1) Is this a gay event? 2) As a gay conservative, I halfway agree with the statement, but I think this is largely an event making fun of itself and also, you’d be surprised at how many straight guys can be wrangled into doing drag…
Yes, it was a taken at Gay Pride parade someplace (don’t remember where the site said it was from).
But I don’t know if this was a isolated event for making fun of itself. My oldest boy is gay and went to the Gay Pride parade in our area and he said he saw the same thing there.
As far as if the people in the picture are gay or not….don’t know…but it was at a gay pride event so I would assume they were.
I… I don’t think you understood my point. Ha, I think it’s safe to assume that you’ve never been to a drag show, and while personally I do not like them, I can say that the point of them is spectacle and acceptance. It’s about being able to be whoever you want and being able to avoid the fear of hurt and rejection. I didn’t say that this was an isolated event, but I am saying that it is certainly something a little more tongue-in-cheek than it is serious. Haven’t you seen things like “Stuff White People Like,” written by a white guy, or “Accidental Chinese Hipsters,” written by an Asian? It’s the same sort of idea - it’s about taking a stereotype and just going with it and appreciating the humor in type-casting yourself.
Interestingly enough, I think you’ll be hard-pressed to find any studies to support the idea that “All cross-dressers are gay.” In fact, this thread for the Crossdressers Forum has quite an interesting conversation on it.
Bottom line is, don’t lambast a generalized population for doing something that you don’t find “serious” when they’re just trying to have fun, and then justify it upon a completely baseless idea.
