Some members of the LGBT community are refusing to attend the Gay Pride Parade in San Francisco because it’s too vanilla. They claim the event has become too “straight, white, and corporate.”

Now, I know I’m just an old fuddy-duddy when it comes to this kind of stuff, but looking at these photos from previous Pride Parades, just what do these people see that’s too “straight” and “white”? (Some photos NSFW).

Guardian:

So, people who constantly complain they’re on the outside looking in when it comes to being accepted by society refuse the invitation to be accepted by society because the event isn’t “queer” enough?

Yikes.

I’m as tolerant as the next guy but really, what does it say about the tolerance of the LGBT community when they boycott an event just because there are straight people who attend?

If you want to be a separate community, detached from the mainstream, you are free to do that in America. But if it’s acceptance by the mainstream that you seek, perhaps you should think about embracing our differences — all of our differences, including the differences found in “straight, white” America.