No.

We've gone to the Annapolis pride festival with our kids several times. It's always a lot of fun.

We took DD to the last Pride before Covid when she was a baby but haven't been since. My capacity for crowds has never been high and is lower now since the pandemic and since having a kid.

I think we are more likely to find pride-related events that are smaller and more family-focused. I'll be looking for story times and other kid events this year (DD is 6). Thank you to the PP who mentioned Takoma Pride -- that looks like more the scale we can handle.

I do think it's good to take kids to events like this because my observation is that they don't do as much about Pride/LGBTQ+ history or celebration in the schools, even in DC. They aren't hostile to it, but it's not as discussed or celebrated as like the Civil Rights movement for black people, slavery, womens suffrage, or AAPI history and oppression.

There are a bunch of different kinds of pride events. I will take DD to some but not others. We had fun last year at the 16th Street Heights block party, I'd go to a parade or drag queen story time, stuff like that.

I also find that any pride event that runs like, noon - 10pm is pretty kid-friendly until 3 or 4, but the tone shifts to markedly adults-only the later it runs.

Anonymous wrote:Oh hell no

Going to Chick-Fil-A instead?

We're a lesbian family and will be taking our toddler to pride this year. Last year we walked along the staging area of the parade (the actual parade route was too crowded) and then took him to the family zone, which was on a playground. Plannign on doing the same this year. Biggest issue for me was the crowds with a cranky toddler. I'm also more concerned about it being shot up than any potentially inappropriate things he might see.

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.

Anonymous wrote:What age are your kids? I’m planning to take my toddlers to Takoma kids parade.

https://mainstreettakoma.org/featured-events/takoma-pride/

The big DC parade is pretty corporate/family friendly but extremely crowded and not a great time for us. I would (and have) taken tweens and teens to that.

Thank you for this. Kids are 7 and 4.

Going for the pride, staying for the candy.

Oh hell no

Yes, we’ve been going since my daughter was 3. She’s 15. The parade is more family friendly but your version of family friend and mine might differ.

We attended the Washington Spirit's Pride Night on Saturday, and it was great. There were family-friendly drag performances and a stadium full of people of diverse ages, races, genders, and sexual orientations wrapped in Pride flags. Maybe consider that for next year.

What age are your kids? I’m planning to take my toddlers to Takoma kids parade.

https://mainstreettakoma.org/featured-events/takoma-pride/

The big DC parade is pretty corporate/family friendly but extremely crowded and not a great time for us. I would (and have) taken tweens and teens to that.

No way

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?