Since I am not actually seeing the pride parade in Toronto this year like I did last year when I was living downtown, I am going to tell you about my first parade.

I come from a small town and my parents are religious so they don't really have anything positive to say about the gay culture. My father thinks that all gay people should be shipped off to some island. I once told a gay friend that and he wasn't offended at all. He thought it sounded like it could be quite fun. So you get the point. I grew up in a bubble and the UW campus is no better.



So 3 summers ago I was hanging around with my friend and we were roaming around downtown and we hear some honking so we look up and there is a transport trailer going by with a bunch of fairies on it. They were literally fairies. About 20 or so sculpted bodies in spandex and glitter and fairy wings. It was quite the site to see. So me and my friend put two and two together and decided to go see some of the parade. For the most part the parade looked fun but there was a few things I just don't like to see, old men were only small strategic pieces of leather and chains.