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What pride means to me: Craig from Puntabulous

Jun 19, 2008 by
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Frank of OMG blogWho is Craig
Craig serves up “super. dorky. fun” on his blog Puntabulous (http://puntabulous.com/).

Craig in his own words
Napoleon Dynamite, with worse dance moves; Bridget Jones, with fewer love interests; And any random plucky sidekick, with less saving the day.

What does pride mean to you?
For me, pride isn’t about being “Here and Queer!” one day of the year. If I’m truly proud, it shouldn’t matter to me what others think, and I certainly don’t need to make changing people’s viewpoints my full time job. But if I present myself and my views in a way that people can understand and respect throughout the year, I may very well change some viewpoints without even trying.

What are you doing for pride this year?
I live in New York, but chances are the pride event I go to won’t make it on the news. I’ll be with friends celebrating love and life in our own way. And that way is usually a Wii tournament.

This post is part of our series: What Pride Means To Me

  1. Our series for June: What Pride Means to Me
  2. What pride means to me: Feast of Fools
  3. What pride means to me: WeHo Mayor Jeffrey Prang
  4. What pride means to me: Steph & Alek from OhLaLa
  5. What pride means to me: Justin Rudd
  6. What pride means to me: Kate Clinton
  7. What pride means to me: Brett Henrichsen
  8. What pride means to me: Arjan Writes
  9. What pride means to me: Frank from OMG blog
  10. What pride means to me: Dan Renzi
  11. What pride means to me: Ernie from Little Yellow Different
  12. What pride means to me: Craig from Puntabulous
  13. What pride means to me: Rod McCullom
  14. What pride means to me: Jesse Archer
  15. What pride means to me: Michelangelo Signorile
  16. What pride means to me: Atlantaboy
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  • http://www.gaycities.com/reviewer/cll/ cll

    Living by example helps people who are exposed but phobic become more accepting. Taking an extra step to show your pride helps people who are not exposed to gay people know we exist and that there is no shame.

  • http://www.gaycities.com/reviewer/sollasollewmn/ sollasollewmn

    “Taking an extra step to show your pride helps people who are not exposed to gay people know we exist and that there is no shame.”

    OK, maybe so… but why does so much at Pride have to be so tacky? I’m going to have a tougher time convincing exposed but phobic people of anything if they catch a sample of the truly tasteless displays I’ve seen at most pride festivals.

  • http://www.gaycities.com/reviewer/cll/ cll

    “but why does so much at Pride have to be so tacky”?
    Oh, I may agree with you. But what is the definition of tacky? Can we regulate things based on our own internalized homophobia. I wish there was not so much of the leather scene at pride festivals. I am aware that is an issue for me. I hope that someday we will unite within our own community and not fight each other because of our difference, as tacky as they may be.