Stonewall Uprising: The beginning of PRIDE.
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Just curious, will the pet shops be moving their gerbils back to the display area once June is over?
BTW, the whole concept of “Pride Month” is idiotic. If you’re proud of schlonging another dude’s turd channel, or having another dude schlong your turd channel, there’s nothing that anyone else can do to change that. You don’t need a month, a parade, or rainbow clothing to take pride in your back door spelunking.
BTW, the whole concept of “Pride Month” is idiotic. If you’re proud of schlonging another dude’s turd channel, or having another dude schlong your turd channel, there’s nothing that anyone else can do to change that. You don’t need a month, a parade, or rainbow clothing to take pride in your back door spelunking.
Perhaps there wouldn’t be such a big deal if people weren’t going batsh!t loony over LGBTs wanting to marry, adopt, buy a house, work where they work, serve in the military…et cetera…et cetera…et cetera…🤷♂️
carry on
Then again, good and decent people prefer not to associate with sodomites.
Carry on, pedoscott.
Whilst hiding behind a tree fappin.
Today is the 53rd anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising--the reason we celebrate Pride! The series of events between police and LGBTQ+ protesters took place over the following six days. It was not the first time police raided a gay bar, and it was not the first time LGBTQ+ people fought back, but the events that would unfold over the next six days would fundamentally change the nature of LGBTQ+ activism in the United States.
During the early morning hours (around 1:15-1:20a.m.) on June 28, 1969, plainclothes officers from the New York Police Department arrived at the Stonewall Inn. The police justified the raid with a search warrant, authorizing them to investigate the illegal sale of alcohol at Stonewall. Led by Deputy Inspector Seymour Pine, the police entered the establishment and began to interrogate the patrons. The raid was routine for a bar like Stonewall, but this time, events did not unfold according to the inspector’s plans.
The turning point came when the police had difficulty keeping a dyke in a patrol car. Three times she slid out and tried to walk away. The last time a cop bodily heaved her in. The crowd shrieked, “Police brutality!” “Pigs!” A few coins sailed through the air…escalated to nickels and quarters. A bottle. Another bottle. Pine says, “Let’s get inside. Lock ourselves inside, it’s safer.”
While locked inside, the interrogation of patrons and employees continued. Those who had identification were slowly released into the gathering crowd outside, while others were kept inside the bar in preparation for their arrest. The employees and those that were “cross-dressing” were the most visible law-breakers, and therefore the most vulnerable to arrest. Inspector Pine ordered all “cross-dressers” detained, and while a few were able to escape in the commotion, several were arrested. The resistance raged on through the night, with most of the crowds dispersing by 4:00a.m. on June 28th.
But the uprising was far from over. Word of the Stonewall raid spread quickly throughout the city. By that evening (Saturday June 28), thousands of protesters had gathered at the Stonewall and in the surrounding area. The protests continued into the next week, with another outbreak of intense fighting occurring on that following Wednesday.
I was proud to have gotten another opportunity to march for LGBTQ+ equality in the Tulsa PRIDE parade - one of Oklahoma's largest parades. It was a very positive event for everyone.
The world needs more Deputy Inspectors like Seymour Pine. Thank you for commemorating his great service to NYC.
Thank you. I always confuse that. Kind of like Memorial day and Labor day. I can never remember which one is in the spring and which is in the fall.
@HighStickHarry I just talked to a friend of mine who's a board member of Oklahoman's for Equality and a chapter president. She said that the Tulsa PRIDE parade is specifically orchestrated to be family friendly as they don't want to have overtly sexual displays that would cross any lines.
She also said that the OKC PRIDE parades are split into two events. One family friendly and one that's more sexualized that would cater to a 21 and older crowd.
Other organizers in other locations may have similar or vastly different ideas. But at least in Oklahoma, the PRIDE groups are trying to manage these events in a way that isn't offensive and are positive celebrations.
She also said that the OKC PRIDE parades are split into two events. One family friendly and one that's more sexualized that would cater to a 21 and older crowd.
Other organizers in other locations may have similar or vastly different ideas. But at least in Oklahoma, the PRIDE groups are trying to manage these events in a way that isn't offensive and are positive celebrations.
interesting , thank you.
what I don’t get, if they are just like everyone else, why is there even an association with graphic sexual content? It seems to be part of the fabric of the community. Drag shows as well. Why no trans people in turtlenecks and slacks reading stories to kids?
So there are actually. Yes there’s a component that is more flamboyant and flaunts their sexuality. But there’s also a large portion of the LGBTQ+ community that thinks much like you. One of my close friends is gay and is really turned off by flaunting of one’s sexuality in public.
I guess my point being that, like every other group, it isn’t monolithic - in thought or action.
I think we all assume that those people exist, it’s just not consistent for the very vocal part of the community to scream for tolerance for decades only to show they are even more of an exaggeration than Pat Robertson and other religious bigots said they were. It used to be an extremely nasty thing to say that homosexuals are sexual deviants. Now it’s a staple of their most visible celebration. We went from bigots keeping their kids away from homosexual images to now we have to.
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I guess the straights are just better at hiding all their deviancy. *shoulder shrug*
i don’t think so, but it doesn’t appear to me that it is their official brand. And straights aren’t trying to sell one thing and advertising another. I didn’t think straights were even allowed to celebrate or pretend that was something to be proud of.
it’s just a shame that we zoomed right past tolerance and into this phase we have now.
So it’s a marketing thing? Because I see a whole lot of deviants amongst the straights in my line of work. Sheer numbers wise my anecdotal evidence would indicate that there is more straight deviancy that gay deviancy.
It may be that you, like many straights, view the entire concept of homosexuality deviant and that colors your view of “the brand” of the respective groups.
I mean we went from you not being able to call up examples of straight deviancy on parade publicly to despite being shown their are plenty of such examples it now being a branding issue not being allowed to celebrate it or be proud of it…..despite all those straights’ parades.
I dunno, maybe you’re just repressed and shamed about your own deviancy and feel uncomfortable with folks that aren’t….gay and straight.
Straight pride!The lake is good clean fun....
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I ain’t trying to change a clearly manly man like yourself.
And so obviously cultured and intelligent as well, with such thoughtful and cogent replies.
Here's what I don't get about your stance. You create a no win situation and I'm not typically a fan of those.
If they are overtly sexual then they are flaunting their sexual deviance.
If they make it family friendly then they are simply hiding their sexual deviance.
You don't give them credit for either side of the coin. You are quick to condemn but not quick to give credit. I think that's bull shit to be honest.
Also, I think a lot of the overtly sexualized content adopted by many groups is simply to goad people who push so damn hard against them. If they can only be sinners and deviants - then they'll damn well own it with a big middle finger to the opposition.
You sure seemed obsessed with homosexuality and cocks and establishing how much of a manly man you are.
I’m a straight white married male with three daughters that realizes your type of behavior is usually abandoned by normal rational adults by about age 13.
I do and will give credit to homosexuals who choose not to be defined by something they didn’t even choose.
That overtly middle finger to an extreme fringe turns off a lot of people who otherwise wouldn’t care. This push for acceptance coupled with the targeting of kids, nudity, dildo outfits, pussy hats, it’s repulsive. I don’t choose to feel that way, I was born being turned off by that. The left and the media corporations are purposely pissing people off by going overboard when tolerance and living side by side in a more civilized society was a more noble goal.
I was sold a bill of goods in the 90’s and now we are seeing a self fulfilling prophecy like you mentioned.
This is hateful and unnecessary, but it’s my opinion it’s better to know who feels this way and who doesn’t. That’s the best part about free speech.
“Mean tweets”.
there are good people on both sides
One difference may be that people who do those things, know it's wrong, and do not want to be embarrassed by people knowing what they've done vs. those who do those things, know it's wrong, and don't give a hoot that it's wrong or what people think. They are unrepentant. That pretty much sums up one group versus the other. Hedonism.
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I’ve been through a tough haul, but there is light at the end of the tunnel (23, 22, 21 in August)….I just hope that light isn’t an oncoming train.
Those Mardi Gras parades, attendance at titty bars, and huge porn market would indicate otherwise to me….but yeah it might be a shame thing.
One group might not even believe what they are doing IS wrong despite others judgment that it is.
But deviancy is deviancy whether you’re ashamed or it or not, right?
Trust me it's a train. Mine is 37 and I speak from experience.
Agreed.
Christians believe that we are born into sin and are shamed by committing deviant acts, are taught to resist the sin, and to repent.
People who are not Christians or, I’ll say it like this, Hedonists, do not care if it’s a deviant act is a sin or not and feel free to act as they want with no shame.
The crux of my argument about what’s happening in our society today is that it seems as though gays do not believe what they are doing is sinful and are unrepentant about their behavior. In fact, what they are trying to do now is convince others that what they are doing is not wrong, it’s just who they are.
In 50 years, it will some some other group that 98% of people today see as deviant (kleptomaniacs? pedophiles? serial killers?) that will be calling for acceptance because that’s the way they are born and that’s just who they are.
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