Title:Have You Seen Tina Podlodowski?Sponsor:Lesbians for a Better TomorrowReason for Rejection:Tina who?

Title:Have You Seen Tina Podlodowski?Sponsor:Lesbians for a Better TomorrowReason for Rejection:Tina who?

Title:Where Does Leather Come From, Daddy?Sponsor:Seattle Leatherfolk AssociationReason for Rejection:Death threats from PETA

Title:Gimme Skin!Sponsor:Foreskin Restoration SocietyReason for Rejection:Too cheesy

Title:It’s Always Snowing in Seattle!Sponsor:Seattle Coalition of Crystal Methamphetamine DealersReason for Rejection:ReFLected negatively on gay community; wouldn’t offer discounts to parade organizers

Title:Straight Married Guys from Kent Who Love to Suck Cock in Volunteer ParkSponsor:Overlake Christian ChurchReason for Rejection:Filled out parade application while drunk, claimed to have “forgotten” about it next morning

Title: Pigs on Parade

Sponsor: Pike Market Association

Reason for Rejection: Not gay enough; Dykes on Bikes resented overlap

Title: The Glass Table

Sponsor: Seattle Scatological Society

Reason for Rejection: eww

Title: Yoonitee Threw Divursitee

Sponsor: Seattle Gay and Lesbian Journalist Association

Reason for Rejection: Illegible, typo-ridden application

David Schmader—former weed columnist and Stranger associate editor—is the author of the solo plays Straight and Letter to Axl, which he’s performed in Seattle and across the US. His latest...