Houston Is So Gay - Page 2

BnaBreaker · #21 Posted: **Jun 27, 2012, 5:39 AM**

Awesome thread. I kind of wish I was a lesbian in Houston. Shit.

I hope to have a similar photo gallery up in a couple months after Northhalsted Market Days in Chicago.

KevinFromTexas · #22 Posted: **Jun 27, 2012, 5:56 AM**

http://i1117.photobucket.com/albums/...1/DSC_9567.jpg

^LOL Is that a stapler in his hand??

Cool shots, photoLith.

LMich · #23 Posted: **Jun 27, 2012, 7:32 AM**

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You do some excellent people shots.

mobyhead · #24 Posted: **Jun 27, 2012, 12:37 PM**

Fantastic pics!

I always go to the Indy Pride but couldn't this year. Tending to my newborn and the wife's Cesarian complications.

Robert Pence · #25 Posted: **Jun 27, 2012, 1:09 PM**

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But then again, something like this would never happen in a small rural town because anyone with any sense or brains gets the hell out of them as soon as possible; so you are left with all the ignorant fox watchers.

Spencer, seat of Owen County in southern Indiana, has a population of about 2,500. It also has an annual Pride Fest in June on the courthouse square.

photoLith · #26 Posted: **Jun 27, 2012, 1:59 PM**

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I'm sure there are a few that are an exception to the rule obviously. For example, eureka springs Arkansas also has a pride parade an it's population is like 3,000 but it's a tourist town with a predominately liberal artistic community.

AviationGuy · #27 Posted: **Jun 28, 2012, 1:44 AM**

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Originally Posted by Robert Pence

Spencer, seat of Owen County in southern Indiana, has a population of about 2,500. It also has an annual Pride Fest in June on the courthouse square.

That's surprising that anything like that would happen in Indiana. Learn something new every day.

xzmattzx · #28 Posted: **Jun 28, 2012, 1:55 AM**

I like the concept of pasties for the women. That should really be a staple for all parades, gay pride or otherwise.

photoLith · #29 Posted: **Jun 28, 2012, 2:42 AM**

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I think it should just be the new trend for society at large. I hope forever 21 starts trying to make that become a fashion trend. But they will only be for sale with women who have fit bodies.

Shasta · #30 Posted: **Jun 28, 2012, 7:35 AM**

Nice pics.

Even though I am a Mo, I skipped the parade this year. Instead, I chose to check out the new Dynamo Stadium for the US vs. Italy rugby match. Team Italy kicked butt on the field. They also won in the eye candy department.

As an aside, the friends I went with live in an old bungalow in Montrose. When they got home, they found a used condom on their front porch. Later, while watching tv, their puppy threw up another used condom... literally on my friend's foot. She posted the most hilarious what's grosser than gross thread on FB about it.

G-R-O-S-S.

photoLith · #31 Posted: **Jun 28, 2012, 12:43 PM**

Oh man, that's awesome, puking up a used condom lol. And I didn't know they played rugby at the new Dynamo stadium. Great news.

Robert Pence · #32 Posted: **Jun 28, 2012, 1:09 PM**

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That's surprising that anything like that would happen in Indiana. Learn something new every day.

Indiana is the target of a lot of unfair stereotyping. There are some redneck areas, particulary south, that harbor pockets of racial and sexual intolerance and there are some residual Klan-infested areas, but there are a lot of progressive cities and towns, too. Spencer benefits from being near Bloomington, home of Indiana University.

Ever since his election, Fort Wayne's current mayor has attended the Gay/Lesbian Dinner Dance at the Grand Wayne Center along with his wife and sometimes with members of his staff, and has read a proclamation celebrating the event. An out lesbian ran for sheriff in a recent election, and although she lost the election because of partisan politics, her sexual orientation never came up in the campaign. Most of our major urban areas are gay-supportive, and many major employers have officially made sexual-orientation a non-issue in their hiring and promotion policies. Small cities that are growth-focused generally have recognized that homophobic attitudes and policies work against them.

KevinFromTexas · #33 Posted: **Jun 28, 2012, 9:31 PM**

Yeah, I'm in favor of women wearing pasties, too! In Texas in the summertime, I don't see how people don't cut women some slack and let them go topless. Legally they can do it in Austin, but they never do except at festivals, sunbathing at Barton Springs and at Hippie Hollow. I know I'm happier in the heat with no shirt on.

Columbusite · #34 Posted: **Jun 29, 2012, 12:28 AM**

I'd love to see your take on other local festivals, btw.

Hill Country · #35 Posted: **Jun 29, 2012, 1:18 AM**

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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

Yeah, I'm in favor of women wearing pasties, too! In Texas in the summertime, I don't see how people don't cut women some slack and let them go topless. Legally they can do it in Austin, but they never do except at festivals, sunbathing at Barton Springs and at Hippie Hollow. I know I'm happier in the heat with no shirt on.

I also have absolutely no problem with MOST women going topless. I would however, impose an age and body fat ratio restriction.

Robert Pence · #36 Posted: **Jun 29, 2012, 1:31 AM**

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I also have absolutely no problem with MOST women going topless. I would however, impose an age and body fat ratio restriction.

Why would you restrict being comfortable to only people you find attractive? Honey, you don't like it, nobody's makin' you look!

mobyhead · #37 Posted: **Jun 29, 2012, 3:32 PM**

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Why would you restrict being comfortable to only people you find attractive? Honey, you don't like it, nobody's makin' you look!

Metro Matt · #38 Posted: **Jun 29, 2012, 6:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

Yeah, I'm in favor of women wearing pasties, too! In Texas in the summertime, I don't see how people don't cut women some slack and let them go topless. Legally they can do it in Austin, but they never do except at festivals, sunbathing at Barton Springs and at Hippie Hollow. I know I'm happier in the heat with no shirt on.

It is perfectly legal for women to go topless on Galveston beaches too as long as no one around complains about the nudity.

There are clothing options where going nude isn't much, if any more comfortable than not wearing clothes. Wearing light colored clothes protects your skin from harmful UV rays anyways as opposed to not wearing anything at all. Even super high SPF's only provide at best 98% protection from the sun & thats only if you follow the directions on the back. Most people only apply enough of the higher SPF stuff to get about 4 SPF out of their sunscreen.

Chicago3rd · #39 Posted: **Jun 30, 2012, 3:55 AM**

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Why would you restrict being comfortable to only people you find attractive? Honey, you don't like it, nobody's makin' you look!

Thank You!

STLgasm · #40 Posted: **Jun 30, 2012, 11:51 AM**

Great shots. I particularly like the pics of pretty girls (the real ones).