There's no fear about if we all hold hands and very quietly shout.

Dreadnought pics are now up; hopefully a few more to come.

I had clean forgotten feanelwa was popping over yesterday afternoon to grab a shiny new old Ixus 400 (immaculate condition, one owner from new who never took it outside looks like). She had come from a variably pleasant day at the Pride march (GAYS are NORMAL PEOPLE: they are just as STUPID, IGNORANT and BIGOTED as ANYONE), melting in the sun and not quite burning to a frazzle. I grabbed a freshly-charged battery for the gadget and we ascertained it was in the best of working order. She had a ( sensible outfit for not melting in. )

LGBT stands for "lesbians, GAY GAY GAY MEN W00T BOYS GAY TRALALALALALA and tr*ns." (Bisexuals don't exist.) For a subculture that touts the greater artistic sensitivities of (young white middle-class male) gays, the jarringly awful aesthetics are really special. Starting with that fucking rainbow flag.

Gay Pride.

"A lifetime of listening to disco music is a high price to pay for one's sexual preference."
    ~ Quentin Crisp

"Your superlative aesthetic sense reminds me that I am happily married with two children."
    ~ Oscar Wilde on gay pride

The gay pride, or simply pride, campaign of the gay rights movement has three main premises:

• that all people of all sexual orientations should be proud, not ashamed, of being young white middle-class gay men;
• that sexual diversity is a gift to young white middle-class gay men;
• that sexual orientation and gender identity are inherent and cannot be intentionally altered, unless of course you are bisexual and therefore only fooling yourself.

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