Stockholm Pride
So Pride Week just happened here in Stockholm last week. The week of festivities is culminated by a huge parade. Word is, there were 60,000 people at the parade this year! That's a lot of pride. I had to work on Saturday, so I was unable to attend. I hadn't thought about attending, though. I didn't know how big it is here. I didn't know the level of support that the gay community gets here. I must say, it's remarkable. While I was working, Young Cousin called me to see what I was doing. I told him I was working. He said that was unfortunate. He was calling to invite me to watch the parade from his friend's balcony. He said they were having fun and the view of the parade was awesome. I tried to hide my surprise. Young Cousin is 23. At 23, a gay pride parade would probably have been one of the last places I would have gone to. I wasn't homophobic or anything (or was I?), but I was more ignoran...