Brighton Pride after-party plans fall through (From The Argus)

why do we need an after-party party? Just keep partying in Preston Park. Saves traipsing to the sea-front!

corruptive wrote:
why do we need an after-party party? Just keep partying in Preston Park. Saves traipsing to the sea-front!

Don't you mean, saves **** on the seafront?

jon s wrote:

corruptive wrote: why do we need an after-party party? Just keep partying in Preston Park. Saves traipsing to the sea-front!

Don't you mean, saves **** on the seafront?

life?

I once applied to Brighton Council to hire Stanmer Park for business purposes. I was planning on an annual heterosexual theme park and festival. Men and women dressed up in theme costume. I was going to include an Edwardian tea garden, Victorian bicycle race, a 1940's WW2 celebratory big band dance, Morris dancers and a country barn dance to boot.

Unfortunately, Brighton Council turned me down on the grounds of being too diverse.

Kevin1978 wrote:
I once applied to Brighton Council to hire Stanmer Park for business purposes. I was planning on an annual heterosexual theme park and festival. Men and women dressed up in theme costume. I was going to include an Edwardian tea garden, Victorian bicycle race, a 1940's WW2 celebratory big band dance, Morris dancers and a country barn dance to boot. Unfortunately, Brighton Council turned me down on the grounds of being too diverse.

You'd have faired better if it included men dressed as women.

jon s wrote:

Kevin1978 wrote: I once applied to Brighton Council to hire Stanmer Park for business purposes. I was planning on an annual heterosexual theme park and festival. Men and women dressed up in theme costume. I was going to include an Edwardian tea garden, Victorian bicycle race, a 1940's WW2 celebratory big band dance, Morris dancers and a country barn dance to boot. Unfortunately, Brighton Council turned me down on the grounds of being too diverse.

You'd have faired better if it included men dressed as women.

and they would have given you a grant....

pride is a good event but it needs to be kept as it was intended. a one day celebration enjoyed by all, a parade then a party in the park. events organisers seem to always want to go over the top and be jobsworths. it would be a pathetic party on madeira drive and lose prides purpose. judith give up, brighton is welcoming to gays but they are not special needs or need patronising, they will party in the bars as normal.

bug eye wrote:
pride is a good event but it needs to be kept as it was intended. a one day celebration enjoyed by all, a parade then a party in the park. events organisers seem to always want to go over the top and be jobsworths. it would be a pathetic party on madeira drive and lose prides purpose. judith give up, brighton is welcoming to gays but they are not special needs or need patronising, they will party in the bars as normal.

As being gay is now main stream, do we really need Pride any more?

yes we do Stan, there are homophobes like you lurking under stones everywhere, longing for the day when we can be like Uganda.

There isnt even a question of gay equality any more. Hasnt been for years. We have numerous gay people in films, television, music, public sector jobs like the police, everywhere. Even one of the daytime Radio 1 DJs, and Mandelson! (not a good role model i agree). It's nothing, so what, who cares about anyone sexuality. There are those who dont like it, but homophobia isnt illegal. Thats their problem. The vast majority of the country dont have a problem with it.

The real problem is people are tired of the whole event. There is no issues with gay equality anymore and while there are still homophobes out there, having an annual event such as this is not going to change the outlook of those particular people one jot. This is just an excuse to party which in itself is fine however it has now go to the point where it is no longer self supporting and financing and the council has now dipped into its pocket and given Pride a loan. I'm sorry but the time has come to either put up or shut up - make it pay or out it goes. Now before you all start kicking off about the amount of business it brings into the town, this is cobblers because by the time you've added up the cost of the Policing and clean-up operation its all academic anyway. I should know - I like opposite the park and if you want a wake up call on how much rubbish is involved, just come and have a walk around early on the Sunday morning following the event. It is like a warzone. To answer "corruptive" as to why not just carry on partying in the park; hundreds of people who live around the park have their lives affected for days before and after the event. We are effectivly barricaded into our properties, we have to suffer defecation, drug dealing, litter, abuse from the drunk teenagers and disturbed sleep from the Wilde Ones vehicles patrolling the park the night before the event and the generators and floodlights.
Oh and the noise during the event from the fairground rides and Wild Fruit tent really need to be experienced in person from an internal room with two doors and double glazing between you and the noise.
I'm not some NIMBY who wants the event scrapped - I actually love the day itself and we have friends around and celebrate the time out. That said, I really, genuinly think enough is enough. It has not only outgrown the location but it has run its course. It cannot fund itself despite best efforts from the organisers and there is a growing unease regarding some aspects of the whole thing. The icing on the cake was the "loan" from B&HBC which Pride will struggle to pay back and this alone has upset a great many oeple in the town. I'm all for a celebration but please stop ramming the whole "gay rights and equality" message down peoples throats. You are not doing yourselves any favours and its having an adverse effect.