I ain't sure what to make of it.
A few years ago I read in a gay newsletter published in Roanoke, Virginia, that my area, Martinsville, would be holding its first known gay event, the Rainbow Bowling League was going to be at Druid Lanes in a tournament. Well, whaddya know about that.
Since then I have witnesses a gay protest, right in front of my office. When the Virginia Museum of Natural History was opened in a gala event that included the Govenor and his wife strolling over my donated bricks in memory of Jack and Ennis, a guy who had been fired (he says because he was gay) and a few frends and hangers on stanged a protest on the sidewalk. I sat on the office porch with a drink and binoculars with my brokers making comments on how the women were dressed. I suppose I could have joined the protest, could have carried a sign that said "Govenor Kaine it's 2006!" (it took place in 2007).
Then the other night I am on youtube and discovered that DRAG SHOWS have been going on at the local Best Western! OMG! I like to have fell out! And they are posting it on youtube! Man, people are fearless any more.
I have never been much for a drag show, but a part of me would like to be there in real time just for the novelty. I mean, a room full of gay people, in Martinsville, Virginia, not in someones house! Out in public!
Like that guy in Laramie Tails said: "I am glad I have lived to see the day....."
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