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Beyond Politics => General Discussion => Topic started by: Michael Hardner on June 09, 2017, 06:44:32 am
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Since we all acknowledge the verified superiority of our master city, let's discuss issues and events regarding our beloved kingdom.
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Pride is this weekend ? Who is going ? I am NOT. :D
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To paraphrase Luke Skywalker... if there's a bright shining center of the country, I'm in the city it's farthest from.
Both geographically and culturally, I'm a loooong way from Toronto. We don't have a Pride parade, but we do have rainbow-painted crosswalks at one intersection. I'll celebrate Pride by using the rainbow crosswalk as I walk downtown to enjoy some Happy Hour fun after work today.
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Modified post. I can't really make a thread but I will talk about provincial gayfolk.
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Gay folks who grow up in small towns are a special and under-heralded breed. When I emerged from my adolescent homophobia and became an ally, I quickly discovered the lush flower bed of gay hoser culture.
I remember the gay hosers who came out to themselves in the 1970s. Including:
-Butch acting Waynes (ie. from Wayne's World) who had zero affectation at all.
-Sensitive lads who couldn't harm a feather fending for themselves against the pervasive threat of assault using only their wits
-The Dr. Frank N. Furter clone who attended small-town high and never got a mark on him, but maybe got a Mark on him.
-Future poets, actors, farmtown lesbians... all moths to a flame...
And they all come to Toronto for Pride