Cronicas de Latinidad: Happy Pride, If youre a white gay man, Otherwise LEAVE!!!

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Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Happy Pride, If youre a white gay man, Otherwise LEAVE!!!

I guess I should have taken my foreshadow of Pride as I walked out of my studio, blocks away from all the partying, as a middle-aged dyke opens her red truck door to stick her head out. Her dirty blonde locks covered any form of her face, and all I heard was
BLAHHHH!!!!
I quickly turned my head, but still heard her splatter of vomit all over the street. This was my introduction to this years PRIDE.

All in all it was good, and got to wear TRENZAS and saw Gloria Trevi be crowned as a Queen of the Castro. The night continued into more and more partying. As I walked out of the Harvey Milk Plaza I was glad to see the whole Plaza completely packed with queer kids of color.

As I came out of the bars to catch my last train home, they were all gone. Where did they go? I noticed that the police had successfully harassed the majority of them to leave. All but one. This kid must have been 17 years old, but his loudness and heels proved he was not done partying.

The cop told him that he and the kids friends were LOITERING Harvey Milk Plaza. How can folks LOITER at PRIDE? When the whole streets are packed.

“You know what!” The high heeled teenager took another deep breath and yelled. “You are not telling those white people over their smoking in front of that bar that they are loitering! It dont matter, but just cuz I am young and black it dont matter that we both are gay! Thats right, I know you are gay, but it dont matter. Right?”

I stood their watching and listening to all of it play out.

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