America’s largest gay pride celebration went down yesterday in New York City. You are still hung over, so we don’t expect you to read this until Tuesday, but in case you need a brief summation:
• The Catholic Church and queers don’t mix. New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan demanded St. Francis Church stop marching in the parade after a decade of doing so, because the guy is an all-star jerk. So, fine, parishioners still marched, just without a name on their banner.
• Some true VIPs of pride couldn’t make it. Storme DeLarverie, 89, was among those who fought with police at the Stonewall riots in 1969 — the origin of NYC pride — and is, some claim, the cross-dressing lesbian whose fighting with police is said to have started the resistance. Today, DeLarverie lives in a nursing home in Brooklyn, where she struggles with dementia. She’s still bad ass.• But some could! Lt. Dan Choi and Constance McMillen were among the American heroes reppin’. And Matt Maggiacomo was there interviewing flaggots or something. [OurSceneTV]
• Like every year, there were hotties and notties, and we loved every one of them. Except for you, in the yellow neon tank top staring down at the boys on Grindr who didn’t see me walking by and made me spill by entire iced coffee.
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• BONUS! Though it’s a sad one: Not even Pride can save New York’s gay bars. View Bar abruptly closed.
jeffree
What we learned while you were at NYC pride:
–“Classic” Q’ty is still missing
–“Recent Comments” section is gone
–Al Gore touched a woman other than Tipper in a bad way
–London Pride wasn’t called off, after all
–Kylie Minogue changed her last name.
Jack
Matt Maggiacomo *swoon*
Jack
Ooh, liking Blake Hayes too…can we see him and Matty goin’ at it??
ctownlee
Stop Calling Dan Choi a Hero!! He is doing more to hurt the DADT cause then help it! His actions IN UNIFORM! are completely inappropriate and an embarrassment to those of us still in uniform. You simply DO NOT, DO NOT! Protest anything in uniform. To turn the Uniform into some kind political statement is incredibly disrespectful to the entire armed forces gay and straight. It is a symbol of our pride in our country and our service. To see a fellow officer denigrate it is simply disgusting. And yes, if I could say that to your face LT I would. Also I would love to know what your Article 15 was for? Also why if you are so enthralled with serving did you happily accept a West Point education costing us hundreds of thousands of dollars so you could jump out of the Army and into your 15 minutes of fame after only four years of service? Even the openly gay friendly soldiers, our allies, have been shocked by your actions. Chaining yourself to the White House? Stop Grandstanding and start trying to live up to the oath you took as an Officer and stop pretending that you represent me or any of the other gay men and women in the military, you don’t. Thank God we have better role models and advocates out there for a our young men and women in uniform.
Tonic
In agreement with Jeffree:
I need the CLASSIC QUEERTY page set-up. The current one is such a chaotic mess that I probably view at least 50% less pages than I used to. Bring it back, please!
ForeverGay
Definitely agee with you Jack, Matt Maggiacomo and Blake Hayes are hot. Matt got that flag guy all flustered. LOL
RomanHans
I keep hitting the Classic Queerty button too, but it never shows up. It’s like waiting for a post with no misspellings.
Qjersey
What I learned at gay pride.
The religious group section lasts an hour.
The big NYC bars are too cheap to pay for a float, so they didn’t show up at all.
Some drag queens don’t melt in the sun.
AIDS is still with us.
Miss Understood
Please bring back the classic option. The regular front page is too confusing. I like to browse what’s new in order.
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