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marc
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Needs to get a life! |
Registered: March 2003
Messages: 4729
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Reciently, in several threads concerning PRIDE I mentioned/questioned the need or validity (as specticles) of parades.
I live in a small community where there is a rather large gay population. This phenomenon results in part because we have here in town a very large ammusement park which activly hires gay college students from around the country. Many of them decide to settle here.
Historicly, this town has been a meeting place for gay men since just after the US civil war. The site of the now present ammusement park began as a modest pic-nic ground and slowly blossomed into a lake shore resort hotel. Families from cities as far away as Chicago ang Buffalo to the east and west and as far south as Columbus came here to enjoy the lake and cooler temperatures during the hot summer months. Interestingly enough, a large hotel in town catered to gay men who left their families at the resort to persue trysts more to their own particular tastes.
There was even then a rather large population of summer time college students not adverse to earning a tip or two...
Well....... That is the town I live in and I feel I also need to mention that the gay community here is active to say the least. Our local chapter of PFLAG meets every month and raises funds to provide scholarships to local gay and gay friendly youth. The local PRIDE commity meets regularly to plan social events as well as peopling booths at mainstreem public events to provide exposure as well as information. We spend the July 4th at the park downtown for a day of music and yummy faire food. Traditionaly, each fathers day the gay population visits Cedar Point (the ammusement park) for GAY DAY which is still unrecognised as an official "day" by park managment... but we go nontheless. This past fathers day there were some 7000 GLBT who enjoyed a fun day. The PRIDE commity also had a concert with a Bar-B-Q afterward which was sponsored by the local gay club. In July that same club sponsors a cruise evening which raises $$$ for the local HIV-AIDS support house.
NOW FOR THE POINT OF THIS POST.............
If you are from a small town...... How are you involved??? What does your local gay community do for pride month and throughout the year?
Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
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