I hope that local readers will come out to today's event in Millpoint Park on the City of Hampton waterfront. The event will be far smaller that last week's event in Norfolk where the police and Fest Events estimate the crowd was 14,500 strong - the largest turn out ever for a pride event in Hampton Roads. I will be at today's event running a booth for the law firm, HRBOR and the Old Dominion University Gay Cultural Studies endeavor. Andrew Sullivan's blog has this from a reader that explains why pride events are important:
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There are, of course, multiple reasons to go to a Pride Parade: the spectacle (seeing it and/or being a part of it), the fun, the social aspects, "getting dates!" (as my father observed), providing support for "for those just coming to terms with being out." But at the heart of it is a group of people standing publicly against the pervasiveness of homophobia - not standing against it by giving a speech that says "I oppose homophobia," but standing against it by standing there, openly, together.
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There are, of course, multiple reasons to go to a Pride Parade: the spectacle (seeing it and/or being a part of it), the fun, the social aspects, "getting dates!" (as my father observed), providing support for "for those just coming to terms with being out." But at the heart of it is a group of people standing publicly against the pervasiveness of homophobia - not standing against it by giving a speech that says "I oppose homophobia," but standing against it by standing there, openly, together.
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