Okc pride 2014

[soonerguru]

It's been like that for the parade, since at least the 1990s, maybe sooner than that, since its been building since the first parade in 1983. More and more straights have been finding it a good, fund experience to go to.

Straight though I may be, I received no funding for attending this year's Pride extravaganza.

[Bullbear]

Straight though I may be, I received no funding for attending this year's Pride extravaganza.

Please be patient.. we are first working on sending toasters to all who converterd to Homosexuality over the weekend then funding to straight participants will be taken care of. watch your mailbox.

[Jeepnokc]

Please be patient.. we are first working on sending toasters to all who converterd to Homosexuality over the weekend then funding to straight participants will be taken care of. watch your mailbox.

You mean I can convert? It's a choice? Damn...no one told me, so I can get a free toaster if I choose to change my sexual preference? If I had known, maybe I didn't need to spend $39.95 on a toaster for my wife last Christmas.

[Bullbear]

You mean I can convert? It's a choice? Damn...no one told me, so I can get a free toaster if I choose to change my sexual preference? If I had known, maybe I didn't need to spend $39.95 of the toaster for my wife last Christmas.

Keep quiet I have said too much already.. the last thing I need is the Gay Mafia breathing down my throat because I sent out copies of the Gay Agenda.

[soonerguru]

The Gay Agenda is.......toasters?

[kevinpate]

Please be patient.. we are first working on sending toasters to all who converterd to Homosexuality over the weekend then funding to straight participants will be taken care of. watch your mailbox.

funniest thing I read today thus far, from any source. Well played.

[Bullbear]

The Gay Agenda is.......toasters?

Or..... is it....... Bwa ha ha ha :::::: steps slowly into the darkness:::::::

[Dubya61]

Somehow I picture toasters being thrown from (forgive me) Derplahoman windows state-wide while Bubba, sitting in his thatched hut under the light of a meek incandescent bulb, tries to suspend a plastic replica of bull testicles from his toaster mumbling something about his cold, dead hands.

[soonerliberal]

Crowd-lined streets.
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This is why I really wish the organizers would move the event downtown and also consider opening up a gay bar or two in an up and coming urban area. I understand there is some emotional connection to the 39th street drag, but that area is very dated and barely walkable. Furthermore, the Habana Inn is simply a mess that needs to go for a number of areas.

[soonerguru]

This is why I really wish the organizers would move the event downtown and also consider opening up a gay bar or two in an up and coming urban area. I understand there is some emotional connection to the 39th street drag, but that area is very dated and barely walkable. Furthermore, the Habana Inn is simply a mess that needs to go for a number of areas.

I think there are efforts afoot to improve the area, along with the help of the city. Agree with you about Habana Inn.

[Bullbear]

This is why I really wish the organizers would move the event downtown and also consider opening up a gay bar or two in an up and coming urban area. I understand there is some emotional connection to the 39th street drag, but that area is very dated and barely walkable. Furthermore, the Habana Inn is simply a mess that needs to go for a number of areas.

there are efforts in motion to make the "strip" more attractive. there have already been improvements in lighting and crosswalks and reducing from 4 lane to 2 lane with Bike lanes. I would like to see the area continue to improve and actually would love to see Planted medians and really spruce up the place. It would do wonders to attract possible businesses that are more than just night clubs. I don't see the parade or festival moving back towards downtown as the experimental shift to Film Row was not well recieved. I think the community would like to see our own version of chicagos Boystown or Cedarsprings in Dallas. I would love to see some life in the area during the day and cleaned up.

[Bunty]

This is why I really wish the organizers would move the event downtown and also consider opening up a gay bar or two in an up and coming urban area. I understand there is some emotional connection to the 39th street drag, but that area is very dated and barely walkable. Furthermore, the Habana Inn is simply a mess that needs to go for a number of areas.

Do they need to tear down the Habana Inn and replace it with a mid-tower hotel?

[LocoAko]

there are efforts in motion to make the "strip" more attractive. there have already been improvements in lighting and crosswalks and reducing from 4 lane to 2 lane with Bike lanes. I would like to see the area continue to improve and actually would love to see Planted medians and really spruce up the place. It would do wonders to attract possible businesses that are more than just night clubs. I don't see the parade or festival moving back towards downtown as the experimental shift to Film Row was not well recieved. I think the community would like to see our own version of chicagos Boystown or Cedarsprings in Dallas. I would love to see some life in the area during the day and cleaned up.

I noticed the bike lanes and enjoyed them, but are there any plans to add actual sidewalks? I feel like that alone would do wonders to clean up the "look" of the district...

[soonerliberal]

Do they need to tear down the Habana Inn and replace it with a mid-tower hotel?

Replace it with a mid-tower hotel or even a strip mall... that thing is total filth. The whole area needs significant beautification. I think if the gay community were to centralize in the western Film Row area that is already up and coming, it would be tremendously successful. The great thing about both the cited districts of Boystown and Cedar Springs is that they are in very nice walkable areas of their respective cities.

[Bullbear]

Replace it with a mid-tower hotel or even a strip mall... that thing is total filth. The whole area needs significant beautification. I think if the gay community were to centralize in the western Film Row area that is already up and coming, it would be tremendously successful. The great thing about both the cited districts of Boystown and Cedar Springs is that they are in very nice walkable areas of their respective cities.

Cedarsprings was not always that way.. it use to be a wreck years ago.. they have done many improvements in the past 20 years. I don't know about Chicago. however I do know it is not uncommon for the GAY district to be born in a run down slum part of the city that nobody wants.. and then eventually turns around into one of the most beautiful districts.. I am hoping this will be the case with OKC.. Our City has been a bit slower than some at embracing this community in my opinion.

[ljbab728]

An interesting promotion by Burger King in connection with San Francisco's parade.

Burger King sells 'Proud Whopper' in San Francisco | News OK

[Bullbear]

An interesting promotion by Burger King in connection with San Francisco's parade.

Burger King sells 'Proud Whopper' in San Francisco | News OK

Smart Marketing!