mowing, corpo-droid homos out there, hiding behind your picket fences, the ones wringing your hands and worrying that Pride ruins YOUR personal rep, listen up. Do you think that straight Americans worry that Mardi Gras damages international perception of American culture? America, land of the free, home of “Show Us Your Tits!”? They don’t, and neither should we. Our Pride celebrations are just our own unique version of Mardi Gras, only instead of throwing beads, we throw shade. No one has to ask US to show our tits. We’ve already got ‘em out there, baby. And some of them are real.

A co-worker of mine heard me discussing my Pride plans last weekend and said, “I really don’t understand what it is you are proud about. I mean, you all say that you are born that way, so it’s not like you accomplished anything.” She wasn’t being mean, just genuinely curious, and I think that a lot of gay people probably feel the same way, quite frankly. On this subject, I can only speak for myself.

I think comparing Pride events to Mardi Gras is probably the best comparison ever made. I have never been to any sort of Pride, but it is a party with a common connection for people. The common connection for Mardi Gras is that people are horny and want to get wasted. The connection for Pride events is obv the fact that they are gay/lesbian. and, Gay means happy, so if you are happy have a party!