A butch roadmap
LOOSE END / I am sketching directions so that I can be found, or followed
Ivan Coyote / National / Thursday, July 02, 2009
http://www.xtra.ca/public/National/A_butch_roadmap-7063.aspx (http://www.xtra.ca/public/National/A_butch_roadmap-7063.aspx)
A couple of months back, I came upon an article in the online version of Xtra entitled Winnipeg Pride wants parade to be "family friendly."
In the article, the then-chair of last year's Pride parade was quoted as saying "we have to remember that this is a public event, part of the parade is to show people we're not extremists."
When pressed to explain just what she meant by extremists, she responded: "Drag queens and butch women." She then added it was important to show the people of Winnipeg that there are "mainstream" queer community members, too, like "lawyers and doctors."