West Hollywood is recovering from yet another Pride celebration.
This one seemed to be lower key than usual, and far more commercial. You could not turn around without someone haranguing you for donations for some cause or trying to sell you some product or service on the streets, street corners, in the festival, in fact, just about everywhere.
Many people that I have talked to have become weary of such blatant commercialism, and are planning trips to the Chicago, New York and San Francisco Prides in an effort to rediscover pride festivals that are not so closely tied to dollar signs. Wouldn’t that be a blessed relief?
What has gone wrong with Christopher Street West that they have lost sight of gay pride in favor of gay dollars?
