Graciously accept fliers for parties you’d never, ever go to. “Tranny” is more problematic: “And remember, it’s ‘transgender’, not ‘transgendered’.” “Queer” and “dyke” are OK if that’s what people call themselves.
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If you run into someone you didn’t know was LGBT, don’t pretend you didn’t see them: “It takes two to make it awkward, so always err on the side of saying hi to Bob from Accounting when he’s got boobs now.”.In acknowledgment of continued intolerance, oppression and HIV/Aids, respect Pride’s solemn, mournful side. Don’t do anything awful, an injunction prompted by an assault last year on several Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence: “Please, don’t get shooty, stabby, or punchy.”.SF Weekly, the city’s free, alternative weekly paper, has compiled a list of dos and don’ts to follow in order “to be the best heterosexual you can possibly be” at Sunday’s parade, the 45th annual celebration in the “gayest city in the galaxy”.
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It turns out the bacchanalia has rules, or at least etiquette, especially for those “straight allies” who join the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender revellers.