pretty flags
so yesterday i went to St. Augustine with Sarah, Rachel, and Joe because the pride fest was going on there and also RedBoy was playing later that night (our friend Mercy was supposed to play, too, but she lost her voice).
After a 3 year lawsuit battle by gay rights organizations in St. Augustine, the bridge of lions was FINALLY full of rainbow flags to celebrate gay pride there. It was SO AMAZING to see that when we first drove over the bridge of lions! i cant even describe it!! it was so fucking beautiful! to read more on this issue, go here. it's really interesting... we didnt get to take any pictures of it, but i'm sure there will be plenty posted on the internet soon, so i'll post some later once i find some.
i mean, it's one thing to be in a huge city, like Chicago, during Pride and seeing all their flags and everything...but it's another thing to experience it in a city that's been struggling to do something like that for years. The gay rights organizations that finally made this happen there were the ONLY organizations EVER to be continually turned down by the city to hang those flags. and now--we won!
since this is such a huge issue and is getting a lot of media, there were a lot of protestors yesterday at the events. they werent allowed to go into the block where everything was going on, but they made damn sure they got as close as possible with their fucking bigot selves and shitty signs that read shit like "F*CK FAGS!" "REPENT OR BURN IN HELL!" "SINNERS" etc etc fuckin etc. and then a few of them had the nerve to whip out mondo-sized confederate flags! WTF!?!?! haha! fuckin hicks...
after all that fun stuff, we went to see RedBoy play and then hit the beach for alittle while. it was awesome. i love the ocean at night...
more to come later.
After a 3 year lawsuit battle by gay rights organizations in St. Augustine, the bridge of lions was FINALLY full of rainbow flags to celebrate gay pride there. It was SO AMAZING to see that when we first drove over the bridge of lions! i cant even describe it!! it was so fucking beautiful! to read more on this issue, go here. it's really interesting... we didnt get to take any pictures of it, but i'm sure there will be plenty posted on the internet soon, so i'll post some later once i find some.
i mean, it's one thing to be in a huge city, like Chicago, during Pride and seeing all their flags and everything...but it's another thing to experience it in a city that's been struggling to do something like that for years. The gay rights organizations that finally made this happen there were the ONLY organizations EVER to be continually turned down by the city to hang those flags. and now--we won!
since this is such a huge issue and is getting a lot of media, there were a lot of protestors yesterday at the events. they werent allowed to go into the block where everything was going on, but they made damn sure they got as close as possible with their fucking bigot selves and shitty signs that read shit like "F*CK FAGS!" "REPENT OR BURN IN HELL!" "SINNERS" etc etc fuckin etc. and then a few of them had the nerve to whip out mondo-sized confederate flags! WTF!?!?! haha! fuckin hicks...
after all that fun stuff, we went to see RedBoy play and then hit the beach for alittle while. it was awesome. i love the ocean at night...
more to come later.