[Ammi]

..I guess with gay pride parades/carnivals, they're such an extravagant type thing that homeosexuals will feel differently about them, as we all do with stuff like that..some people like spectacular occasions and some people don't...I kind of get what some people are saying in that the parades etc seem unnecessary in that being gay should be considered 'norm' so why the need for these extravagant occasions...but heterosexual people don't ever have to 'come out' or declare their sexuality so for a heterosexual person, no matter how much they try, it's hard to understand what it's like to be gay and especially for someone who for whatever reason is reluctant to be open about their sexuality....anyway, people are not a sexuality, they are individuals so you'll never get people to agree on what they like and what they don't like etc and it's hard for a heterosexual person like me to comment on how something should be celebrated or is celebrated because it's like that speech from Panti Bliss..it can be thought of as 'oppression' ..like heterosexual people are telling homosexuals what they should do to be 'normal'...anyway, blending into 'normal' is quite overrated as well....

..oh, I don't think it's a good analogy but for some reason, this also reminds me a bit of the discussion about the 'n' word as well in that there will be black people who would want to 'reclaim' that word and use it and others who wouldn't ever want to use it and I think that's completely up to the individual but not up to a non black person to say ..you should or you shouldn't, type thing and as a heterosexual, I don't think either that it's up to me to say homosexuals should 'blend' if they want homosexuality to be seen as 'norm' or whether they should be 'loud and proud' ...I think for anyone, just be what you want to be, be yourself and celebrate it however you want to...