Please Boycott My City, Too!

Dear American Family Association,

I just read about your call to boycott Philadelphia because the city is encouraging gay people to travel to the City of Brotherly Love. I'd like to suggest that you add New York City to your list of Cities That Love Teh Gay and Must Be Punished.

Why?

1. We have loads of gays here. (And this data is six years old! I bet we have even more now.)


2. We even have a Gay Street.


3. Hell, we have entire gay neighborhoods. See e.g., the Village, Chelsea, and lately Hell's Kitchen.


4. Every June, we have a world-famous Gay Pride parade that makes people like you gnash their teeth and tear their hair. (Actually, the entire week celebrates the gays.)


5. Our gays have their own Gay & Lesbian Center, which does all sorts of interesting and productive work that benefits gays.


6. We have an enormous Halloween parade that is a showcase for all sorts of gay talents. The costumes are creative and crazy and sometimes grostesque. We love it. You'll hate it.


7. In 2006, Planet Out (that's a gay website) gave us top honors as the most popular destination in the United States for gay and lesbian travelers.


8. The modern gay liberation movement started right here.


9. The gay woman who gives me my oh-so-stylish haircuts (you know, the ones that distinguish me from the mullet-sporting hoardes at your megachurch), well you're not getting an appointment with her, anyway.


10. We have too damn many tourists here already.

Keep on hating, haters.

res

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