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King Bobbi's trip to Manhattan 150 kilometers away in Philadelphia, across the two states of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and I have sensed the "Big Apple" smell. To be sure, and I also from Philadelphia station by bus to go toNew YorkPassengers at least a small dial is running a gay pride parade go, some like to sit in the front of the car, haven't I noticed: all childish off girls, white and black, seems to have not graduated from high school, twitter does not stop laughing, smile, have several grinning his white teeth braces.

They like the purple around 20 years old tall wear cream-colored tight vest and a small white guy, the body that is thoroughly tempered out in the gym, concave and convex have no fat, like walking down from the "men's health" magazine. More striking is the lower body, short red denim shorts with double peach red slippers, toes painted pink nail polish, I can't help but feel a portable gaydar ("homosexual" violent) pointer deflection, moment reaches the maximum value. He give a swift glance and practise fawning manner and brawny arm to hang up a pink bag, then don't mention it, if put inBeijingThe peach, man must be attributed to "King Bobbi" class, made the muscle male and feminine like nature itself -- highest quality, as the perfect combination of diamond and Bobbi doll.

The United States of New York

Gossip less, King Bobbi and his sisters brought a peach festival atmosphere to the bus, as if the trailer New York gay pride parade, from Philadelphia to Manhattan a roadshow. The situation like the farmer to go to the fair, I can imagine at this time of the Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, is a huge crowds of people lined the streets to welcome the head, the "hellcat motorcycle team" (Dykes onBikes), female drivers a majestic-looking, lips black, forehead tightening strips, to the eye-catching �� symbol, like a team from the modern urban jungle deep her tribe; followed, should be a pretty large trucks, a group of wearing only underpants, neck hung rainbow feathers of the handsome young man in the car enjoyed the dance or kept blowing soap bubbles.

Oh, yes, this parade is definitely leading figure, New York governor Cuomo and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said at the time it is to stand naked man leaves, to the Fifth Avenue crowd nod and smile. I know, all levels of local officials and politicians are not good time miss gay pride parade this shows people's attitude, just to see the "500000 players" and "1500000 to watch" two numbers, they will not let go.

King Bobbi's trip to Manhattan

Every summer for a whole month was designated as the "Gay Pride Month", in which the climax of the weekend as usual to hold a affects the parade, which has been a tradition for many years. Not only in New York, the other big city which I previously lived in Seattle, San Francisco also held the same parade, are called "gay pride" (Gay Pride), this be not at all surprising. But this year's "Pride Month" and unlike in previous years, on the two day held before the parade, New York state legislature voted to allow gay marriage legal, 33 votes to 29 votes, is simply a "Pride Month" to the accident and the gift, for the city of New York 270000 GLBT (men and women gay, bisexual and transgender people) this year, particularly with proud of.

So my this trip to New York is a coincidence, happened to witness a "human freedom and equality's historic victory" (evaluation to legalize same-sex marriage Mayor Bloomberg). Fine trace origin, this finally win the struggle has lasted 42 years. After the second world war is the age of fifty or sixtyThe United States of AmericaEconomic, cultural sustained prosperity in the big city such as New York, the culture of homosexuality in the 60's has already begun to take shape, some atmosphere is relatively free and open the region gradually formed a gay life and consumer communities, such as New York's Greenwich Village and San Castro area. But at that time, the United States of America around the judicial system is still serious discrimination against gays, even bigger than some socialist states.

King Bobbi's trip to Manhattan

After 60 time metaphase, the United States to step into the Vietnam quagmire, various social grassroots civil rights movement began brewing fermentation, the first black civil rights movement of Martin Luther King o o advocates, and feminism, the traditional mainstream culture of the hippie movement, by a wave of anti-war tide, gradually broke. All kinds of human rights, the issue of homosexuality seems to be the last is not capture the fortress. Until the late 60's, police harassment gay bars, nightclubs, arrest homosexual, or it is quite common for things, isotropic open hand, kissing, and even appeared only in a gay bar, are likely to be arrested reasons, their names will be the police to newspaper exposure of the identity, make its lose all standing and reputation.

June 28, 1969 morning, Christopher Greenwich Village street from "the Stonewall riots" to the legalization of same-sex marriage, gay New York for more than 42 years the Stonewall for equal rights struggle (Stonewall Inn) has about 200 customers, "village" and other bars and streets also gathered a lot of people, this is a a busy summer weekends, but "village" atmosphere is not happy, just 5 days ago, fifty or sixty's the United States of America gay men's number one idol star Judi o Garland (Judy Garland) drug overdose died.

The legalization of same-sex marriage

People generally think that it later, early on the morning of June 28th outbreak of the "Stonewall riot" and Garland's death, in the depressed state of the "villagers", emotional touch burning, the barrel of gunpowder pent-up finally broke out, this is the violence often irrational factors. At one twenty in the morning, 4 plainclothes and uniformed police broke into the two Stonewall, forcibly guest registration data, put all the guests wear dresses with female toilets to examine gender, the drag will be arrested, the others were driven out.