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Thank you! My partner and I will find whatever we are looking simply because we have each other. I know that sounds sickening sweet but I believe that most sincerely.

Good luck with your move. I can see why you'd want to leave and hope you and your partner will find what you're looking for!

Hello Red:

I attended my very first Pride March when I was 19. That would have been summer of 81 or 82 I believe. My very first boyfriend, Tom, wanted me to go with him. I was nervous and scared and didn't know what to expect. I hadn't come out yet and I'd heard so many horrible things about gay people.

Marching down 5th Avenue in Manhattan we stopped at one point and Tom turned to me and said, "Look before you." So I did. Then he said, "Now look behind you." And I did. It struck me how many thousands upon thousands of people were still behind us considering the many thousands already before us. And we still had not gotten to our destination. Back then it started at Christopher Street and went to Central Park.

I will never forget that as long as I live.

But something has been lost. There's too much commercialism everywhere and we often need reminders of why we march. Yes it's wonderful to be able to walk around with no shirt on, shorts, or even partially naked. Or in costume or ...