Its Friday Night , most have finished the work week and hours are counting down to PRIDE.
At the center of town booths are up. Some of Tucson's most popular drag queens are doing last minute fundraisers under the solar panels of Sky Bar Tucson . In the parking lot circus performers rehearse . Near the indoor waterfall a LGBTQ Bill of Rights . Equality Arizona Tucson Chapter os here as a guest informing patrons of the need to vote for change.
A question is raised whose voting and who voted in the last election? A hand full of hands goes up with patrons looking around. The music plays on and Host Jessica Michaels comes back on stage.
In the back, Tucson Queer Story is set up offering keepsakes and readable merchandise to any coffee table wishing to bring them home. A banner is in front of the table and a Traditional Rainbow Flag draping down.
Hector Hood tests the Mic and waits for the crowds attention. The back music starts and he dispears from stage . He slips back on stage softly sings . Its amazing Just the way you are he recites. He is in a tank top and jeans . Lucille Ball in pink is at the bar crowded by patrons and followers who just sung about man parts . Pairs and Groups line the tables.
The table in back of the room shoots out tales of photos showing the best the community has to offer. This walk has come a long way one on looker states to a friend . We were seen as monsters , physiological nutcases ,evil and embarrassment to those closest to us. You could be killed and arrested if your sexual desire ;your true self was found out. Today its still one of the top reasons youth end up on the streets . False charges and hate crimes on drag queens and trans people and other members of this community out number casualties on black lives .Like cannabis , its not the priority of the current administration who seeks attacks on LGBTQ reform and planned parent hood.
Hector Hood remains on stage rendering lolli-byes to the crowd .Age here is as diverse as the crowd where Stone Wall opened in outrage leading to free public life today bringing business ownership, commerce associations ,churches ,nonprofits and ties to Washington and Birmingham. A thicker QUEEN steps on stage prancing to hip hop. The bar is covered with a crowd of supporters . Brooklyn Pizza Company from next door delivers mouthwatering New York sunbaked pizza to patrons. The aroma of oregano ,garlic and cheese fills the air. Points and Special offers now available when ordering.
Miss Kitty is back on Stage . She is the Lucille Ball from the Bar. Space Images line the wall screens . The New thing she reveals is tooth paste under the penis ; it extends intercourse and intensifies organisms.
On the crowed Kappa Astronomy Patio Janet and Elisa are wooing the crowd with Astronomy lessons. They use Meade LY200 GPS telescope. The Meade has an accessory viewers can use with their phones to take pictures . This is made possible by the Kappa Astronomy Club at the University of Arizona partnering with Sky Bar. Saturn , titan, clusters and more can be seen on a regular basis. from time to time you can see a meteorite and show and tell is welcome if you are a collector.Tonight there was a wild card cluster, it has 3000 stars . its an open cluster , its a loosely closed cluster and one of the loosest explains Janet. Saturn is view able, she explains NASA's Operation Dragon Fly Mission set to debut between 2020 and 2022.
A rapper from sierra vista erupts on stage with a deep base and hard lyrics. This is Citrus Trip , hes on all forms of social media.
JP represented Equality Arizona , Randy represented Tucson Queer Story Time.
Across town on the west side and south-side ward offices are switching to solar parking lots just like Sky Bar Tucson, Welo Canelo and our local Schools. Thanks Dustin Williams!
On the University of Arizona Campus the Pride of Arizona preps for UCLA. The Band Director speaks of coming trips to Disneyland and beyond with a home game against UCLA followed by a road trip up the PAC12 coast.
A few weeks until Band Aid Weekend. A Band Aid is all of those people helping with local music not performing . Many work for tips, meals and entrance to events, sometimes its volunteer. The Pride of Arizona will be looking for a Band Aid Host . Tonight unknown to fans a parachuter will enter the game and a new mural bringing awareness to Veteran Suicide will unveil on Arizona Stadium.
At Reid Park , political campaigns line the gates. I'm speaking with the Berney Camp located near the volunteer entrance , republicans and green party members are by the PRIDE Ticket booth.
A cop car is near by taking pictures, a recruitment Humvee is inside . Inside the Pride Cage drinks are in most hands . A stage of the who's who of the LGBTQ Community rocks the venue and shares stories of the walk the community travels. Over 400 vendors making up corporations and non profits line up the isles offering deals, information , merchandise and keepsakes. Flags are painted on faces and worn as capes. A voice blares over the park announcing that all debts have been paid off ,so have the fees with the event and all purchases will now be going to create surplus futures benefiting the community over the next year so party on. A cheer erupts and investors give silent looks to each other upon hearing this.
This is the time we are living in. Tucson diverse and inclusive, open hearts open minds , hands coming together. Condoms were free ,so was conversation, the gate was twenty and volunteer options available to those who cant pay.
Back at Sky Bar the Green Shirt guy from the news is on stage. With him Josiah Othello, Nikki, and Andrew Scott whose back from Iraq. Comedy is Adult Casual with crowd interaction . Its a new event soon to show on Sky Bar Tucson website. Its booze in Iraq , that sex moment you don't mention and talking too much in rehab. Its hours after Pride the Avenue is lit. In the back pool tables are loaded . Janet and Elisa are on the Kappa Astronomy Patio. Uranus is view-able tonight . This planet explains Janet is showing a tilt, the possible theory is planetary forces playing tug of war destabilizing its rotation through magnetic forces pulling it off alignment. Other theories are being played with. A group within ear shot enjoying cosmos drinks contemplates a poker night.
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