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May. 16th, 2005 01:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rising_moon*Massachusetts Youth Pride Rally
noon on Saturday, May 21, 2005
Boston Common
Parkman Bandstand
Youth Pride is geared to the under-21 set, who by and large won't notice the existence of anyone over 30. It's also a good place to see: local bands and national speakers, visit the booths of queer-enthusiastic companies, colleges, and universities who show up to recruit, and add your support to tens of thousands of bright-plumed and energized young people.
* Or save it up for Boston Pride. :)
* In completely unrelated news, I discovered this 1997 link while Googling Boston's annual Youth Pride rally. I read the article, thinking it would provide some "know and mock thine enemy" satisfaction. In the end all it did was make me proud of the strength and dignity of queer youth and reassure me of the strength of progress in our community.
"Please do not do as I did and stick your head in the sand while the cultural reformers, history revisionists, sexologists and homosexuals have their way with the parts of you that remain above the sand: the 'parts' that are exposed to whatever the 'government' says; the 'parts' that are vulnerable to attack without your voice to protect them; the 'parts' that go to school."
-from William Weld and Homosexual Indoctrination, by Peter LaBarbera
Yeah, it did give me a good chuckle. Which means I should probably read it again, and take notes.
Happy Pride Week!
noon on Saturday, May 21, 2005
Boston Common
Parkman Bandstand
Youth Pride is geared to the under-21 set, who by and large won't notice the existence of anyone over 30. It's also a good place to see: local bands and national speakers, visit the booths of queer-enthusiastic companies, colleges, and universities who show up to recruit, and add your support to tens of thousands of bright-plumed and energized young people.
* Or save it up for Boston Pride. :)
* In completely unrelated news, I discovered this 1997 link while Googling Boston's annual Youth Pride rally. I read the article, thinking it would provide some "know and mock thine enemy" satisfaction. In the end all it did was make me proud of the strength and dignity of queer youth and reassure me of the strength of progress in our community.
"Please do not do as I did and stick your head in the sand while the cultural reformers, history revisionists, sexologists and homosexuals have their way with the parts of you that remain above the sand: the 'parts' that are exposed to whatever the 'government' says; the 'parts' that are vulnerable to attack without your voice to protect them; the 'parts' that go to school."
-from William Weld and Homosexual Indoctrination, by Peter LaBarbera
Yeah, it did give me a good chuckle. Which means I should probably read it again, and take notes.
Happy Pride Week!