Meet Mr. L.A. Leather, Mr. Piston, and others from the Long Beach Gay Pride Parade

Sydney Morning Herald ^ | 5/24/2004

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Loud and proud ... Mr LA Leather 2004 (centre) waves to the crowd from a truck
during the Long Beach Gay and Lesbian Pride Parade in Long Beach, California, USA.
Photo: AFP

Wanting the right to get hitched ... dancers perform on a float in support of gay marriage,
at the Long Beach Gay and Lesbian Pride Parade in Long Beach, California, USA.
Photo: AFP

Leading the way ... two men in leather and wearing a collar and chain march in the
Long Beach Gay and Lesbian Pride Parade in Long Beach, California, USA. Photo: AFP

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I still haven't figured out exactly what they're proud of.

[So Cal Rocket]

And they want us to believe that they're just like you and me.

John Kerry on the Issues

[Cicero]

It seems obvious enough to me.

[r9etb]

From what I've seen, these "gay pride" parades do little more than cement the perception that these folks are perverts.

[ErnBatavia]

Once in awhile, wifey and I tune in one of the L.A. television stations to check their news....very surprisingly a lot of this stuff was shown during the news. The Palm Springs stations would never, ever show that sort of thing, what with their growing standing in the "community".

And these people don't want to be stereotyped...

[Alouette]

This is HUMILIATING! This is TORTURE and a WAR CRIME!!

[ladtx]

I still haven't figured out exactly what they're proud of.

I'll bet Mama is real proud of her little boy(?).

[ken5050]

Wait a sec..the last pic is worse than the prison pics.....where's the outrage..wher'es the Senate hearings...

[MarineDad]

Why, it's as normal as, well, ah, voting Democratic.

Yeah, that's the ticket!

[Steely Tom]

From what I've seen, these "gay pride" parades do little more than cement the perception that these folks are perverts.

They believe that by pretending in public to be "proud" of their perversion, they can induce normal people to reconsider their own definition of what is perverse.

Pure agitprop, as old as Lenin. As old as... well, you know his name as well as they do.

(steely)

[ken5050]

Da I ask...What's "Mr. Piston?'...wait..I retract that question..

[GSWarrior]

I think they are proud of their leather or something.

[The Scourge of Yazid]

...yeah, so these parents of gay kids (PFLAG)they're like proud of their kids. So at dinner parties, someone's like: "Oh, my son's a physicist", and so another one goes: "Well, my son's a district attorney", and ya' know, the parent of the gay guy is like: "Oh Yeah? Well, my son sleeps with dudes! So beat that!"

-Norm MacDonald (paraphrasing earlier comedy bit)

[apackof2]

two men in leather and wearing a collar and chain march in the

And the crowd applauds?
Surely Jesus will return soon

[Delmont]

I think the guy being led around with the leash is that Mike Webb from Kiro Radio in Seattle....

[mlbford2]

~~Surely Jesus will return soon~~

Unfortunately, I think society is nowhere near its ultimate bottom. When these folks start showing up for the Macey's Day Parade, then you'll know we are near.

[petercooper]

Are these Iraqi prison "torture" pics?

[SpyGuy]

No, it's only abuse IF the participants are heterosexuals. That's why Senator Dianne Feinstein--former mayor of San Francisco, the Homosexual capital of the world--was "shocked" and "disgusted" by the Abu Ghraib Prison photos.

Do you think she--or her other pro-queer Democratic colleagues--would have made those damning comments if the Abu Ghraib photos showed homosexual men abusing the inmates?

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Mr. Piston what?

[ErnBatavia]

I think the guy being led around with the leash is that Mike Webb from Kiro Radio in Seattle....

You could be right, by cracky!