Oh my, I believe I really forgot the outside world, I just realised that the metal album I'm listening to had changed to kid songs, Old McDonald had a farm, I-ah-I-ah-o... I found a link to the 23 min long video it for some reason changed into, why couldn't it be the usual advertisement? .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=md8y86xtmP4&index=4&list=PLWUvWgxGsU5WHNe2Yh4M1gyPEpiqUSavt
This Saturday the Stockholm Pride parade - a parade for hbtq rights - took place, I was there of course, two friends of mine were going to walk in the parade but I'd have watched it anyway. I chose a bridge next to Stadion where I would have a good view from above. To my surprise I realised that I stood next to my cousin with a chinese friend of his, a but unexpected but sure was nice. Always nice with some company, especially as the train was half an hour late. When it eventually came there were quite a lot of different looks. Sometimes it was hard to understand what the looks had to do with hbtq, for example there was a man dressed as a flower but it was still enjoyable. Of course not everyone liked it, a few are homophobes or similar but the main reason for disliking it is that it's almost more of a carneval than connected to hbtq questions. I guess that might be necessary sadly if they actually want people to watch it, and people do. This year 60000 walked in the parade and ten times more watched it, that's more than 50% of everyone living in Stockholm. Despite the bad - my opinion at least - sides I've written about I find the parade great overall. For example seeing the "gay cops" and many more. At the end of the train was Conchita Wurst, the drag-queen winner of Eurovision, every party except for two were represented as well, many by their leaders, really good to see. Two hours later, after having seen the whole train, I took a burger with my cousin and his friend, then left them for a movie evening that I had planned with my friends. A really great day, something I very much needed.
Oh my, I believe I really forgot the outside world, I just realised that the metal album I'm listening to had changed to kid songs, Old McDonald had a farm, I-ah-I-ah-o... I found a link to the 23 min long video it for some reason changed into, why couldn't it be the usual advertisement? .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=md8y86xtmP4&index=4&list=PLWUvWgxGsU5WHNe2Yh4M1gyPEpiqUSavt
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Ellinor
8/3/2014 07:06:08 am
The thing is; the parade is about being visible, amongst other things, and thus the parade is important for lgbtqa questions.
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Victor
8/3/2014 07:44:19 am
I think these parades are both funny and important
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Anonym
8/3/2014 05:19:33 pm
Tycker paraden är viktig men ibland spårar den ur
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Marc
8/4/2014 01:12:33 am
Thank God it is not as in the sixties
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Anonymous
8/7/2014 05:25:49 pm
You know how to write in an interesting way
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Leo
8/7/2014 07:24:32 pm
Thank you.
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