A Day On Which I Was a Gay Blogger and a Digital Activist

06/28/2009

A Day On Which I Was a Gay Blogger and a Digital Activist

Today Eric from Sore Afraid was kind enough to invite Stephen and me to march in Gay Pride with a contingent of NYC bloggers and 'digital activists,' organized by Father Tony (who was also kind enough to let us tag along). (Bonus meme: can u guess who Father Tony is in the above picture?)

I was worried about being late for the parade, and Stephen was like, 'don't worry, these things run on gay time.' Boy was he right! We sat in the staging area on 54th Street between 5th and 6th for a minor eternity. Every1 had different ways of passing the time: Stephen and I sat on the curb and ate soft pretzels; some 'zany lady' did tai chi; the tallest drag queen in the world paced back and forth and hypnotized every1 w/the incredible patterns on her dress; a group of young lesbians invented a cheer: "What do we want? To march! When do we want it? Five hours ago!"

Some of the costumes were very convincing!

But then we finally started; we turned on to Fifth Avenue, which was srsly a rush -- it was packed! Some of my favorite blog chants included:
"What do we want? Bandwidth! When do we want it? Now!"
and
"We're here/we're queer/we blog/get used to it!"

It's safe to say that we were not the most glamorous group in the parade.

But we did have JoeMyGod.

The parade organizers wisely put us between a Peruvian group and a Puerto Rican Jackson Heights float (pictured above).

Every1 seemed 2 b having a gr8 time.

Except for maybe these 2, who 'woke up on the wrong side of the bed' :(
Feel like most h8ers like this secretly want 2 get their _____, don't u?

In a parade on a bright sunny day, it's easy 2 believe that change is imminent.

Srsly. Wish that she was our president/U.S. senator/state senator/mayor/city council member instead of ____.

Got home to Wahi, where the birdz were still flying in circles.

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Comments

great coverage of the gay pride parade! what was up with those orthodox jews?? smdh...

Posted by: nneka | 06/28/2009 at 09:52 PM

hey nneka--thanks! I think they were just mad b/c they got 'kicked off' the rockin float in front of us.

Posted by: Matthew Gallaway | 06/28/2009 at 09:55 PM

It was great meeting you yesterday. I had a blast!

Wayne

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