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[bluflamingo]

Some days I hate my co-workers. One of whom just announced that she didn't think my city's Pride festival yesterday was 'gay enough.'

Unless you're gay, which I know she's not you don't get to say if it's gay enough or not! It's nice that some not gay-specific vendors came along. And, also, pride's as much about having a safe space to be openly gay as it is about being all-gay all-th-time.

Can I go back on holiday now please?

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[fyrefly101]

I'd be curious to know what exactly you co-worker feels would be fulfilling the criteria of "gay enough". I presume she managed to make this pronouncement with a straight face, and genuine intention...which just goes into my ridiculously huge list of reasons why people, in general, are idiots.

:( I'm sorry that this is what your post-holiday Monday has consisted of.

[bluflamingo]

Apparently the food stalls weren't gay enough - did you know we had special gay food? I didn't, and now I feel cruelly misled! I don't know how you can go to an event with rainbow flags everywhere, people in drag and same sex couples kissing and declare it not gay enough, but apparently it's possible.

Or, like you said, people are idiots. I prefer that one!

[fyrefly101]

There's special gay food? Wow. (I want to make a rubbish joke about it being something in the water...) I feel you ought to go ask for your money back, r into Tesco's and demand to be taken to the gay food aisle. After all, they have the ethnic food section, and the allergy food section.

Sadly, and in no small way do I realise that I am channelling McKay, but, people really are idiots.

[bluflamingo]

The thing that worries me is, in my Tesco, they might actually have a fair stab at finding me gay food, and I dread to imagine what that would entail!

[fyrefly101]

I know your rant started off serious, but this last comment, I just kind of want to laugh. I rather think that in my Tesco (in Surrey) I would probably just get a very confused look.

Gay food indeed.

[bluflamingo]

My area of Bristol is very culturally diverse (though not very gay, to the best of my knowledge) so I think they're used to being asked for unusual things :)