tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189024.post111952408090574769..comments2023-09-10T07:34:26.310-07:00Comments on Buff's Tufftalk: The PRide Parade: Marching or Just Mingling in the Crowdbuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14220404369676535957noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189024.post-1120004989851741222005-06-28T17:29:00.000-07:002005-06-28T17:29:00.000-07:00Unfortunately, I never really got into Pride. I g...Unfortunately, I never really got into Pride. I guess it's because I live on an island in the middle of nowhere and the open gay community here is small and very cliquey... and I never felt like I really fit in there. I've always wanted to go to a big city Pride festival though.. maybe someday I'll get to NY or San Fran for Pride. Hope you had a great time!hbjockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02448840557781841860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189024.post-1119993019818594372005-06-28T14:10:00.000-07:002005-06-28T14:10:00.000-07:00Thanks for writing this. I really didn't realize ...Thanks for writing this. I really didn't realize that we were ever leveraging our marketing dollars as a way to be heard. I think that's brilliant, and I'm sad to hear that we're not still focusing on that. As far as the participation thing with younger gay guys, I think you're right. Most would rather lock themselves inside of the Eagle during the Pride march than participate and claim that it's because they're not like everyone else. I think that's because the very visible folks marching in the Pride parade are also the flamboyant ones (which is both good and bad). A lot of our more flamboyent brethren are the types that are just happy to have an audience, and it really is just another Halloween or any other party that gives them a chance to play dress up. We need to figure out a way to separate the flamboyant Halloween parade from the civil rights type of march, and then we'd probably be more likely to get participation from the group that you're talking about. That's my opinion anyway. Great blog man. You're a very talented writer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189024.post-1119939180370916562005-06-27T23:13:00.000-07:002005-06-27T23:13:00.000-07:00I work as a gay marketer - the type you might expe...I work as a gay marketer - the type you might expect to 'sell' Pride sponsorships as a marketing technique, but I have sat through enough gay marketing focus groups to know that corporate sponsors and community values are not the happiest of bedfellows. I wrote about that last week in our client update service <BR/><BR/>If interested, see:<BR/>http://www.GayMarketing101.blogspot.com<BR/><BR/>Respect,<BR/>Ian JohnsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189024.post-1119798741312242612005-06-26T08:12:00.000-07:002005-06-26T08:12:00.000-07:00This is a great post. It's sad that Pride events a...This is a great post. It's sad that Pride events are being taken over by corporate sponsors, but... if there weren't sponsors, the event wouldn't be so big and prominent in the media. I totally believe that important issues need to be kept in the media so mainstream people don't forget or dismiss.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189024.post-1119617531596843092005-06-24T05:52:00.000-07:002005-06-24T05:52:00.000-07:00I am one of those that don't really do the gay pri...I am one of those that don't really do the gay pride events. The gay pride events in New Orleans are pretty lame though. We have massive turnout for our Halloween Circuit Party and of course Southern Decadence. But Pride has very little attendance. What I try to do is educate my co-workers and my family about "being gay". That is where I feel I can help the community more... by educating them that I am as normal as they are.Brettcajunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02263469086123677892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189024.post-1119530956187547242005-06-23T05:49:00.000-07:002005-06-23T05:49:00.000-07:00I agree, Pride is just too damn commercial, and th...I agree, Pride is just too damn commercial, and the people that need to be attending are the ones that refuse to go. And for all the progress we've made, there is still way too much fear of coming out of the closet, which defeats the purpose of these events in less populated areas. How do you have a pride event if nobody wants to show their face?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com