pride weekend roundup.

after being reunited with one sodak friend, dancing to madonna 58 times, engaging in a slightly awkward makeout session with a gay man on the dance floor, consuming a ridiculous amount of fried food and encountering but one straight man the entire weekend, i am now in full recovery mode from the weekend those of us "in the know" look forward to all year long– gay pride. otherwise known as "new years."

free your mind– not only the theme of this year's celebration, but also a message of hope. while to outsiders, this weekend may seem like just one more excuse to engage in drunken debauchery, for this proud ally, it's also an incredibly important celebration of equality and justice for all. the ability to be free no matter what your race, religion or sexual orientation. perhaps sometime in our lifetime, we won't even need a specific weekend to celebrate this– it will just be the way it is.

we can only hope.