Happy Pride [the “Month” is silent] again.
Here’s a Florida-based hockey team that claims to be “Playing with Pride”:
But wouldn’t the players have to be some flavor of 2SLGBTQQIA+ in order to “play WITH Pride”? If they’re cisgender heterosexual then perhaps they can play while celebrating others’ pride. Should waving a rainbow flag entitle a person with boring conventional sexuality to don the mantle of Pride?
Note that the hockey season is over now so the Florida Panthers and other NHL teams claimed to be “Playing with Pride” a few months early. Gemini:
As of March 2026, there are no active NHL players, including those on the Florida Panthers roster, who are publicly out as gay. While the league hosts annual Pride nights and supports LGBTQ+ initiatives, no player currently on an NHL roster has publicly identified as gay.
In case the above tweet is memory-holed:
Neo Hippy is driving the VW van on vacation (gas, grass, or ass — no one rides for free), but before we leave…I didn’t know Phil was a Village Voice reader:
https://philip.greenspun.com/blog/2023/06/29/frontiers-of-english-this-pride-like-this-christmas/
Hope he can make it to New York botanical gardens “Flower Power” in the Bronx this summer, (the hippy movement will rise again! Our van has a Monopoly board game theme painted on the side, so we will be easy to recognize):
https://www.villagevoice.com/find-your-good-vibrations-this-summer-at-the-new-york-botanical-gardens-flower-power/
I haven’t seen the Voice in decades, the content is about what I would expect. In the meantime, a reference for Phil’s Grand Unified Immigration Theory:
https://cardinalnews.org/2026/06/08/the-people-moving-out-of-virginia-make-more-money-than-the-people-moving-in/
Where “we delve into a new batch of IRS data that sheds light on migration trends. The most affluent group of taxpayers moving into Virginia are immigrants who chose Loudoun County, not native-born Americans. First of a three-part series.” Links to:
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/metro-monitor-2026-immigration-and-regional-economic-performance
> Immigration has been a key driver of economic growth in metro areas across the United States over the past 10 years
“What’s so funny about Peace, Love, and Understanding?” — Elvis Costello
“Should waving a rainbow flag entitle a person with boring conventional sexuality to don the mantle of Pride?”
You are splitting hairs here. Be a little more inclusive. The bigger the tent of Butt-Fuckers Playing with Pride the better for everyone! And, don’t forget the Transvestites too!
Will there be an associated Butt-Fucker Festival on Ice too? Can’t think of a better outing for the kindergartners.