Wed. July 7, 2004
By Chelsea
...Dyke March! Woo! Actually, Daniela wasn't there for that so I went with Danielle, my stand-in girlfriend (just kidding). Funny story: When Danielle went with me to the Matthew Shepard March this year, we got there early to help tape signs together and people thought she was my girlfriend...teehee. I loved the Dyke March. It was so much fun to be in this area with essentially all gay women making ourselves heard. It was empowering. It seems that so many glbt things really are only for the g (male) part of that acronym for whatever reason, possibly the same one that creates a male dominance in every other aspect of life and to think that the gay community would be immune is foolish. Not that I am a supporter of any type of separate but equal programming, but it was nice to just be in an event led by and surrounded by women. I can't help it that I love the ladies.
Oh man, and the Pride Parade for a full recap. What can I say? I got a great spot, got some great freebies and had a party basically. It's the new years of the gay calendar year, of course it's going to be fun. I hope all this political talk wasn't too much, I know I can get a little hard to follow. I'm gonna try to get some way for feedback to get to me so let me know what you think once I get that figured out.
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