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CONFRONTING BUDWEISER PRIDE, 2002

Posted on April 18, 2018September 27, 2025 by Mary
a parade of products, brands and commodities marching with text reading: "does pride make you sick? -- come join other queers to confront the capitalist beast! meet june 30th mission and 9th 11 am sharp!"
person with a drum standing in a crowd at market and 8th at the end of the parade route
a crowd of people at market and 8th surrounding a mobile sound system that's a stack of speakers bungee-corded to a bike cart and a person wearing a g-string in the foreground with the old trinity apartments building in the background
a person standing in a crowd at market and 8th with "shame" written on their sternum
OFFICIAL GAY SHAME VOMIT BAG. GAY SHAME is a radical alternative to consumerist "pride" crap. We are committed to a queer extravaganza that brings direct action to astounding levels of theatricality in order to expose the evildoers who use the shame of "gay pride" as a cover-up for their greed and misdeeds. We seek nothing less than a new queer activism that addresses issues of race, class, gender, and sexuality, to counter the self-serving "values" of the gay mainstream. We are dedicated to fighting the rabid assimilationist monster of corporate gay "pride" with a devastating mobilization of queer brilliance. GAY SHAME is a celebration of resistance: all are welcome. PUT PATRIOTISM BACK IN THE CLOSET --- GAY SHAME 2002
close-up shot person being apprehended by police at the pride parade
hundreds of people at market and 8th street surrounding the cops and demanding the immediate release of the detained people
the police barricading themselves inside of the burger king at grove and hyde and people surrounding them demanding the immediate release of the detainees
people outside the burger king at hyde and grove shouting for the immediate release of the detainees as a police officer in the foreground looks on
the police close in on market and 8th
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