Are you taking your kids to pride events?

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Anonymous wrote:I witnessed a Pride event when I was 8 or 9. BDSM, naked/almost naked men on leashes, etc. It wasn't the most traumatizing thing I experienced as a child, but I won't be taking my own kids. Let them have their innocence.

I wonder if this was an 80s thing because I remember seeing a similar event when I was a child. This was in Dupont but I don’t remember if it was a pride event or watt. It must’ve been because why else would I have seen that? It certainly made an impression because it’s stuck with me all of these years.

Pride has gotten a lot bigger and more mainstream since we were young.

IMO that makes it a bit overdone in some places.
If it's mainstream, it's nothing to be proud about. Enjoy the victory and move onward.

Pride isn't pride unless it's somewhere people hate it.
If everyone who doesn't like it can stay home and avoid it, it's in the wrong place.

We celebrate other things that involve the ending of something bad. Juneteenth, the 4th of July, Veteran's Day (Armistice Day in other countries), Women's Suffrage, Passover. So, even if we get to the point where discrimination and violence towards LGBT+ people is completely over, then celebration might be in order.

But, unfortunately, we aren't there yet.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but Pride isn't saying the end of discrimination and violence. And what is passover the "end of" I don't get your post at all

Passover celebrates the end of enslavement of the Jews in Egypt.

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If you have any gay friends then your kids are already taught to be accepting

If you don’t then maybe it’s a bit weird to go to Pride events, kids or no kids

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Anonymous wrote:I am not. However my kids are early elementary school and have no interest in partners of any gender and dont discuss boyfriend/girlfriend stuff at all. If I had an inkling that my kids might be gay, or if they had friends that were, or if we had family that was, we would.

So, if someone does feel queer in July- they are just SOL for 11 months? I take my two 'straight' DS to events, it's also about being an ally and not looking like a fool later in life when presented with different types of folks.

Is going to Pride really the only way to teach your kids tolerance?

Of course not. We discuss allyship, marginalization and advocacy a lot in multiple contexts. It's part of the fabric of our family. We also talk about what happens at churches and how different groups worship.

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Yes. We are a two Mom. We don’t won’t let a bunch of bigots ruin how we celebrate our family.

Some of y’all have never experienced having your very existence debated and it shows.

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No. I am not a lesbian. I am an immigrant who doesn’t care what white Americans think of me. I do not need to virtue signal or prove to anybody that I am a good “ally”.

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Anonymous wrote:No. I am not a lesbian. I am an immigrant who doesn’t care what white Americans think of me. I do not need to virtue signal or prove to anybody that I am a good “ally”.

High five my hard working immigrant friend

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No. Like a Sam Smith concert, it's too raunchy/gross.

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Anonymous wrote:I witnessed a Pride event when I was 8 or 9. BDSM, naked/almost naked men on leashes, etc. It wasn't the most traumatizing thing I experienced as a child, but I won't be taking my own kids. Let them have their innocence.

I wonder if this was an 80s thing because I remember seeing a similar event when I was a child. This was in Dupont but I don’t remember if it was a pride event or watt. It must’ve been because why else would I have seen that? It certainly made an impression because it’s stuck with me all of these years.

Pride has gotten a lot bigger and more mainstream since we were young.

IMO that makes it a bit overdone in some places.
If it's mainstream, it's nothing to be proud about. Enjoy the victory and move onward.

Pride isn't pride unless it's somewhere people hate it.
If everyone who doesn't like it can stay home and avoid it, it's in the wrong place.

We celebrate other things that involve the ending of something bad. Juneteenth, the 4th of July, Veteran's Day (Armistice Day in other countries), Women's Suffrage, Passover. So, even if we get to the point where discrimination and violence towards LGBT+ people is completely over, then celebration might be in order.

But, unfortunately, we aren't there yet.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but Pride isn't saying the end of discrimination and violence. And what is passover the "end of" I don't get your post at all

Passover celebrates the end of enslavement of the Jews in Egypt.

Technically, it celebrates the exodus from Egypt. And as a jew, I would say it has ended nothing in terms of persecution. So maybe that was a poor example

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. We are a two Mom. We don’t won’t let a bunch of bigots ruin how we celebrate our family.

Some of y’all have never experienced having your very existence debated and it shows.

This

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Anonymous wrote:Why would I bother with this? Seriously??

We socialize with friends of all types. In our home, we model tolerance.

No need for us to schlep everyone to some raunchy parade to celebrate something everyone should already accept.

But the glorification needs to happen!
Lift them up! Show the fun!

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Anonymous wrote:No. Like a Sam Smith concert, it's too raunchy/gross.

Vulgar

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve normally attended pride events in Atlanta before kids. These were borderline raunchy - if you are similar to my age — pride in Atlanta was borderline freaknik for the black lgbtq community. Not particularly kid friendly. Lots of skin exposure, pda, etc. I was only there for the glitter and feather boas! Having not been in Dc for pride - have any of you attended and is it appropriate to bring your kids?

No. Too afraid of someone shooting it up.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve normally attended pride events in Atlanta before kids. These were borderline raunchy - if you are similar to my age — pride in Atlanta was borderline freaknik for the black lgbtq community. Not particularly kid friendly. Lots of skin exposure, pda, etc. I was only there for the glitter and feather boas! Having not been in Dc for pride - have any of you attended and is it appropriate to bring your kids?

No. Too afraid of someone shooting it up.

You mean the local mall, country music event, most mass shooters are white people

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Yes! But the ones for kids. If I want to go to an mature event I hire a babysitter

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve normally attended pride events in Atlanta before kids. These were borderline raunchy - if you are similar to my age — pride in Atlanta was borderline freaknik for the black lgbtq community. Not particularly kid friendly. Lots of skin exposure, pda, etc. I was only there for the glitter and feather boas! Having not been in Dc for pride - have any of you attended and is it appropriate to bring your kids?

No. Too afraid of someone shooting it up.

You mean the local mall, country music event, most mass shooters are white people

Not in DC.