ABSTRACT
Anyone who has been on a Gay Pride march in London will have heard the chant: ‘We’re here, we’re queer and we’re not going shopping!’ Of these three assertions, everything one sees on the march will confirm the first two; but the third is likely to be open to doubt. Many of the women and men chanting, particularly those who have travelled to the city for the day, tend to be carrying shopping bags. The march does not start until the early afternoon-which leaves all morning for visiting shops.
