Has your local Gay Pride Week/Parade become GLBT Pride?

Off-topic
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CIties all over the USA have been having Gay Pride Week as long as I can remember, prolly just after the Stonewall Riots (1969?) in NYC, the civil rights turning point in the USA. I think it’s a National Event.

Even a small boro like Brooklyn has it’s own separate parade and stage in the park, music, drag shows, etc. manhattan has the best, with every branch of city government marching in the parade, and everyone else, it may be the BIGGEST parade we have.

The lights on the Empire State Building are lavender in recognition.

Anyway, I can’t recall when it became GLBT Pride (Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transexual).

Anyone know?

Do they have GLBT Pride week in other nations?

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I’m offended. I think the correct term is “differently gendered.”

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You mean, “mentally challenged”.

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Haha get this man a medal for that post.

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I have a gay friend who’s a member of mensa. Are you? Do you even know what mensa is?

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As far as I know (which admittedly isn’t that far), the London Gay Pride parade is also known as GLB… not so much the T, but then I’m not sure… but then they swap the letters round to LGB, which I think flows better…actually I have no idea what I’m talking about

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I scored high enough on an IQ test to get in with 19 points to spare. Does it matter that I don’t feel like I need to be in a genius club to make myself feel better?

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forrestfreak seems to think that gays necessarily have a mental disability. It doesn’t matter to me what club you join. …but I’d put money down that he’d never get the invite.

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London and Brighton both have. I think they pretty much let anyone in now. Even breeders :astonished:
:wink:

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I don’t mean that they are stupid people or anything, but being ‘gay’ IS the disability.

And I think I’ll leave this thread now before I get into trouble. :slight_smile:

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I’d say “Too late” even if you didn’t mean to be as offensive as you sounded.

Cathy

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I can’t believe people expect maturity from 16-year-olds on the internet.

There’s a little thing I heard about called “accountability” (as in, for one’s actions). When you’re on the internet it disappears.

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Psh, your only 16, what do you know?smilie

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That’s what I’m talking about. People shouldn’t expect maturity from people like us, Forrest.

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And therapists also advertise as “GLBT Friendly.”

And businesses put the rainbow flag in their windows, to let everyone know they are GLBT friendly.

I’d like a rainbow flag avatar, but I’m not tech sophisticated.

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[Originally Posted by ThisGuyIKnow
Using “gay” as a generic perjorative is something that should be avoided. Besides making you look like an inarticulate moron, it’s offensive and cheapens the effectiveness of the english language.]

Yesterday was GLBT Pride Day in Brooklyn, so a nearby wine store had a sign outside saying: Wine is GAY.

Not used pejoratively, though.

We should’ve gotten a bunch of unicyclists to ride in the Gay Parade with tee shirts saying: Unicycling is GAY, and I’m proud to unicycle.

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I’m so NOT GAY. I actually prefer STRAIGHT WOMEN.

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So you’re advertising yourself as “straight friendly”?

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sort of off the point

I knew someone who had to write software for a prison system. (Miami, fl, I believe)
There ended up being one hitch, he had written ‘gender’ as a two box option, -male or female. The prison system needed SIXTEEN different boxes for the various combinations of Trans genders etc.

I’ll leave the actual tallying for those of you who want to attempt this mental excercise. :thinking: :astonished:

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I just had to fill out a thing for work where “spouse” was defined as being of “the opposite sex.” I’m surprised that such a large litigation-fearing corporation didn’t try harder to define spouse. Heck, all they really had to say is “the person you are legally married to.”