I don't have anything against gay, lesbian, bisexuals, black people, white people, Asian, or whatever race you may be or sexual orientation you are but what I don't understand is the celebration that you are what you are.
I understand certain parades, like Christmas for instance, lets celebrate the holiday season with a Canadian tradition, or Here in Edmonton Alberta, we have Klondike Days and a parade that proceeds it.
Why is there a gay parade? Are you only gay at that time of year or only gay once a year? I'm confused by the reason of why gay people need a parade. My understanding is that only gay people can be in the parade, anyone can watch, but you have to be gay to be in the actual parade. African American people also have a parade to celebrate themselves which I don't understand either, is it for awareness of your ethnic back ground? You don't see white/caucasian people having a parade just because they are white, we would be labeled as racists and how dare we have such an insulting event, which I agree with, it would be racist and insulting, so how come it's not for African Americans and LGTBQ people as an example.
We have parades to celebrate an event, a once a year holiday or attraction that people can start to look forward to. Not for saying hey look at me, look at me!
Once you start using something that you don't get to see very often for purposes other than that of it's intended nature, it becomes redundant. In other words nobody is going to care about your special parade if we have one every other day.
Why is it that everybody needs have a label anyway? It doesn't matter if you are Heterosexual, African American, Asian, Indian,Caucasian, LGTBQ, or any race, or religion. We are all living beings and nobody is better than anyone else. We are all Human Beings and the same.
Maybe we should have a Parade that celebrates life and every single person on the planet.
Scott Goerz
