I've noticed that most "straights" seem to assume that anybody in a gay pride parade or event are GLB. This assumption is assisted by the media which invariably picks the most flamboyant participants to show in the footage. It also seems that the chosen spokesperson to be interviewed is a stereotype in appearance. Gotta love the media, don't ya?

There was a fuss up in Oklahoma a while back when a state legislator made a derogatory comment about gays being more a threat to the U.S. than terrorists, which she "clarified" to mean that the gay "agenda" was the threat. My brother sent a letter to his local paper, saying that yes, there IS a gay agenda, which is that the large majority of GLBT people simply want to be allowed to live their lives in peace, to marry, have children, buy a home, etc, just like any other NORMAL person. I was so proud of him! But needless to say, it wasn't printed.

Karen J.

"Being a girl is wonderful and to torture someone into that would be like the exact opposite of what it's like. I don’t know how anyone could act that way." College Girl - poetheather

I wear my rainbow ribbon on my ID lanyard & have a rainbow bumper-sticker on my truck, but I've never thought about marching in a parade - strange, but seriously, the idea never occurred to me. Food for thought, I guess; I would, just not sure why I never thought of it. Weird.