Independence Day… and the Gay
Monday, July 5, 2010
Independence Day is celebrated on July 4 because that is the day when the Continental Congress adopted the final draft of the Declaration of Independence. And in 1941 Congress affirmed the 4th of July a federal holiday.
Subsequently every summer brings with it the picnics and the cookouts, the gatherings at the beach and the parades, the patriotic music, and at dusk, the fireworks. All over America, friends and family gather and businesses close down—this has become the obvious tradition of Independence Day.
Independence is something we crave as youth—to be free from the rules of our parents: their guidance, their hopes and plans for our future, their brand of life/style. Thus, throughout the years, whenever the 4th of July rolls around, it always reminds me (as a homo) to celebrate my own brand of Love American Style.
To me, Independence Day has become a day to self-govern. That might mean a quiet day of reading, or an uninterrupted nap in the middle of the day. It might mean holding hands with your boyfriend at the family picnic, or sharing dreams of the termination of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.
Or…it might mean an impromptu fashion show.
While I pondered about what to include as a visual, a way to properly display the Independence Day Gay, these fabulous photo came across my computer screen. Hot off the New York runway. The incognito model—known in fashionable Manhattan circles as, quite simply, “Lady”—is the most amazing display/example of The American Fag!
So..I dedicate this blog post to Lady…
….thank you for the best and most stylish display of Liberty I’ve seen in a very l-o-n-g time! You are my American Idol!
