Pride Page #6

Bent bastards!

There you go. I know it's freezing,

but at least the beers will be cold.

Anyone want a beer? Anyone?

- Yeah, over here.

- I've got one. Thanks, mate.

Here you go, Alan.

Say not the struggle naught availeth

The labor and the wounds are vain

The enemy faints not, nor faileth

And as things have been they remain

If hopes were dupes...

Oh, that's more like it.

I'm Gary.

Hi.

I want to learn to dance.

- We need to make something happen.

- Yeah, well, we do now, yeah.

Something big, an event,

something bigger than

we've ever tried before.

- Come inside. It's warmer in there.

- It's morale.

That's the thing.

It's just as important as money.

We need to keep them up, Mike.

The minute they start to

feel like a lost cause...

I know, I know.

And there's nothing worse

than a lost cause.

I'm in Wales,

and I don't have to pretend

to be something that I'm not.

I'm home.

And I'm gay.

- I'm Welsh.

- That's right.

Get him another beer

before he starts singing.

What I don't understand is why

you never came back before.

My mother.

- She couldn't accept me.

- Not then, perhaps.

She's religious.

She hasn't said one

word to me in 16 years.

And what about you?

What words have you said to her?

You got a sweetheart, have you, love?

I'm a gobby Northern lesbian, Gwen.

I tend to scare them off.

Look.

That's my William.

Forty-four years I had him with me.

And I wish you as many

with someone one day.

And as happy.

Jesus, I'm pissed.

Alan, no!

Give us a hand, will you, Steph?

He's thrown up again.

Margaret, I am so sorry.

Alan Pritchard, so help me.

"For many years now,

we have been force-fed an agenda

that has represented homosexuals

first as victims, now as heroes."

Margaret Donovan could be reported.

All those people in her house.

"The homosexuals have been told

that it is us, the normal population,

and not them, that is out of step.

Any society that accepts

that sick deception

is swirling headlong into a

cesspool of its own making."

Well, they wanna see

what's going on up here.

They'd have a field day.

Why don't you come over to Dai's?

Just for a minute.

I think if you met one or two of them...

Have you seen this, Cliff?

About the gays?

I don't believe what

they say about us, Lee.

Why listen to what they say about them?

Get inside, you, and shut up.

You're a respected woman, Maureen.

People follow you.

You could set an example.

You're the backbone of that committee.

You work hard.

You've been both mother

and father to those boys.

Sitting on your own

in the dark, Maureen?

You wanna take that rod

out of your ass for a minute.

Good luck.

Morning.

Thanks.

Hello.

I'm in a phone box,

so I'll have to be quick.

I got a story for your news desk.

Hello, Mum.

See you.

Hello, sailors.

Morning, ladies.

Come on, Maries.

- What are they on about?

- With your bum chum.

What's going on?

Wait till you see this.

Jesus.

"Perverts support the pits.

A gaggle of gays and

lesbians has come out

in favor of the miners' strike.

Our editor says, 'We knew

the miners were desperate,

but now we have the final

and compelling evidence

that they are finished."'

"Does anyone else hear the bottom

of the barrel being scraped?

From where I'm sitting,

the noise is pretty deafening."

Unbelievable.

Who did this?

Have to go to a vote,

but I'm warning you,

we can do without trouble.

This isn't trouble, it's mischief.

Jesus, man, we've had worse

than this before now.

Every day they're out collecting for us.

It's the men, Dai.

They've already got their wives

supporting them, and now this, gays.

The whole country laughing at us.

It's about dignity.

It'll have to go to a vote.

Right. They're calling

an emergency meeting.

A vote.

Dai is speaking up for us, of course,

but it's done a lot of damage.

Yeah, but we're not gonna let

a little thing like this break.

- Oh, down.

- Oh, down.

- Get down.

- Stay down!

Jesus Christ!

Gethin, please!

Bastard!

I don't care about what they do,

but it's a distraction.

It's distracting people from the strike.

And then there's the children.

I mean, what example is it for kiddies

to have gays and

lesbians roaming around?

It's unnatural.

There used to be a tradition in

Wales of honoring your guests.

Do you remember that, ladies?

Respect, generosity?

- Hefina...

- There's one thing unnatural

about this whole bloody business.

Betraying the community.

And when I find out who sold

that story, believe me,

they'll know what it feels

like to be ashamed.

What the hell are we doing?

Let's just get this finished, Mark.

No, no. What the hell are we doing?

They'd never have known

if it wasn't for this article.

- So?

- So they'd never have found us.

What are you saying? Send them the bill?

Do you know how many

people read this paper?

This our chance to do

something spectacular.

We could never drum up this kind

of publicity in a million years.

Mark, don't you just think we

ought to hold back and regroup?

There isn't time to regroup.

This is a news item now, today.

- We have to take advantage.

- They called us perverts.

Bromley, it's time for an

important part of your education.

Hands up, in this room, if you've

ever been called a name like that.

Now, there is a long and honorable

tradition in the gay community,

and it has stood us in good

stead for a very long time.

When somebody calls you a name...

Am I right, Jonathan?

- Dead right.

- You take it and you own it.

- I love you.

- You owe me.

It's a fundraising concert,

and we're looking for bands to...

No. No. No, I am in no way

suggesting that Sting

or indeed any other member

of The Police is a pervert.

Cool. Cheers.

Oh, I can probably get you some more.

Next week, if you want.

He'll call.

Okay.

There are no gay artists

on this label. I'm sorry.

They don't have to be gay.

That's the point.

This is a coming together

of all different people...

Reception.

It arrived about 10 minutes ago, Barry.

Yeah, well, you could

come down and get it.

What the bloody hell do

you think you're doing?

That's the number for Gay Switchboard.

You never know.

One of them might need it one day.

We'll be back in time for the vote.

- Right-o.

- Any problems, we can be reached

- at the bookshop.

- You're gonna miss this train.

Rowena Roberts has had a baby.

She needs an extra box.

I can't hear you.

- Rowena Roberts had a baby...

- Strange.

I can't... I can't hear you.

She needs an extra box.

And the difference is,

this is open to everyone, okay?

Gay, straight, it doesn't matter.

We want people to come together

to show their support.

And why should gay people

like me support the miners?

Because miners dig for coal,

which produces power,

which allows gay people like you

to dance to Bananarama

until 3:
00 in the morning.

Next question?

Are you all right?

Yes, you, the cute one.

I've never met a pop star.

I have. Max Boyce.

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