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Behind the Aegis

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Reply to mr_lebowski (Reply #1)

Sat Jun 15, 2019, 04:25 AM

Jun 2019

Straight people showing up to Gay Pride parades is nothing new. But the growing phenomenon of straight young adults attending just to party, sometimes in large numbers, has burgeoned in recent years. University of California-Berkeley gender and women's studies professor Paola Bacchetta said she sees it as a kind of co-opting of the underlying political necessity of the marches.

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Gay Pride parades used to mean protests. Now they're an excuse for straight kids to party [View all] TexasTowelie Jun 2019 OP

This (mostly) straight guy has partied at SF Gay Pride MANY TIMES ... mr_lebowski Jun 2019 #1

My experience in college and afterwards is that the gay clubs and parades TexasTowelie Jun 2019 #2

Yup, "Straight Night" Wednesdays were always cool to attend onetexan Jun 2019 #5

Yes, quarter well drinks at Halls in Austin drew the crowds in Austin. TexasTowelie Jun 2019 #6

Also from the article... Behind the Aegis Jun 2019 #4

Cultural appropriation, of sorts. Behind the Aegis Jun 2019 #3

The Pride parades still represent, and now celebrate, the success of those early protests. lambchopp59 Jun 2019 #7