When significant events in the the gay calendar collide, can mayhem be far behind..?
Today is not only the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest aka "The Gay World Cup" (and our raucous party here at Dolores Delargo Towers to mark the occasion), not only our beloved "niece" Baby Steve's birthday [shy, unassuming thing that he is, as the pic above proves]...
...but it also happens to be the International Day Against Homophobia [originally founded to commemorate the World Health Organization's decision in 1990 to declassify homosexuality as a mental disorder on this date in 1990, it has now [inevitably; sigh...] been co-opted by other ideologies to include trans people as well, for some reason]!
It is shocking, in this day and age - we are in the third decade of the 21st century, not some Victorian pseudo-puritan nor Medieval god-fearing feudal world, ffs! - that in 64 UN member states homosexuality remains illegal, and in at least seven (if not more) punishable by death! Mali, Uganda, Guinea Bissau, Iran, Peru and Afghanistan have been particularly rabid in recent times in their crackdowns. Even in the so-called "civilised world", Eastern European states such as Russia and its allies and even EU member state Hungary continue to harass, punish and imprison gay people for no reason other than bigotry, and in the "saintly" US of A same-sex marriage and other rights are under attack in numerous Trump-loving states.
Even as I continue the tidy-up and preparations for the party, I still make time for this message to homophobes everywhere...
It's traditional.
