Pride is a farce.
Queer activists working in their own communities are not recognized by national media because they're not pretty blonde dykes whose name may or may not rhyme with Shmellen. Instead of looking pretty, lots of local activists are fighting hard to hold our social institutions accountable for making us feel so stigmatized and ignored in the first place. It's not the queers who need to change and adapt to the dominant culture. Rather, it's the dominant culture that needs to adapt and change to a new queer politics. As part of the Y2K millennium fervor, some people hoarded canned goods and water in their basement.