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Resolutely Joyful Open Thread: Still Taking PRIDE

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Next year, Murphy the Trickster God willing, we’ll be able to party in public again…

… More than 200 people thronged Liberty Square in Taipei, saying they were “marching for the world” during the LGBT pride season.

Organiser Darien Chen said it was an honour to march when nearly 500 other events globally had been cancelled.

Last year Taiwan became the first place in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage…

The island normally holds its pride parade in October but brought this year’s event forward to replace the hundreds of cancelled marches around the world.

Taiwan has recorded just over 440 coronavirus infections and only seven deaths. It has not seen any local transmissions for more than two months.

Mr Chen said the LGBT community in Taiwan wanted to mark the 50th anniversary of the first pride marches in the US.

“The whole world is facing the height of the pandemic,” he said. “So Taiwan won’t give in. and we must continue with this flame of hope and stand up for the world.”…

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  1. 1.

    VeniceRiley

    Thanks to all the allies for all the help and support. I’ll always have a soft spot for Biden leading the way on marriage. Without that leadership, I might not be getting married the second flights re-open from UK to here. Every little bit helps; so, if you lended a hand in any small way- THANK YOU for changing my life for the better!
    Happy PRIDE!

  2. 2.

    Baud

    51 years ago today, a movement was born on Christopher Street. As we remember the anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising and the brave individuals who changed our world forever, let's recommit to finishing the job and finally achieving full LGBTQ+ equality. #Pride pic.twitter.com/PzbGOMy0zx— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) June 28, 2020

  4. 4.

    MomSense

    @VeniceRiley:

    I can’t wait to hear the happy news about your wedding!

  6. 6.

    Gin & Tonic

    My DIL posted a pic of the pedestrian bridge across the river Dnipro in Kyiv lit up in rainbow colors this evening. If you know Eastern Europe, that’s big.

  7. 7.

    satby

    Pride Day at the market was a success. A local LGTB non-profit had a booth with Pride swag as a fundraiser and got lots of love and almost $400 in donations. Lots of rainbows on display, and unlike past occasions when this group (a Trans support group) had a booth, no complaints to management or hostile comments, a first. It was a nice way to spend a miserable steamy Saturday.

  8. 8.

    Yutsano

    @VeniceRiley: You know the saying: pics or GTFO! Mazel Tov on your (hopefully soon) nuptials! Lord knows maybe I might go down that route. Maybe. Porcine wings will have to be more common first I think.

  9. 9.

    VeniceRiley

    @MomSense: Thanks and thanks @Yutsano #comment-7758585
    She’s finally getting promoted off the wings at the prison, and I’ll be far less Covid worried meantime. And there will be pics.  I can’t wait to break the cameras out around all the old English villages and market towns. (Hey, take the plunge.  I’ve never been this happy in my entire life.)

  10. 10.

    Yutsano

    And since the thread be open: at 1500 tomorrow (3 post meridem) I will be going home from hospital after 20 days in.

  11. 11.

    Peale

    One of the positive side effects of COVID is that the cultural phenomena known as “Boyslove” or BL for short has finally arrived in the Philippines. BL isn’t LGBT per se. it’s stylized romances between two young men usually written by straight women for a straight audience. It has been big in Thailand for about a decade, although it’s origins are in Japan. It reached China in a big way five years ago, only to be banned after it got popular. Taiwan then picked up the Chinese market. But while a big swath of the international fans were Filipinos, there hadn’t been much movement to produce their own and until recently was still a subculture who watches Thai and Taiwanese output religiously. Stuck in lockdown, though, a Thai show in March called 2gether became a mainstream hit and suddenly there was funding for series, some by the major media cos like abs-cbn. In all, 11 series have been announced in the past month. Still not at Thailand’s output, but baby steps. The first web series, Gameboys, about two young men who meet in spite of Covid lockdown has been a surprise hit. About 3 million viewers on YouTube.

  14. 14.

    zhena gogolia

    The double rainbow is beautiful. I’ll take that as a sign — a covenant, if you will — that we will be rid of the evil that infests our national government.

  17. 17.

    zhena gogolia

    @Baud:

    Thank you, Joe! I love you!

    I can’t believe how enthusiastic I’m getting about Joe fucking Biden.

  18. 18.

    zhena gogolia

    @Major Major Major Major:

    We had our first Pride parade in our little town last year and I hear it was great. (I don’t do parades.) I was sad there wouldn’t be one this year because I loved the pictures.

  24. 24.

    Ohio Mom

    Yutsano,

    Yikes! I did not know you were sick or in the hospital. That’s what I get for skipping threads.

    Twenty days is a long time, I am glad your sojourn there is coming to an end. Wishing you a complete, and much sped up from now on out, recovery.

  26. 26.

    Yutsano

    @MomSense: Well I’m out of this joint tomorrow so yeah after I’m free my folks will be keeping an eye on me until I get strong enough to get back to living on my own. I’m in pretty much good territory, but thank you for the offer!

  30. 30.

    C Stars

    Thank you for this! Our family usually celebrates Pride as I was somehow finagled into arranging an annual pride festival for our school community a few years ago. It’s a lot of work but in the end worth it I suppose, because of how excited my kiddos–one of whom is queer–get (and how much fun they have) every year.

    Have to say I did NOT miss ordering 75 pizzas and trying to guilt DJs and facepainters into contributing their time, but we did miss the festivities a bit. Kiddo wore pride-themed PJs last night and it was bittersweet.

  33. 33.

    Redshift

    @Gin & Tonic:

    My DIL posted a pic of the pedestrian bridge across the river Dnipro in Kyiv lit up in rainbow colors this evening. If you know Eastern Europe, that’s big. 

    Wow! That is big!

  36. 36.

    VeniceRiley

    @MomSense: I don’t even know what that is! Neither one of us is close to femme enough to pull one off, I suspect.  But you’re very kind to offer.

  38. 38.

    geg6

    @Yutsano:

    Oh yay!  So happy to see this!

    And happy Pride, ya’ll!

    Since it is an open thread, I can’t take any more politics today.  Usually, when I have vacation time off, I have so many things to do out and about that I use it as some politics downtime, but with COVID, my activities are highly restricted and I find myself obsessing.  So I want to tell you all about what I’m making for dinner.  It’s easy peasy but so delicious.  Spaghetti with sauce made from shallots, rosemary, artichoke hearts, olive oil, white wine, fontina cheese, heavy cream, prosciutto, peas and Parmesan.  Sooooo creamy and delicious, especially with the lovely cool Chardonnay I got yesterday on sale.  My mouth is watering as I cook.

  40. 40.

    Martin

    Happy Pride, everyone. Lots of pent up energy in broader society right now ready to support the next wave of progress.

  42. 42.

    MomSense

    @VeniceRiley:

    @schrodingers_cat:

    They can be whatever you like.  I’ve mostly done lace with seed beads (very small beads), but sometimes people like shrugs or capes if the weather is cool.  A tweed wrap with cables could be amazing.  Fair isle would be beautiful. Depends on the time of year and the kind of look you want.

  45. 45.

    Ninedragonspot

    The regular Taiwan pride falls on the last weekend in October (better weather – this weekend it was hot as blazes in Taipei and there was a downpour in the middle of the afternoon).  The October parade is, I believe, the biggest in Asia, and draws oodles of visitors from the region.  It’s been great fun the times I’ve gone – much less corporate than the SF pride parade, more heartfelt. (Since the Taipei parade roughly coincides with Halloween, it’s difficult to grab a drink in any bar – gay or straight – during that week, I sometimes skip town.)  Taiwan is my home away from home, and I am delighted with the progress they’ve been making towards equality.

    And it’s a good for reason for the world community to support Taiwan.  It’s a vibrant democracy and the DPP under Tsai Ing-Wen is working hard to help the country be the best possible version of itself.

  46. 46.

    VeniceRiley

    @MomSense: I’ll keep that in mind!  No idea what time of year everything will be back open, but the weather in SoCal is pretty consistent regardless

  50. 50.

    Gin & Tonic

    @schrodingers_cat: Hey, I posted in another thread, after I told you about the visa situation, a couple of hours later they got an e-mail that the application has gone from CIS to NVC. Big relief, although it still seems the interview may be months away.

  51. 51.

    Caphilldcne

    Happy Pride, friends!  Missing the parade in DC this year but maybe next year!

  52. 52.

    NotMax

    Cranked out a more elaborate than usual product in the super duper bread machine yesterday. Recipe includes milk, molasses, 2 cups of cooked wild rice, and a bunch of other stuff.

    Looks great, smells great, haven’t performed a taste test yet. I guess the rice does something mystical when incorporated as the recipe calls for less than half the amount of yeast am used to putting in yet rose just as high as a normal loaf.

  56. 56.

    UncleEbeneezer

    Do yourself a favor to wrap up Pride month and watch Disclosure on Netflix.  It’s really amazing and centers the voices of Transgender people while showing just how messed up (but improving) film/tv representation of Transgender people has been throughout history.

  57. 57.

    VeniceRiley

    @Martin: Oh, I know. I’m IT, but our Covid drive thru is right downstairs. I’m in OC but our LA clinics that have drive thru are doing volume.

  58. 58.

    MomSense

    @VeniceRiley:

    Definitely think about it.  It’s a kind of moving meditation for me.  I think about the person and what they dream for themselves.  Sometimes beautiful things happen, like shawl babies.

  61. 61.

    debbie

    @geg6:

    Jeez. Makes the leek and potato soup I made this afternoon seem like dishwater. Seriously, your dinner sounds really lovely. 🤤

  63. 63.

    Uncle Cosmo

    @Martin: The peas are probably a Sicilian touch – when I visited La Trinacria many years ago I found them in everything but the desserts, and for the most part it worked.

  64. 64.

    schrodingers_cat

    @Gin & Tonic: They probably have to wait for the embassies and consulates to open. BTW I heard that USCIS is getting rid of the interview requirement for many GC applications if everything is in order. Good luck!

    I must have missed your response, was it the same thread when I was told that immigration is my issue and discussing news about the visa ban shows my privilege.

  67. 67.

    Ceci n est pas mon nym

    @zhena gogolia: The contrast in leadership, intelligence and empathy is already pretty stark. It’s going to get a lot more interesting when Biden is eligible to see the daily Intel briefings which Trump has been ignoring. Which I guess happens Aug 20.

    I don’t know what useful things he can do with the info as a private citizen with no official role, but I suspect we’ll find out he can do more than we imagine.

  72. 72.

    Marcopolo

    @Ceci n est pas mon nym:   Well, apparently Biden could start calling world leaders and doing shadow diplomacy, right?  Oh, my bad, Gen. Flynn didn’t start doing that until after Trump won but before he was sworn in.  But the polls are indicating it’s Biden’s to lose so why not be proactive & push the boundaries & see how far he can go?

    /s

    Btw, based on Sen. Murphy’s tweet about the Bounty intel, I think I must now watch Rachel when she comes on in a half hour.

  74. 74.

    Marcopolo

    @geg6:   This sounds like a variation of pasta pizzelle.

    I dated a woman once who loved to make it and it was so good.  I still make it occasionally, though she was a vegetarian so no bacon whereas I’m like why not more when it comes to a bit of gammon.

  78. 78.

    Sab

    @satby: My soap order arrived today. There were a couple of them that smelled so good I almost wanted to nibble on them ( oatmeal honey, and the sleepytime tea.)

    And the lavender cream is womderful, and subtle.

     

    @Martin: I thought peas in spaghetti sauce was weird to until I finally tasted it.

  83. 83.

    Kropacetic

    Was pretty happy with the dinner I made; a Chinese food inspired mac and cheese with red Chinese sausages, broccoli, five spice in the cheese sauce, chunks of fried egg, and an onion ring topping (I was outvoted on the chow mein noodles).  Getting great feedback

  84. 84.

    Miss Bianca

    @Elizabelle: This article enraged me. WTF, all you brave ex-Trump Administration officials – have you all got Susan Collins Syndrome? As in, furrowing your brows and moaning, “oh, I *wish* he wouldn’t do that!” as Trump trashes years – no, generations – worth of US foreign relations and national security measures? Sure, the stuff in these calls was all classified, but Jesus Christ, that’s what hearings in the House and Senate Intelligence Committees are for!

    All of them gutless wonders. With the possible exception of Fiona Hill.

    And fuck each and every single purveyor of “But her emails”. May they all have to literally eat paper copies of these phone call transcriptions till they choke.

  86. 86.

    Baud

    @Elizabelle:

    The sources did cite some instances in which they said Trump acted responsibly and in the national interest during telephone discussions with some foreign leaders.

    Someone once said something about the curve for mediocre white men…

  87. 87.

    WaterGirl

    @Kelly: I watched it in April and loved it, and it was just as good the second time!

    I loved this from YouTube:

    by Roy Zimmerman and The ReZisters, featuring Sandy Riccardi. Made in collaboration with the Raging Grannies of Mendocino.

  88. 88.

    Poe Larity

    You can’t have any immigrants if there is no immigrators:

    Approximately 13,400 employees of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services woke to find out they will be furloughed beginning in August, a move that will effectively bring the U.S. immigration system grinding to a halt.

  90. 90.

    Omnes Omnibus

    Since this is an open thread, can someone explain the difference between Karen and Becky to me?  Aside from the fact that Becky has the good hair?

  93. 93.

    FlyingToaster

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Karen wants to speak with your manager, or if it’s public space, calls the police on you.

    Becky dates Chad, and more importantly, won’t date incels.

  95. 95.

    Kropacetic

    @Omnes Omnibus: Becky is famed for being the audience of the disparagement of big butts and speculation that the owner of said butt is one of those rap guys’ girlfriends.

    @WaterGirl: And who is Jan???

    Brady?

  97. 97.

    Baud

    Twitch has temporarily suspended Donald Trump’s account. The company says the channel’s broadcast of the President’s Tulsa Rally and recent re-airing of one of his 2016 campaign stops violated its hateful conduct and harassment policies. The comments Twitch took issue with feature the President making negative comments about Mexican migrants

    The Great American Pie Filter is gearing up.

  102. 102.

    Baud

    @Elizabelle:

    Right. But why include it all? Reporters writing about the Golden State Killer don’t mention all the people he hasn’t killed.

  103. 103.

    jonas

    @Baud:The sources did cite some instances in which they said Trump acted responsibly and in the national interest during telephone discussions with some foreign leaders.

    Profiles in Courage

  105. 105.

    Baud

    Soon everyone will be like “Becky, when the walls fell” and I’m going to feel totally lost and alone.

  106. 106.

    FlyingToaster

    @Omnes Omnibus: Rarely.  Most Becky’s are more concerned with appearance rather than trying to make everyone conform to their personal lifestyle.

  112. 112.

    Baud

    @WaterGirl:

    Jan from the Brady Bunch.  “Sure, Jan” is a well known line that Marsha says to Jan.  I don’t know the context, but it’s meant to be sarcastic.

  116. 116.

    WaterGirl

    @Baud: Thank you.  I thought people were kidding when they said Jan Brady.  Clearly I did not watch enough Brady Bunch growing up.

    *things I never thought I would say

  119. 119.

    Anne Laurie

    @Omnes Omnibus: So Becky can be a Karen, vice versa?

    The way I’ve seen it used, Becky is the larval form of Karen.  Becky uses her youthful sex appeal as a get-out-of-jail free card and/or to intimidate ‘lesser’ beings (not-hot, not-white, not-prosperous).  Karen is Becky’s mom, who uses her social standing as a Member of the Best Community to insist that she must speak to the manager, right this minute (even when ‘the manager’ is that mysterious entity which foolishly allowed it to rain on a day when she had previously scheduled her big catered garden party).

    I understand the appeal of the meme(s), but yeah they’re pretty sexist, and tend to be used lazily, especially by Cosplay Socialists on twitter and the media village idiots who follow them.

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