General Chat

Hi, Tory i do agree & see your point but i think they are electing too highlight themselves

Okay but freedom comes at a price does it not, what about the cost of road closures, policing etc should that be paid for from council taxes? (and that goes for all 'minority' events). It just seems to me that councils find cash for all sort of minority parties and celebrations but come Rememberance Sunday or the like there is no cash to police or close roads

Hi,Colin:)
I think you are quite rigt & they themselves are taking it out of normality

I'll blow my whistle in support of that.lol
(It's not pink-
"I is straight,lets celebrate?")

My brother had a hard time in his teens & 20s cos he was gay & he told me being with other gay people like that was the first time he felt properly proud of himself & belonging. I went with him 1 year & it was fab. Each to their own & they're not hurting anyone
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you may not colin .....but you should be free to do so if you wanted :-))

I dont celebrate being white, hetrosexual, bald etc etc...I just don't need to celebrate being what I am...
Frankie, I worked in Brum City Centre for many years and had a lot of gay guys work for me, but very few felt the need to got to the celebrations....for them being gay was normal and they didnt feel the need to 'strut their stuff''

Hi Colin
Me and my brother were talking about this a while back & his point of view is that celebrations of alternative sexualities counter balance the negative reactions of the past & what most people have grown up facing. He says its like people celebrating being black with the mobo awards etc
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i don't have a problem with it myself ....community groups celebrate for differant reasons and don't see how doing so is taking them out of "normality"

I feel same when completing census forms Colin.

lol

I can just see me explaining ot the magistrates...
'Your worship, I was celebrating my sexuality. The (insert species of choice) was an adult and consented'.

hehehehe

But I am getting quite cross at the local radio station. There is a Gay Pride Weekend in the radio area and they have been interviewing some of the people attending:-

I have no problems with that!
I have no problems with people celebrating anything

but....

I quote: "we have a need to celebrate our sexuality"

People are different in colour, sexuality etc etc. Am I alone in thinking by celebrating a specific section of the community you are taking them out of 'normality' for which they claim they are (and rightly so). Or am I missing something?