Anti-commercial queers to celebrate Gay Shame
In London, to protest the commercialism of Gay Pride (remember when no companies would advertise to us?), organizers will hold Gay Shame, the ninth "annual festival of homosexual misery," provocatively scheduled on the same day as Big Gay Out, the official Pride party in London's Finsbury Park.
"We've always been a counterpoint to the rainbow-flag, tight-T-shirt culture of Pride," says Gay Shame hostess Amy Lamé. "We started out when it was still free; now Pride charges you £25 to be marketed at. I hate the way the gay identity has been co-opted by commercial interests. ... I think we're heading for a big crash."
Guardian Unlimited
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