What was the first game for you when you went to?
The first one in LA and the first one here in Long Beach.
We were closeted back then in the mad ashen to start.
We just had clandestine groups meeting all over, meeting in Los Angeles.
The first game for you in LA did it?
I think there was a couple of floats.
Mostly people drumming and walking and flackers and things like that.
People in cars, I think there was a float for I remember correctly.
There was probably two or three floats.
Something for everybody.
And of course it was the leather crowd that was up there with bare buttons.
When was the first time you saw a cheerleader at a gay pride parade?
That's the first time I saw a gay pride parade.
Come on Bob, get out of here and get with you.
Think about the man, Bob.
You want to hang around the homosexuals.
Junior, you do anything for a girl, Judas.
I think God has brought you here, Judas.
Shame on you, Bob.
You stole her, Bob.
You stole your soul for him.
LA, Angeles was the very first place in the world to start gay pride parades.
And we are celebrating our 41st year on this planet.
Celebrating 41 years of gay pride.
So come to LA.
Governments and religion have been denied it for years even though they participate in it.
It's just acknowledgment to let people know we are here and we're not going to hide anymore.
The nuns of professional indulgence.
One of the big purposes for them is to raise funds in life.
And about every city has.
Every major city has nuns of professional indulgence.
For me, no, it's not for them.
It's just like a baseball team.
We belong to this group.
That's what it is.
More straight guys cross-dress in Halloween than anybody else I know.
It's a release to them.
And it's just part of the whole cosmic thing of what we are.
To thank it is a symbol for the Roman Empire.
It was also a bundle of special type of wood that was tied together by pagans at one time for special ceremonies.
And then it got to be just a bundle of wood that you throw on a fire.
Relationships define sexuality.
Yes, they do. They help define but not necessarily proclaim.
I don't feel the attachment to David, who is my lover, and he died.
In fact, I had three lovers that died.
I don't feel the attachment.
But I'm grateful that they were in my life and I've learned some stuff from them.
There's no reason to go into the class to see what I learned.
I don't want to hang on to that because it gives me room to love this guy over here.
It gives me room to love you.
Some people don't realize that your mind's one thing, the body's the other thing.
It's bisexual.
And some people haven't done anything with it.
Some people experiment and they've not caught before.
Even though they're still straight.
It's the sensual thing. It has nothing to do with it.
We call it sexuality, but we're all sexual beings.
