just as long as you are on the island its cool.

good to know it is a living tradition somewhere.

@hankster Not actually a 'Tradition' of sorts, it ALL arose AFTER the movie "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" was partly made here.
It claims to be held as 'celebration' event every year to commemorate the movie but to many, like myself, around here it appears to not much more than an Attention Grabber for the wanna-bes, etc, plus a draw card for one particular local hotel and accommodation place in town.

@Triphid ah...the memorial to the pre- traditional festival. understood.

@hankster Maybe, BUT to my mind it's just an excuse for the Drag Queens to dress up and flaunt themselves and for the Hotel to draw in more customers.
Plus, perhaps it's because Sydney, N.S.W. Australia. has the LGBTI Annual Mardigras thing and some the locals decided to try doing a 'copy-cat' version of that.
Personally, I have NOTHING against Gays, Lesbians, etc, I have an Each to their Own kind of attitude but I do often wonder what would happen IF hetero people decided to parade around the town in the same, often very bawdy and revealing 'outfits' as they wear in their 'events' like the Broken Heel Festival?

@Triphid let the heteros try it. they ain't gotta do it. ,I ain't gay but i wish the complaining about gay pride and parades would stop. if folks wanna have a parade great, better than a tent revival.

@hankster As I said, I have absolutely NOTHING against the LGBTI community, each to his/her own is my philosophy.
But, a friend of mine who lives not more than 1/2 a mile from me had a garden bed in her front yard where she grew over 30 Rainbow Rose Bushes. Last year when they were in full bloom the local LGBTI community actually lodged complaints about her being a Hetero person and growing THEIR Rainbow Emblem as Roses in her Hetero garden.
Now is that really the kind of the tolerance SOME of these LGBTI people are always screaming out about?

@Triphid that is pretty silly, maybe it was just parade fervor.

@hankster Well we will see what happens this year, the roses, etc, are now budding since it is approaching spring, so hers will be also.

I'm with you!

Gilligan reference

@bobwjr ah, that explains my cluelessness, thank you.

@girlwithsmiles anytime

Also a plain phrase for marijuana!

@BillF oh yes, cypress hill. That’s a reference I’ve heard