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From an Aussie Man: I don't know, for sure. If enough people enjoy them and benefit from them, they can't be all bad. (At Right: Scene from Sydney's world famous Gay Pride Parade.)

However, my personal attitude is that they are past their best-by date, and all the expense (millions), all that fantastically creative energy, could be channeled into some community activities that are more 21st century and more productive, more likely to achieve our aims of being accepted as Fully Human and Not Terribly Scary After All.

Let's acknowledge the incredibly important role of such marches and parades in having helped us get to where we are now, but let's also get over them, and move with the times, for chrissake.