So, L.A. Pride celebrations were over the weekend, and I have multimedia presentations for you, dear reader. Makes it much easier on me today with having to come up with something intelligible to write about it all, but let me just say this:
I’m glad I went. In recent years, I haven’t always gone, no matter what city it was (L.A, Palm Springs, San Francisco, NY. . .) because . . . why? Because it seems tired, I hated rainbows, I hate crowds, what’s the point if you’re not 25, etc. You know, the usual cranky blah-blahdy claptrap. But then I had to remember what it was like being gay in the late 60s and 70s when I grew up, and where I grew up, where there was nothing like a Gay Pride Parade or anything remotely approximating this at all. So I realized how lucky we are to have this, and how it is really special, no matter how imperfect it is. This year, I needed to show I was a part of it, no matter how small that really is.
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So here’s some video I shot (with the still camera which has a video function, not too bad for a blog) and then some stills of friends, some of the parade, some other stuff. I hope you enjoy. It was great fun and I’m so glad I went.
And in the video: what you’re seeing: Semi-naked boys on a float, Drag Queen Cheerleaders, Molly Ringwald (the grand marshal-ess of the parade) dressed as a Greek Goddess with guys in togas. In short, just what you’d expect to see. Oh, and for those not in L.A., the cool red building in the background is part of the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood.
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Nicely said. Yes, we are lucky. Lucky to be around, and lucky to be able to attend LA Pride 2012.
Like you, I remember the 1960s and 1970s when the concept of a parade and festival of this scale was beyond my imagination. I also remember the summer of 1983 when – as new Angelino – I experienced the magic of first LA Pride event.
That was then, this is now…and WOW. LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the leading candidates vying to be next. State Attorney General Kamala Harris. Faith groups ranging from United Methodists and Lutherans and Episcopalians. Hundreds and hundreds of Bank of America reps in matching t-shirts and a double-decker bus. And Chaz Bono.
Thanks for capturing the experience so eloquently with words and so very, very finely with images.
Yes, Eric, it was magic! For me, the first was 1981… and I stood across from the Santa Palm Car Wash, and it’s still there today, though not everything or everyone else is! Yeah it’s so true – I remember it was such a big deal for Tom Bradley to appear in the parade – and now people text through Villaraigosa’s parade car. Times have changed, and we’re lucky to have been part of it all.
Okay, you have *got* to explain Molly-Ringwald-in-a-toga! Is there a deep meaning beyond the obvious outrageousness?? Your parade looks more fun than the SF one.