Celebrate Diversity! Pride Challenge 2007

Posted by Kelly Stern at 6/30/2007 11:51 AM and is filed under Pride

I want to thank everyone who participated in this years Pride Challenge...though there were not as many of you this year as last, I did see a few new folks participate and I truly appreciate you doing so.  I have been a slack ass this week keeping the post on top, but here it is for the last day... let's not forget, we all live in one world and we need to treat each other with respect, regardless of our views on politics or each other, we still need to understand we are all individuals in our own right.  Believe what you want to believe, but do not judge someone for their beliefs or discriminate against them for a life they live, especially when they can't control the fact they are black, white, asian, latin, male, female, gay, straight or just plain crazy... God made us all different...live with it, and be happy with who you are!  Thanks again for a great Pride Month...

                                                    
                                                                      FAMILY FRIENDLY FOUNTAIN

We have come along way,
but still have a long way to go.
Thanks to all those who have paved the way,
Some even gave their lives...
Keep their fight alive...
We won't forget!!

Barack Obama statement on Pride.

It is that time of the year again where I post a photo that shows the rainbow and ask everyone to pass it around in hopes of spreading the idea of diversity. It may not be as pretty as last years, but it is more of the point I am trying to make.  This is a rainbow created by different forces in nature (a little sunshine, water and wind). Last year there were over 100 of you who participated in my challenge and this year I want more.  As I find the picture on sites, I will link to that site here in this post.  I will try and keep this post at the top of the page all month long with links to the other sites.  This challenge is not just about being accepted as a gay man, but it is about societies around the world learning to accept people for being themselves... diversity.  Gay, straight, Christian, Muslim, skinny or fat... we need to be a little more accepting these days.  The world is a mean place, let's work to make it a little nicer by showing this colorful rainbow that formed thanks to the right angle of the sun and a slight breeze across the pond.  Mother natures way of saying she approves of this challenge... shouldn't we all. 

About the photo:  It was taken by me, Kelly Stern, on May 25th, 2007 on my way to work.  This pond/lake is located in Byrd Park in the city of Richmond, Virginia.  Many locals refer to this as "Fountain Lake" for obvious reasons.  It is also adjacent to the neighborhood that I live in, and refered to last year as the "All American Gayborhood" (see side bar of this blog).  Please feel free to use this photo on your blog or website or MySpace page and encourage others to do the same.  If you see my pic somewhere, let me know, so I can link the site to this post.  Here is a link to last years final tally of 107.

THOSE WHO HAVE POSTED:
1.  Kim at There goes my pen 2.  Tony at Life's Colorful Brushstrokes 3.  Tony/Spidey at I'm here... He's there 4.  Pete at It's Just Nothing 5.  Ur-spo at Spo-reflections 6.  Tom at My New Life 7.  Seth at Maine Cliff Dweller 8.  Donnie at Donnie's Diversions 9.  Kevin at actorshmactor 10.  Bigg at My Confessions 11.  Derek at Still Thinking 12.  Kim at According to Kim (her new site, check it out!) 13.  Scotty at All Gay All the Time 14.  Tony at Being Normal 15.  Peter at Tippin' the scales 16.  Lemuel at The Greedy Mailstrom 17.  Sean at Idle Eyes and a Dormy 18.  Jimmi at The Jimmi Chronicles 19.  Danny at Gay Camp 20.  British Bear at The Depression Diaries 21.  Doug at Whisper in the Void 22.  Maddog at A Maddog In The City 23.  Brent at A Journey by Myself 24.  Gavin at Why Oh Why? 25.  Shaney at The Pride Place 26.  Sandy at The Banal Chew 27.  Euprhoric at Real Euphoria 28.  Jim at Though Lovers Be Lost 29.  Mike at PISTOLOTTO 30.  Sue at Fair View 31.  Mike at Coming out in Mid-Life in Red America 32.  Danny at ink2metal works it out 33.  Danny at Attention 34.  Kyle at Atomic Pop! 35.  Boston Pobble at Pobble Thoughts (You must check her out) 36.  Jason at Let's Say You're Right 37.  Long Story Longer 38.  Kendall at The Way I See It... 39.  Jake at Jakely Justified 40.  Jeffrey at Allogenes 41.  Cats at Finding Avalon 42.  David at David's Daily Dramas 43.  Ynager at Ynager65 44.  Jessica at Lord Arthur Savile's Crimes... 45.  G. Cracker at Ramblings and Grahamblings 46.  RIC at De Viris pulchris et Allis 47.  Mike at Manhattan Chowder 48.  Paul at TO&TFTBG 49.  Josh at Superviviente 50.  Matt at A Guy's Moleskin  51.  Greg at A Life in the Day 52.  Mike at The Lewis Show 53. Matt at Matterdays 54.  Chris at It's About What We Say 55.  J.P. at Life Is Such A Sweet Insanity 56.  Atari-Age at Ready, Reset, Go...  57. VJ at VJnet  58. Benton at Dr. Benton Quest 59.  Steve and Warren at Our View On Superior 60. Will at Saturday Night Soup 61.  Queerclick at QueerClick's Sticky! 62.  Rob at Rob's Stuff  63.  Patrick at Patrick's Place  64.  Lewis at Spirit of Saint Lewis 65.  Mr. Cajun at Brettcajun  66.  Joy at A Little Happiness  67. karmicdragonfly 68.  Ed and Tony  69.  Gay Men Rule 70.  Toon's and Tunes 71.  Steve on MySpace 72.  Tony at LargeTony 73. Kelly at Project Kelly 74.  Chris at About a boy and his briefs 75.  Curtis at Let me tell you about it, sweetie 76. Lance at Lexx's Nexxus 77.  Kevin at Kevin's Space 78.  Matt at Die Fledermaus 79.  Dan at DanNation 80.  Wayne at Wayne's World 81.  Mo at It's A Blog Eat Blog World 82.  J at Would I!? 83.  Dave at Big Red Dave 84.  Linda  85. Chris at My 2 Cents  86.   Jason G. at Caramelized OpiNIONS

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