Sucks to be an unpopular bigot

In July I told you about a planned straight pride parade in which reggae artists would "embrace their heterosexuality. The homophobic event was supposed to occur today in Brooklyn's Crown Heights, and was being organized by reggae record label, TCOOO Productions. Their site had no information regarding the idiotic event or its "cancellation."

Fortunately, the gods of tolerance and equality were working overtime this weekend, as the event never took place. Joe.My.God went down to the parade side this morning at 10AM, but there was no one there! No vendors, no parade, no homophobes. From his post:

I found the corner of Flatbush and Church, the parade's supposed 10am starting point, completely deserted. Damn, and here I wanted a Straight Pride t-shirt.

I did see a good number of cars whizzing by that were festooned with flags from Jamaica and other Caribbean nations, but those were probably just folks getting ready for tomorrow's massive West Indian Day Parade. Just to make sure I hadn't missed the fun, I popped into a few shops to inquire if anybody had seen a parade this morning. The manager of Raquel Shoes told me, "I've been here since 8:30am. It's been totally quiet all morning."

It's a great day when the homophobes can't get enough supporters for their "promotion of straight supremacy." Can't say I'm upset!!