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\line{\hfill Photo: Copyright \copyright\ Daniel Nicolleta, 1989}

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\lline{\hl S.F. Gay Freedom Day Parade}
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Story \#1: This float almost didn't make into the parade. Every�
year the parade committee gets more and more conservative, and�
when they saw this trashed police car hanging from the back of a�
tow truck, with all those dyke/punk types hanging from it, they�
musta shit bricks. The parade people tried all sorts of things to�
stop them from entering the parade; delay tactics, claiming there�
was a mixup, etc, but it was obvious that they simply didn't like�
it. Eventually the homocore crowd got pissed, someone said�
``Remember the first one [parade] was a riot!'' and they drove�
into the parade. (I don't get it -- they let in the likes of gay�
cops, republican/right wing homos, gay mormons and other�
religious-defectives, etc? Jerks.)

This was one of, if not {\it the}, best float; people all along�
the way screamed and yelled, got in kicks, smashes, graffiti, and�
generally took some anger out on the police car. I don't think�
the police liked it much. I wouldn't know; Mike and I slept until�
1PM that day and never saw the damn thing until I got these�
photos!

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Story \#2: Though I'd {\it love} to take credit for this float, I�
really had nothing to do with it. It was first proposed (as far�
as I know) by Stephen Maxine and others from the Alamo Sq. Bar�
(R.I.P.), and actually organized by Stephen and the Popstitutes�
and many others. (Hell, I wasn't there -- I don't know!)

Since the cop-car float people were homo-core people (small-H),�
when the press got hold of it it became the HOMOCORE float,�
instead of the homo-core float. Which is the proper use of the�
word, the title of this zine notwithstanding. (Look -- I simply�
stole the word from Bruce LaBruce \& G.B. Jones of JDs zine.)

And Stephen, who started the whole thing, never even saw it -- he�
got the thing rolling, then went to New York for the F.A.G.�
(F{\ae}rie Action Gathering) event there. 

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\lline{The last Sunday of June (25 June 89)}


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