Thursday, June 05, 2025
I've
pretty much always gone to see the Pride Parade here in the Queen City
of the Lakes- it's down the block from our house, it's an easy way to
show support, and we know a lot of people who are in it. This year A
decided that we should march. She might have signed up with her church
but thought marching with the Erie County Bar Association would be
better. (Also, gay or straight I don't think I'd have bothered to go if
it meant hanging out with a bunch of Unitarians.) I felt a little
awkward since I am neither gay nor a member of the Erie County Bar
Association, but neither is a visible status, so I locked on a smile and
started waiving. The route was mobbed, and it cool to see how many
people were there with their kids- the haters get the attention but
there are lots and lots of right-thinking people out there. I was a bit
disappointed that the ECBA didn't make a better showing but maybe the
gay lawyers were marching with other groups. We seemed to be mostly
allies, although, again, who knows? For me civil rights issues are
fundamental, and about human potential. As I walked I thought about the
Pakistani lawyers who took to the streets in 2009. Our glamor profession
seems like it's the last bulwark against fascism, and if that means
anything it means standing up to bullying, oppression and hate.
// posted by Bill @ 10:19 AM 
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