Thank heavens for that! The first gruelling week back [albeit a short one, after (gulp!) the last Bank Holiday Monday until the end of August], following our lovely holiday, is over...
Time to start the party with a bang - or maybe an explosion of pink glitter? - with [an albeit short clip of] one of my fave Bette Midler "forgotten gems":
Somehow what used to be a one-day event called Gay Pride [a march, sometimes followed by a party in a park] has been transmogrified - by various commercial interests in the so-called "pink pound", no doubt - into something called "LGBTQI+ Pride Month", and this is supposedly the start of it. Hey ho. Let's carry on with the flow with another favourite that's sure to please us "gentlemen who are light in their loafers" - and Thank Disco It's Friday!
Have a good weekend, dear reader!
Ooh, don't let me start loving myself. Poor Miquel Brown. Do you think a single one of those men was straight? Maybe a few were at least willing.
ReplyDeleteWe're off to see the high-heels race in Torremolinos this evening.
I doubt that anyone who appeared in a Hi-NRG artiste's video in the 80s was straight! Willing to try on her shoes, maybe?
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PS we watched a similar "Drag Olympics" in Amsterdam a few years back...
Could there be anything more gay than a bunch of Muscle Marys working out in a gym with a smoke machine and a disco soundtrack?
ReplyDeleteUmmmm. Let me think about that one...
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PS No!
I'm Beautiful Damn it was always a favorite of mine in the club. Bett's was good, but it was Uncanny Alliance's that got my ass shaking and prancing.
ReplyDeleteAns screw the corporate greed. We need to take back our holiday before it's all ruined and commericized. We're almost there for it being ruined.
Happy Pride!
I prefer Bette's version, tbh.
DeleteAs for the commercialisation of Gay Pride - I've been fighting it tooth and nail for years, lobbying the organisers, the Mayor of London, politicians and anyone else who has any decision-making power over it, but, as always, the "ching" of the till takes precedence over anything...
Videos amusantes, charmantes et sexy de la gay pride.
ReplyDeleteNous devons etre vigilants pour proteger ce que nous avons gagne.
Comme dirait la resistance pendant le Seconde Guerre Mondial 'nous vous demilirons'. * d'Anjou
That's the true meaning of "Gay Pride" - it's not just an excuse for a party, it is primarily a show of visibility and defiance against the myriad twats across the world (in Uganda, Turkey, certain US states, Hungary, Russia, Iran and the rest) who continue to persecute and condemn us. It never pays to be complacent. Jx
Deletea whole bloody month? That's just daft! That would be like having Christmas Day for a month. (And I don't even do Christmas for one day!)
ReplyDeleteI agree wholeheartedly, Dinah. We have a Gay History Month (which is understandable because loads of different organisations and institutions organise events and it would be absurd to have them all clash), but Gay Pride is Gay Pride - a standalone event! Jx
DeleteYep, they have Hallmarked Gay Pride.
ReplyDeleteHave a restful weekend!
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Unfortunately, it increasingly seems to be the case. Big Commerce couldn't give a fuck about LGBT people nor what happens to us, as long as we keep spending... Jx
DeleteA whole month of Prideness how very fabulous
ReplyDeleteand I'm Beautiful Dammit !!!
Now all you have to do is learn to dance like that cartoon boy! Jx
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