These marches, and this legacy, are full of contradiction, complexity, confusion, and sorrow for me. I am a gay man who likes to think of himself as politically radical and vehemently pro-feminist. It is this which proves to be most contradictory to the gay male community I find myself within. I watch as the quest for the almighty dollar in the form of gay capitalism looms over the entire weekend. This is directly connected to the male supremacy and gay male sexual politics that pervade, and in fact run these events.
Men make and control more money than women.
Gay men make and control more money than lesbians. Money is power under capitalism. Gay men have power. This sexism is inherent in the legacy of Stonewall. As Marilyn Frye argues in her book The Politics of Reality, drag is a form of male bonding.