And that’s what “Pride” is really all about. The bars being packed.

Years ago a local blog sent one of their columnist out on the Friday evening of “Pride” weekend to go over to San Francisco’s former Gay Mecca, The Castro. He came back and wrote, “The bars are packed” as if that was a good thing and the ultimate sign of a successful “Pride.” I thought: Yes, that’s really what it’s all about, isn’t it? Bars being packed. “Pride” has been reduced to drinking and getting drunk, contributing to alcoholism.

The people who make the most money out of “Pride” are corporate beer companies and some merchants. And because of that, “Pride” keeps going.

Here on the Saturday before “Pride,” my queer friend and I were walking today on Market Street and “the bars were packed.” It was all about bars. Then waiting for public transit, some guys were going into a local market to buy beer to take home to party for “Pride.” More beer.

But “Pride” is also about having anonymous sex. I wrote about that a few years ago. There was an ad in the Metro for PrEP which is the drug that people can take to hopefully prevent them from getting HIV/pozzed when having bareback sex. The ad for PrEP one year asked, “Are you PrEPPED for Pride?” Translation: Have you taken your PrEP for “Pride” or asked your physician for a prescription for PrEP so you won’t get pozzed? Of course one can get any other STI/STD when having unsafe sex — to them it’s all about HIV — but that doesn’t seem to matter to many or most.

“Pride” is about partying, drinking and having anonymous sex. That’s what it’s been reduced to.

Of course no one will say this but me and some of the people I know. Because what I’m saying one is not supposed to say about sacrosanct “Pride.”

When my queer friend was going to the gym he would get asked, “Are you ready for ‘Pride?'” He said he never knew how to answer that because how does one “get ready” for “Pride?”

“Pride” has clearly lost its way, if it ever really had a purpose to begin with.

Having “Pride” or being proud of one’s gay or queer sexuality implies there’s something wrong with being gay. Think about it. So to counter that, one says they are proud to be gay or have pride in being gay. It seems to me that “Pride” is in response to the hate factor of there being something wrong with being gay. Why even respond to that? Well the corporate idiots who dreamed this nonsense up chose to.

What “Pride” was changed to used to be called Gay Freedom Day and Festival. That’s the name of the original event which makes far more sense. But the corporate idiots didn’t like that. I guess the word “Freedom” was too rad for them. But again, the original made sense: Freedom from hate, oppression, discrimination and harassment. Yes, that makes perfect sense. Then came “Pride” which to me makes absolutely no sense at all. I have no idea what idiots dreamed up “Pride” but the Gay Agenda has brainwashed the world with this “Pride” shit. My queer friend told me earlier, “I don’t relate to it (“Pride”) at all either.” No, I don’t either. Neither of us felt like we fit in when we were walking down Market Street.

And as I’ve said many times, the whole concept of “Pride” makes no sense to me. Since one’s sexuality is in one’s DNA, why would anyone be proud of or have pride in something that is part of one’s DNA; their sexuality regardless of what it is? And for those who say “I’m proud to be gay,” I have to ask why? Isn’t it just a matter of fact? Are you also “proud” of the other parts of your DNA? We don’t have a special day or an entire month for the other parts of your DNA. There’s no “I’m proud to be blond” month or “I’m proud to have brown eyes” month or “I’m proud and have pride in my skin colour.” So why would anyone be proud of or have “Pride” in their given sexuality? I don’t think I’ve ever heard a straight or bi guy or female say “I’m proud to be straight (or bi).”

Clearly, the corporatist trash responsible for changing it to “Pride” possessed no critical thinking skills what-so-ever. Have I told you how much I can’t stand those people?