Comments on Lelo in Nopo: Happy Pride to you and you and you

Hello, Lelo! Marie (bestwishesmarie.blogspot.com) ...

2009-09-24T15:51:00.822-07:00

Hello, Lelo! Marie (bestwishesmarie.blogspot.com) just recommended me this post, as I am about to go to my third pride parade. I really liked it, when you write about the "daylight", I think you say it all!

Adam (mrelife.blogspot.com)

Hope you had a great one! I STILL get misty when ...

2009-06-15T09:18:35.122-07:00

Hope you had a great one! I STILL get misty when the PFLAG contingent goes by. Never fails ...

this was just beautiful. We have to miss pride thi...

2009-06-14T15:48:49.597-07:00

this was just beautiful. We have to miss pride this year and i will miss it.

L'Ailee and I let it lapse a few years--we'...

2009-06-13T17:45:32.526-07:00

L'Ailee and I let it lapse a few years--we're ourselves all the time, and we have our friends. We didn't see the need anymore. The debacle that was Moscow's pride rallies convinced us that we need to celebrate our freedoms and our spiritual ancestors. Anyway, it's the 40th anniversary of Stonewall this month!

You reminded me of how I felt in my late teens and early 20s, going to Pride parades and Gay Days at Disney. Just how I felt like part of something amazing and like I wasn't alone. I felt like I'd been thrown into the deep end of the queer pool the first couple times. It was good to find out that I could swim.

I'm sorry G. won't be with you. I'm glad he was with you when you first came out.

Beautifully expressed -- this is exactly how awest...

2009-06-13T13:43:19.211-07:00

Beautifully expressed -- this is exactly how awestruck I felt at my first Pride when I was just coming out 6 years ago, and why my partner and I celebrate Pride each year.

It's our first Portland Pride after moving here from Minneapolis last fall. We're looking forward to celebrating here with our new community, and starting some new traditions of our own.

Happy Pride!

I can't wait for the day when it's totally...

2009-06-13T13:14:14.288-07:00

I can't wait for the day when it's totally normal to see a gay couple with their kids walking down the street in happy joy, and Pride becomes more like Father's Day or the 4th of July A day to celebrate GLBT, but not the only day where people feel free to express themselves.

I'm so disappointed that I will be working tom...

2009-06-13T10:45:59.503-07:00

I'm so disappointed that I will be working tomorrow. I think I "get it" and always look forward to the celebration, the friendship, the happy folks. It seems to be a sort of gathering place. Which I love.

i've recently stumbled into your beautiful blo...

2009-06-13T10:01:26.630-07:00

i've recently stumbled into your beautiful blog world and feel compelled to say that your writing, your photography, the sense of spirit with which you've created this space appeals very much to me.

as a young queer person, this is an exceptional post on celebrating our lives that are so often cast into the invisible shadows of silent worlds.

thank you =)

You're making me all misty too. Thanks for the...

2009-06-13T09:28:21.985-07:00

You're making me all misty too. Thanks for the great post. I'm hoping my kids and I will make it tomorrow.

Great post, Lelo, thank you. I was just looking at...

2009-06-13T08:25:44.432-07:00

Great post, Lelo, thank you. I was just looking at pix yesterday from my kid's baby book from the Pride Parade (he was still in a front carrier, sis was in a stroller) -- such sweet memories.

Glad it's not on Father's Day this year since that's when the Sunday Parkways thing is.