Iconoclastic FREAK PRIDE 2016

Den første pridemarkeringen var et opprør. Det var gatekamper hvor rasifiserte transaktivister, lesber, skruller og sopere sloss mot politiet. I 2016 er det fortsatt noen som føler seg mest hjemme litt bortenfor regnbuen. De kan komme til oss. Danse, diskutere, flørte, drikke, svette og hyle høyt. Det er greit! Dj Deadswan og venner sørger for revolusjonær queer electro, traktorlesbe techno og grisete poppers rytmer. En fin og frekk oppvarming til Oslo Pride er det. Så kom! «What is this thing called Gay?» Chloe Poems © So what is this thing called Gay? And who is it for? Well This is for the rent boys Disadvantaged and the poor This is for the people our magazines ignore This is for the volunteers And the mobile-phoneless This is for the streets And the gays who are homeless. This is for the queers Who first answered the clarion call Those magnificent men who were drag queens Breaking rules and breaking nails By throwing bricks at Stonewall. This is for their sparkle This is for their spangle This is for those who wore the pink triangle. This is for the ladies, transgendered and the gents And those sassy saucy Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. This is for the slogan "No surrender" For every diesel dyke And lipstick lesbian avenger. This is for the complex, the confident and banal And for all those wonderful times Cruising the canal. This is for the bitter, this is for the sweet And for all of you out there Who love an anal treat. This is for the people who survived their abusers This is for the sex workers and the wheelchair users For families, friends, partners Who've watched their loved ones die For the lowest of the low The highest of the high. This is for those of us who live with this disease This is for anger This is for peace. This isn't for Judy Garland, Shirley Bassey or Madonna This is for unity, integrity and honour For individuality and its increasing rarity For S&M And its liberating perversity. This is for the fat This is for the skinny This is for the screaming queen And the moaning Minnie. This is for the winners But more for the losers And for all my friends The pill-poppers and boozers Rave on Gaychester! This is for movement This is for stillness This is for sanity And mental illness. This is for the families who have never pretended This is for the forgiving And the offended This is for coming through the violence and hate This is for the end Of Clause 28. This is for the isolated This is for the crowd. This is Chloe Poems And why I'm out and proud.