Bostonist: Boston Pride Parade: Gay, Bi, and Pagan

jon

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 21:23:12 -0500

It'd be awesome if readers would tag some photos of Pride with "bostonist" - all I see on the stream from the weekend is pictures of some woman and her trip to the Red Sox/D-Backs game. But yeah, I'll admit it, the Ramrod guys are a spectacle. Friends and neighbors that we see as regular people (strollers and papooses and all) rather than some special class of person are harder to see as iconic. But since you mention it - that's really a story in and of itself.

peg

Sun, 10 Jun 2007 19:31:56 -0500

on boston.com, where there was space enough for a 14 photo slide show, only TWO even showed a gay couple marching together...all the others were variations on Glinda the Good Witch & the Ramrod guys. a little balance would have been far more interesting.

Caroline

Sun, 10 Jun 2007 17:57:11 -0500

Well, I'm not sure that it qualifies as poor journalism given space limits, etc. But the governor did march in support of families having equal rights under the law, and there were many families marching. Now, what would have been really bad journalism would have been to put the Ramrod guys above the governor.

peg

Sun, 10 Jun 2007 17:22:13 -0500

the boston globe published about a dozen photographs of the parade--one of deval & co., and several of the more outlandish floats...not one publication including this blog has published any photos of the legions of STROLLERS AND PAPOOSES...i was at the parade, and everywhere i looked, there were gay people with their children. it is too bad that only the leather & lace crowd gets their pix up on the 'net on Pride Weekend. the parade has an excellent tradition of Camp that is loads of fun to ogle at, but it is also an opportunity to see the amazing diversity within the gay community. NOT showing that is poor journalism.