Gay Pride festival begins in Dublin

AckwelFoley · 18-06-2011 12:03PM #1

From: Breakingnews.ie

Thousands are expected to attend this year's Dublin Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender & Queer Pride Festival, which is kicking off today.

The festival, which will run for the next 10 days, is one of the largest nationwide, with more than 50 events being held.

"Dublin LGBTQ Pride Festival 2011 is the most ambitious to date with an expanded programme and a focus on diverse events that will appeal to people from all communities,” said Jo McNamara, Dublin LGBTQ Pride Festival chairperson.

"€2.8m was generated for the city from the 2010 Festival.

"This year we have also seen the engagement of big brands including Google Android and 98FM as sponsors and Carroll’s Gifts & Souvenirs, who are creating special Dublin Pride Festival merchandise.

"This demonstrates the positive evolution of Pride since its humble beginnings in 1983 and the advances that have even occurred this year with Civil Partnership, openly gay people elected to the Dáil and the Equality Tribunal’s landmark decision in relation

Queer pride festival.. thought "queer" was an offensive term?

G_R · 18-06-2011 12:10PM

It must some reverse psychology ploy. If we call ourselves Queer, people think we don't mind it, then it won't be used against us in a derogatory sense.

I should have been a psychologist. My talents are wasted

Millicent · 18-06-2011 12:10PM

snyper wrote: »

From: Breakingnews.ie

Queer pride festival.. thought "queer" was an offensive term?

Nah, there's been a reclamation of the word in the LGBT community. It's still offensive to use it to insult though.

Run_to_da_hills · 18-06-2011 12:13PM

snyper wrote: »

From: Breakingnews.ie

Queer pride festival.. thought "queer" was an offensive term?

Queer is an acceptable term among the ghay community just as the word n******r is acceptable among the dhuine gorm community.

Dun · 18-06-2011 12:13PM

Kinda like black people calling each other the 'n' word but, if you're not black and say it, it's definitely not okay.

Dunjohn · 18-06-2011 12:18PM

Does it have some alternate meaning to "gay," though? Because if this festival gets one word longer every year people are going to lose interest.

Azureus · 18-06-2011 12:19PM

I saw this last night..that LGBT was being called LGBTQ now and had to look it up to verify the Q meant queer. Fair play to them reclaimuing the word and turning it on its head an all that, but if they wanna add a letter for every word thats slang for gay the acronym is gonna lose its catchiness!

Pherekydes · 18-06-2011 12:20PM

Can we have a hetero, white, male pride festival? I'm guessing no.

El Horseboxo · 18-06-2011 12:21PM

I can get away with saying n1gga. It's pretty much only white people that can't get away with using it.

I've a gay mate and he said not all gays are queers.

mikemac · 18-06-2011 12:22PM

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Queer is an acceptable term among the ghay community just as the word n******r is acceptable among the dhuine gorm community.

Gorm is blue

Did you mean dubh?

Dun · 18-06-2011 12:23PM

That's the Irish for a black person - duine gorm.

Dunjohn · 18-06-2011 12:23PM

mikemac wrote: »

Gorm is blue
Did you mean dubh?

No... those stars don't add up to the "n" word.

I'm still working on that post.

mikemac · 18-06-2011 12:24PM

Dun wrote: »

That's the Irish for a black person - duine gorm.

Ah, I stand corrected

I was translating it word for word and not the phrase

greendom · 18-06-2011 12:24PM

Azureus wrote: »

I saw this last night..that LGBT was being called LGBTQ now and had to look it up to verify the Q meant queer. Fair play to them reclaimuing the word and turning it on its head an all that, but if they wanna add a letter for every word thats slang for gay the acronym is gonna lose its catchiness!

The same happened with the term "gay" didn't it ? That turned out to be pretty successful !

Pherekydes · 18-06-2011 12:24PM

Daoine Gorm is the Irish term for coloured people.

TheZohanS · 18-06-2011 12:28PM

It adds a bit of colour to the city, hope the weather stays nice for them.

artanevilla · 18-06-2011 12:28PM

Straight pride ftw!

AckwelFoley · 18-06-2011 12:29PM

Azureus wrote: »

I saw this last night..that LGBT was being called LGBTQ now and had to look it up to verify the Q meant queer. Fair play to them reclaimuing the word and turning it on its head an all that, but if they wanna add a letter for every word thats slang for gay the acronym is gonna lose its catchiness!

If there are enough letters in it perhaps they can unscramble a word from it

LGBTQ...Hmmm *scratches head*

Azureus · 18-06-2011 12:29PM

greendom wrote: »

The same happened with the term "gay" didn't it ? That turned out to be pretty successful !

Yeah but are they gonna add to it for every slang word? For arguments sake 'creamer' 'fag' 'fairy'... already after three we have LGBTQFCF...might as well just bash my keyboard for a few minutes and call it an acronym for lesbian gay bi and transgender.

Spacedog · 18-06-2011 12:31PM

Pherekydes wrote: »

Can we have a hetero, white, male pride festival? I'm guessing no.

You are free to organise one.
Not sure many would join your Hetro-white supremacist-sausage-fest rally though.

AckwelFoley · 18-06-2011 12:32PM

TheZohan wrote: »

It adds a bit of colour to the city, hope the weather stays nice for them.

..in a New Orleans Creol way or a San Francisco way..

arybvtcw0eolkf · 18-06-2011 12:37PM

I'm not suggesting we all turn gay for the weekend, but if you like to party this is the weekend to do it.

Gay Pride is a brilliant weekend in Dublin, love it.

Kevin Duffy · 18-06-2011 12:37PM

snyper wrote: »

If there are enough letters in it perhaps they can unscramble a word from it

LGBTQ...Hmmm *scratches head*

Well it'll need a "U" to go with the "Q", so next year they'll have to invite people making up their minds, the Unsure.

Corsendonk · 18-06-2011 12:38PM

Pherekydes wrote: »

Can we have a hetero, white, male pride festival? I'm guessing no.

With bedsheets?

TheZohanS · 18-06-2011 12:41PM

Pherekydes wrote: »

Can we have a hetero, white, male pride festival? I'm guessing no.

Ah sure we have that every weekend!

snyper wrote: »

..in a New Orleans Creol way or a San Francisco way..

In a rainbow sort of way.

stovelid · 18-06-2011 12:46PM

I'm all for inclusivity but the length of the festival title is getting out of control.

By 2015, all the posters will have to be in landscape format.

ejmaztec · 18-06-2011 12:47PM

I'm having a BLT weekend.

Badgermonkey · 18-06-2011 12:49PM

TheZohan wrote: »

In a rainbow sort of way.

By Rainbow, presumably you're alluding to a Bear and a pink Hippo.

bonerm · 18-06-2011 12:54PM

snyper wrote: »

Queer pride festival.. thought "queer" was an offensive term?

Yeah, and that's another thing! I resent those people using that word. That's our word for making fun of them! We need it!! Well I'm taking back our word, and I'm taking back my son!

Barna77 · 18-06-2011 12:55PM

^ I prefer fag squad :pac:

Gay pride... meh...

Azureus wrote: »

I saw this last night..that LGBT was being called LGBTQ now and had to look it up to verify the Q meant queer. Fair play to them reclaimuing the word and turning it on its head an all that, but if they wanna add a letter for every word thats slang for gay the acronym is gonna lose its catchiness!

http://twitter.com/#!/textcos/status/79582652608425984

http://yada.wikia.com/wiki/QUILTBAGPIPE

Pherekydes · 18-06-2011 01:15PM

Spacedog wrote: »

You are free to organise one.
Not sure many would join your Hetro-white supremacist-sausage-fest rally though.

Woah, there Nellie. Who said anything about supremacist?

Gay Pride festival begins in Dublin

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