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About Manchester GayFest 2000
GayFest is the replacement for Mardi Gras. This year's event
was much smaller, but that was what a lot of us wanted after 1999.
Gone is the radio station sponsorship, the stage and the outdoor bars and events
which attracted thousands of not-so gay-friendly people. Or 'knobheads and straight
twats' as Julia Grant of Hollywood Showbar so eloquently put it recently. However,
she added that 'straight friends from around the world' are welcome.
The atmosphere on the Saturday (the day of the parade) was much more like the
old days and the August Bank Holiday event of a decade ago, which spawned Mardi
Gras. It felt gay, more-intimate and fun!
Earlier, the weather had been bad, with heavy rain, but fortunately it stopped
in time for the traditional parade of floats. These passed through the city centre
and on to the gay village.... |
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