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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a bit amused that you've been taking your daughter to Pride as a favorite tradition since she was a toddler, and now she's "come out" - although details are a bit unclear exactly what she is coming out as, lesbian? Or just fashionably queer/questioning?

Now I sort of understand the whole concept of grooming and enabling.

-- amused gay man who's long realized Pride is more for virtue signaling heterosexuals and weird high school girls pretending to have alternative sexual/gender identities to be cool. [/quote]

I know I'm a bit late to the game but I thought you might be interested in a different perspective.  My DH and are straight, been married for 20+ years.  We've volunteered at the Capital Pride Parade and Festival for a number of years - we like volunteering for events (Pride, Folklife Festival, Women's Marches, etc.) becuase they tend to be a lot of fun, we like community and we support those platforms.

After taking our young teens with us to volunteer for Pride, I was struck by just how accepting/welcoming the Pride community is.  Everyone has always been so very nice, even when things aren't working out well - I've worked a LOT of events and never experienced, year after year, a crowd that was so overwhelmingly open, friendly and patient. People seem so genuinely happy to be together and celebrating.  They never asked what part of the community we might identify with, they were glad to see us, glad we were together and wanting to celebrate.  It's been an incredible message of acceptance and love for my kids, particularly the ones that question their place, question whether they are accepted and lack confidence - and, as far as I know, my kids identify as straight! I can only imagine the message it sends to kids who aren't quite sure where they fall on the spectrum.

Our participation at Pride isn't virtue signaling.  As I said, no one asks how we identify.  I am glad, though, that my kids and I can be part of a community that, at least for a weekend, is so embracing - and I think that's what Pride really is about.  It's about being who you are, without shame. Being together reinforces that it's really okay.  And, we have fun while doing it![/quote]

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