A friend of mine invited me to a pride event in a neghbouring city. She has a car, and she said I could ride with her, she even said she’d buy me a drink at the afterparty!
I’m so excited!
I have to rainbow bracelets I bought a few years ago but never dared to wear, now I finally get to flaunt them
I hope u have fun 
@Pikasaur hope you enjoy yourself!
Although I think pride parades are a good thing, we had one of these in our town a few days ago and there were people dressed up in bondage gear while there were quite a lot of children around. Firstly children should not really have to be exposed to that stuff, and I also think it sends a pretty bad message saying that this is what LGBT relationships are all about. They should really start banning people from dressing up like that. My opinion anyway…
I completely agree. I dont know why the community has to push it to such extremes??
Yeah, it bothers me when people dress in fetish gear, too. Because Pride should be a safe event for children. But, as long as everyone’s bits are covered, the kids probably just think they’re in silly costumes. I do NOT like seeing bare butts though. Not appropriate. Save it for the over 21 after party!
My city has cracked down on that, and we don’t have to deal with it here, but when I go to a neighboring city’s Pride, it’s a bit more prevalent.
Congrats on your first Pride! Do you know what you’ll be wearing? I have rainbow knee socks that I cut the toes out of to make sleeves, and a rainbow tank top.
I have rainbow socks, but they’re a bit warm for this season as they’re woolen. I have some rainbow bracelets, though
you’ll get plenty of free rainbow swag there, too.
Awesome I hope you have fun!!
I’d love to go to pride someday. But for now this is a very cozy closet lol
I have a really cool, soft plastic rainbow bracelet that I wear constantly. It’s really amazing how NOBODY notices it nor comments upon it. I wear it to Church and to my Church related volunteer meetings and everything and everybody is completely oblivious.
@Noise when I was closeted, I would say I was going to “support a friend” and then just not take pictures or dress up. It’s truly an incredible feeling to just see the rainbows everywhere and know you’re surrounded by people who don’t hate you on site. I didn’t come out until I was far away from my family, but it’s important for closeted people to go to queer events and groups if they can get away with it, because that’s how you find your support system for when you do decide to come out. That’s how I met my roommate and my found family, and they got me through some really rough years of not being accepted by my birth family.
Well it’s complicated. It might be paranoia but I’m just scared that people will find out and hate me for it.
Like being Asexual I’ve slowly become more open about. But my gender I’m just really scared I’ll get hurt.
Like my parents know I’m not straight but I worry they might hate me/ ridicule me for being trans.
And I worry if I go to an event they might find out. Or someone else might find out and think I’m like a freak or something.
Its just hard
I appreciate what you say though I hope someday I’ll get the courage
I don’t know your parents so I don’t know how they’ll react. But for me, my mom came around eventually. She spent a while trying to convince me I was wrong, but I just stood my ground and kept correcting her and now she’s much better with it. But I wasn’t living there, and I had already met a lot of other trans people who could support me through that. For me, it was relatively safe to come out. I wasn’t risking homelessness or solitude.
If they know you’re ace, and they’re okay with it, could you maybe join your community Pride organization? They will have events and groups and stuff that you can join. And believe me, you won’t find any of that ace hate like there is online. In-person spaces are much more open and accepting. Everyone there knows we only survive if we’re united. There’s none of that lesbians vs bisexuals vs aces garbage you find online. A tiny minority might have opinions about trans people, but they’re usually swiftly removed from the safe spaces.
I feel like my mom would come around eventually… My dad would probably tear me down though. Just because he’d think it’s dumb. I still have trouble getting him to not say " ■■■ " when reffering to non straights.
Its so frustrating cause I love my dad but he just says so much ■■■■■■■■. Like and then the way he misgenders trans folks and always points out their “real gender” it’s super disheartening.
I like to think he’ll come around but idk.
But that’s an interesting idea about joining a pride organization. But I’d still be pretty scared. I like the idea but I’m still unsure
You can only do it when you’re ready. But I know, for me, it changed my life and greatly improved my mental health. I spent years terrified someone would find out I wasn’t “normal” and once I was around other queer people, I started to actually believe I was worth loving.
Sweet @Pikasaur
I got invited to a Pride in the Park thing before. It included the whole gamut of LGBTQ life. I’d be going to sit with the ABDLs, a very fringe group, but people asked questions and seemed very accepting.
Hope you have a great time. Let us know how it goes.
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