today was spectacular. I met up with my friend Richard, who writes the nationally syndicated queer column Three Dollar Bill, his lovely parents and a couple other friends. The best part were the Gay Line Dancers of Montreal, who line danced their way down the parade route to Shania Twain. The PFLAG groups got me choked up a bit, though everyone was very happy. I honestly don’t know what it would be like to be gay, but then I know what my relationships with my parents are like and how important they are to me. That many people (fewer, I hope?) lose the love of parents over something like this boggles my mind – at once making me quite indignantly angry and choking me up to know that there are reasonable adults out there who can really love their kids unconditionally. Anyhow.
I think I’d
love it if my Mom posted to my weblog while I was away – just like in Megnut at the moment. It has been temporarily renamed Momnut.
Last night I went to
a vernissage being held at Zeke’s Gallery. The exhibit is entitled “Low rider bikes by V-Low” – and it was so excellent. More banana seats than you could imagine, little wheels with 70+ spokes (rather than the traditional 36), and those cool stick shift style 3-speed shifters. I would include a link – except that I was supposed to build Zeke’s site and I haven’t had time.
Today is a big
day! It’s the end of Montreal’s huge Divers/Cite festival, aka the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Pride celebration. It all wraps up with a parade which half a million people will watch (at least). In Montreal, things have turned a corner compared to some other cities though. It’s a big event in the mainstream. I won’t be surprised to see a group of nuns watching and cheering the floats as they go by – just to illustrate the real diversity of the audience.
Very late night
thought: the world needs a new manifesto. A theoretical yet still practical annunciation of principles. Something that people can reject outright if they choose. But, still, a manifesto worth consideration.
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