Always held over
the Bank Holiday weekend at the end of May, it's the
I wouldn't change
being gay for the world, their is nothing wrong with it and to be honest I find
it difficult to understand why people find the opposite sex attractive. However
this basic fact also points out to me how anti-gay people may think and the
concept of how section 28 of the English law system was brought into effect. If
you are 100% straight and didn't have an open mind I could see how it would be
difficult to understand the concept of homosexuality and be able to accept it
as a way of life. Let's hope equality for all weather you be gay, straight or
bi-sexual is implemented into the law system sooner rather than later.
Anyway enough of
the political stuff and down to the fun side. To put it bluntly the Birmingham
Pride weekend was fantastic, lots to do, lots to see and lots of sexy boys to
meet. The main day was on the Sunday, starting at lunchtime with a flamboyant
carnival style parade through the city centre. I think the best eye catching
float had to go to the Nightingale with its combination of sexy boys in fluffy
colourful costumes, stilt walkers and a good roaring sound system.
My friend and I
were on the `Angels Café Bar` float - an open top jeep. We were dressed as a
couple of angle boys with our drag queen friend Twiggy. Whether we passed it
off as angles I don't know, but we did have a great time and got to wink and
wave to the straight boys as the parade winded its way around the centre. Great
fun!
The rest of the
day was spent catching up with friends around the gay village and watching the
entertainment on stage. The clubs in the evening were packed, after finishing
our gogo sets in Wild Fruit we headed over to the Nightingale to find the place
still rammed at 3am.
Click next to see more photos from the Nightingale
club and the "Village Fate", the day after.
