tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3770018981856711206.post1949111262435180213..comments2023-10-30T15:53:48.401+02:00Comments on al's two cents': Jozi Prideal mackayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11191352311549129022noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3770018981856711206.post-89754919034854093082009-11-24T15:09:09.013+02:002009-11-24T15:09:09.013+02:00yeah i'll hit it with the boys.yeah i'll hit it with the boys.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3770018981856711206.post-20546457621470121432009-11-20T19:09:51.627+02:002009-11-20T19:09:51.627+02:00Exactly. Who doesn't love a dress-up? But it c...Exactly. Who doesn't love a dress-up? But it certainly ain't political! You should hit MCQP this year poppy :)al mackayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11191352311549129022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3770018981856711206.post-34644875786787645732009-11-20T08:46:38.309+02:002009-11-20T08:46:38.309+02:00pride is whack. showing everyone that you are comp...pride is whack. showing everyone that you are completely not normal just shows people that stereotypes are there for a reason. I think people do it for the attention rather than for their supposed altruistic reasons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3770018981856711206.post-37788170118039348932009-10-07T22:59:59.949+02:002009-10-07T22:59:59.949+02:00http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/bernardallen/2009/1...http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/bernardallen/2009/10/05/feminists-shoot-themselves-in-the-footal mackayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11191352311549129022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3770018981856711206.post-45298420988109044512009-10-07T22:52:45.901+02:002009-10-07T22:52:45.901+02:00@Boy Uninterrupted - what is Soweto Pride like? Is...@Boy Uninterrupted - what is Soweto Pride like? Is it a party of floats and heels and drag queens? Bernard Allen makes a good point on his blog that branding always pushes the extreme and highlights the difference. Most gay men are much more ordinary than the characters in Pride parades - and THAT is the real battle of perception to be won against homophobia and stereotyping. I promise, as someone who grew up in a liberated home in a liberated suburb, visibility of gay culture didn't spare me any teenage angst!al mackayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11191352311549129022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3770018981856711206.post-10483826291616738832009-10-07T03:44:08.505+02:002009-10-07T03:44:08.505+02:00It's far too early in the morning to say anyth...It's far too early in the morning to say anything intelligent here so pardon the following brainfart: I was at Soweto Pride in Meadowlands the weekend before Joburg Pride (I didn't go to the latter, I was on the rag teehee!). The counsellor for Ward 2 in Meadowlands, a straight black man with an ANC cap stood up and denounced hate crime. He denounced discrimination against the LGBT community. He welcomed everyone to be who they were in Meadowlands. It was powerful. People in the houses surrounding the park where the festivities were at came to the party and brought their entire families. This one mama who lived opposite the park let us use her toilet in exchange for out.org.za t-shirts when the portopotties failed to arrive. The Dept. of Home Affairs had set up a stand to let people know of their rights. As a gay black man who grew up in a township not too dissimilar to Soweto, it was bittersweet to see something like this go off without a hitch. Sweet for obvious reasons and bitter because it made me wonder if I would have been spared those years of angst if more initiatives to be visible had gone on when I was younger. Pride isn't perfect but visibility starts dialogue and debate which in turn gets the gears going which could result in changed minds. The hope for a changed mindset is worth everything.Boy Uninterruptedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11671506704753738268noreply@blogger.com