"Gays "Strut their Stuff" at their "parades" for a reason. Psychologists say that exhibitionism is a defense mechanism for guilt. Those strutters actually feel guilt, but they can't admit that so they act out to cover their shame and guilt."
Very interesting idea, and it does explain a lot of the public outrageous behavior, which is both attention- and approval-seeking. And obnoxious.
I'm sure that Outfest didn't want to restrict everyone from coming in because they could probably do a lot of recruiting too, if you know what I mean.