Columbus, OH Pride - June 20 & 21, 2014

[Sha]

Stop by our booth with FCKH8 and say hello if you are in Columbus for Pride.

 

[stowe1]

Stop by our booth with FCKH8 and say hello if you are in Columbus for Pride.

This is the truly disappointing one. You were there last year and it is not one of your larger Pride venues. Moreover in the past, you have said that one of the factors you use in selecting sites is the dates because so many overlap. Well, this one overlaps with Denver so you must be deploying two groups to cover each of them. Much the same as you must be deploying two groups to cover St. Louis and Minn. since they both fall on the same weekend of the 28th & 29th.

Now I realize you probably will never come (back) to Pittsburgh since I live here and have been the bane of your existence on this whole Pride issue. But I make the case for Pittsburgh because:

1. It is bigger than Columbus;

2. It draws from a bigger area including eastern Ohio, northern West Va., and Western Maryland where there are gay communities which don't have any significant Pride celebrations.

3. You were last here in 2010 (before I was a Broke Straight Boys member) and the event has exponentially grown since then.

4. We have had prime entertainment for our Saturday Pride in the Streets including Jennifer Holliday, Melissa Etheridge, and last year Adam Lambert. This year will feature Chaka Khan. Last year there were over 8,000 people for that event.

5. On Sunday, our Pridefest draws more than 10,000 people which would be a great source for potential new customers for Broke Straight Boys

6. At the beginning of 2013 when you solicited ideas from members as to Pride event locations, I wrote to suggest Pittsburgh; I told you through my work in the community here, I knew some of the top people in the Delta Foundation which runs Pride and I could connect you up with them to try to make sure you got the best rates, booth sites, etc. I never even had the courtesy of a response last year or this.

Now to be truthful, from my perspective, I could care less whether you ever come back to Pittsburgh or not. Given my health situation, I have gone to Pride in the Streets once and never the Pridefest. Although if I knew Broke Straight Boys were going to be there, I would make every effort possible to get there. But I, unlike some other forumites, do not have any great need or desire to interact with the models. If I had the chance to meet them and I could get there, fine. But I'm not going to go into a blue funk if I never do.

I advocate for Pittsburgh because the potential for new business from Broke Straight Boys's viewpoint is greater if for no other reason than the number of attendees and the wider geographic area from which they are drawn.

As I have always averred Denver makes sense since it is the home of Broke Straight Boys You go to too many places in southern California. I do congratulate you for the few new places that you have announced thus far and maybe you'll surprise us with even more.

And 'til my dying breath I will always contend that you should go to NYC Pride every year as it is the birthplace of the modern gay rights movement and Pride itself. It should be NYC, Denver, and then plan the rest.

 

[mikeyank]

And 'til my dying breath I will always contend that you should go to NYC Pride every year as it is the birthplace of the modern gay rights movement and Pride itself. It should be NYC, Denver, and then plan the rest.

You know I have no argument with you Stowe on that.

 

[Sha]

Please allow me to explain the reasoning behind selecting Columbus this year. The vendor that provides our product is based in Columbus so this is an event that he always has a booth at. The event takes place on Friday evening and all day Saturday. He graciously allowed us to share his booth space. We will only be sending one (1) model to this event and our vendor will supervise the booth. The cost to Broke Straight Boys is very minimal since our vendor will already be there so we decided that it would only make sense to do the event as the members and fans of Broke Straight Boys would be happy to see Broke Straight Boys participate at this event.

 

[nickkk1881]

Please allow me to explain the reasoning behind selecting Columbus this year. The vendor that provides our product is based in Columbus so this is an event that he always has a booth at. The event takes place on Friday evening and all day Saturday. He graciously allowed us to share his booth space. We will only be sending one (1) model to this event and our vendor will supervise the booth. The cost to Broke Straight Boys is very minimal since our vendor will already be there so we decided that it would only make sense to do the event as the members and fans of Broke Straight Boys would be happy to see Broke Straight Boys participate at this event.

Do you know which model that will be? thanks.

 

[osulover13]

No offense to Adam and Johnny but I hope its somebody else

 

[osulover13]

Stop by our booth with FCKH8 and say hello if you are in Columbus for Pride.

Who is going to be there?