Are them Puerto Ricans marching today in NY?

[theaternut]

Posted: 6/2/13 at 2:05pm

Funnest parade . These people's know how to party.

Updated On: 6/2/13 at 02:05 PM

[Jane2]

Posted: 6/2/13 at 2:17pm

http://www.jccmanhattan.org/uwsisrael/ There's an Israeli celebration, if that's what you mean.

Updated On: 6/2/13 at 02:17 PM

[all that jazz]

Posted: 6/2/13 at 2:19pm

I appreciate the intent behind it, but this parade really doesn't represent us, puertoricans. They should call it the Neuyorican parade.

[theaternut]

Posted: 6/2/13 at 2:44pm

I know the locals that live around the area hate it.

[all that jazz]

Posted: 6/2/13 at 2:45pm

It's very stereotypical.

[SNAFU]

Posted: 6/2/13 at 2:45pm

"Que bonita bandera, que bonita bandera..."

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 6/2/13 at 2:46pm

I would assume that a large majority of people who live along/around ANY parade route probably hate that parade.

[theaternut]

Posted: 6/2/13 at 2:49pm

True. At least in the 90's it was one of the most hated and crime ridden parades for the locals.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 6/2/13 at 2:50pm

"It's very stereotypical."

All these parades are. The St. Patrick's Day parade is an embarrassment. Let's all get drunk to celebrate Irish culture?

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 6/2/13 at 3:03pm

"Our Pride Parade even had a gay float this year!" -- Marge Simpson

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 6/2/13 at 3:10pm

I don't think there's any parade more harmful and stereotypical than the gay pride parade. I know that's an extremely unpopular opinion but I really do believe it.

[DAME]

Posted: 6/2/13 at 3:19pm

I agree with you Jordan. The gay parades make me cringe and do not represent me or my friends. I hate that we display ourselves as a freak show ( just my opinion).

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 6/2/13 at 3:25pm

I can only guess you two haven't seen a Pride parade lately. So many cities have dropped any wording related to sexuality from their names and the processions are dominated by banks, corporations and churches. I have to philosophically disagree with you that sexual minorities making their presence known to the larger community is ever a bad thing, let alone harmful. Visibility is of paramount importance and there is absolutely no amount of mainstreaming that will not be seen as "harmful" to some larger cause that nobody can really seem to define, but they feel it's harmful. I mean, TD Banks and Episcopal Churches are hardly edgy.

Updated On: 6/2/13 at 03:25 PM

[DAME]

Posted: 6/2/13 at 3:29pm

Namo.. I have stayed away for the last 3 years. Am I out of touch?

[DAME]

Posted: 6/2/13 at 3:31pm

"I have to philosophically disagree with you that sexual minorities making their presence known to the larger community is ever a bad thing, let alone harmful"

I agree with you.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 6/2/13 at 3:36pm

I think you might be surprised how much the mainstreaming of the liberation movement by assimilationists like the HRC has rendered these parades so middle-of-the-road in order not to offend anybody. I still think it's important for people to show up and be seen and as for me, I celebrate anybody who manages to bring a sense of celebration and color and fun to the otherwise vanilla nature of the proceedings. In the whole history of community celebrations, has there ever been one so seemingly determined to show the world how dull and boring we can be?

[DAME]

Posted: 6/2/13 at 3:44pm

I do see your point. But I guess the last few times it has not felt as a celebration of who we are . . Maybe it is just my issue.

[DAME]

Posted: 6/2/13 at 3:46pm

And now what is expected of us in these parades has become such a cliche. I hate seeing when the only clips they show are of gym bunnies dancing on the street and drag queens on floats.

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 6/2/13 at 3:55pm

"And now what is expected of us in these parades has become such a cliche. I hate seeing when the only clips they show are of gym bunnies dancing on the street and drag queens on floats."

That's really the problem with the gay pride parades. Flashing corporate sponsorship on the 11:00 news won't get viewers' attention, but finding the participants who do represent the stereotypes will. That being said, I'm not a fan of attending the Pride parade, but more so because the older I get the less I want to spend a hot afternoon in that kind of crazy crowd (I'm becoming more and more like my grandmother as I age, she hated going out in crowds and such).

[PalJoey]

Posted: 6/2/13 at 10:56pm

Not me!

I LOVE A PARADE!!!

http://youtu.be/DA1VwGtnglo

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 6/2/13 at 11:04pm

The word "fabulous" gets thrown around a lot nowsadays but that was faboo, PJ. I suppose you know the names of all the other boy dancers?

[PalJoey]

Posted: 6/2/13 at 11:42pm

No, but Harvey Evans would!