one of the most anticipated event here in amsterdam is gay parade, a boat parade along one of the main canal. I, myself, is always curios about it. So I was there yesterday, at the start point of the parade, with thousand of people.
The music was loud, each of the boat and even the spectator’s boat turns on their music, people were dancing on and off the boat. the beer keeps flowing from the nearby bar. I was standing in between 2 groups, in front of me was a group of dutch at my age, going crazy about the parade. Their shouts and dance attract the participants. and behind me is couple of oma and opa hahaha……but it was fun, even when of the guy in the crowd decided to pee on the canal, people just laughed. nobody is being hurted. The atmosphere was really joyful, guess I am standing at right spot between these two contradict groups.
on the boat, as expected, the gay people dance with provocative costume, revealing most of their upper body part. what a view! six pack and so so so sexy!….and they’re gay, oh well! they’re just happy and free. In the second boat during the parade, there was a wedding ceremony took place, the groom and groom were saying I do right in front of my spot and then kissed each other passionately. And then a few boats latter, the police’s boat passed throu’ the canal with complete uniform, gay policemen and women. the police and rainbow flags hanged side by side.
Standing there, I was so happy and touched. They are also one of us after all, and should be treated equally. Seeing their happy faces I realized that human are just too judgmental. Maybe being gay is not the normal life according to some people standard, but it is not like you just choose to be gay and that’s it. Most gay people I know are struggling with their existences, proving that being gay is somewhat not a choice one’s happily made. Even in their community itself, it is a struggle. Some gay people looks for a real relationship, a real commitment, which is, so I heard, not very easy to find in the gay community. But right or wrong is not ours to judge.
maybe only in amsterdam being gay is like in heaven. *lebay!