Pride is a season around a day, much the way that the Thanksgiving / Christmas is a season around specific days. A lot of families have to gather from far reaches together for Thanksgiving feast and Christmas Day, hence there’s preparation and travel as well as food prep and gift gathering. Halloween is similar for those who take it seriously. It’s a day for the kids but it’s a month (or more!) for those who want to represent.
Pride wasn’t isn’t allowed everywhere, and in the beginning it only happened in those municipalities that had enough of a gay village (an LGBT+ community) to be a voting bloc. As a result there was a lot of travel arrangements from self-discovered people across the country. There were a lot of phone calls to friends to friends from last year if they’ll still provide a place to crash.
The pride parade day is typically the weekend of June 28th (the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall uprising). But sometimes the parade has to accommodate other circumstances in the city, so check with the organizers to get time and date confirmed.
A lot of those attending like to prepare their attire and accessories to look good. And if there are counter-protests or unfriendly law enforcement (more common than we like) then protest gear (first aid kits, bear spray, anonymizing bloc) may also be appropriate and add to the preparation schedule.
Our neighborhood (business association but that’s downplayed) hosted their first Pride last year, made attempts at getting actual queer people involved this year, and then announced they were $20k in the hole due to sponsors pulling out. FOR CHRISTS SAKE. Everything about this is wrong. Pride is supposed to be COMMUNITY BASED. When sponsors pull out, we’re now having to scale back plans. As a local queer community-building non-profit, I’m having to pay money to this group to have a presence, and they want me to supply volunteers to work the main event… wtf is happening… they’ve inverted it
You might want to reread the post, because nothing about it implies straight people are in charge of pride. Only that the straight response to pride month tends to be empty celebratory phrases instead of recognizing how LGBTQ people are still being hurt.
Wait, are straight people in charge of pride month this year?
Straight people during pride month:
March: Irish for a day.
June: Gay for a month.
Pride is a season around a day, much the way that the Thanksgiving / Christmas is a season around specific days. A lot of families have to gather from far reaches together for Thanksgiving feast and Christmas Day, hence there’s preparation and travel as well as food prep and gift gathering. Halloween is similar for those who take it seriously. It’s a day for the kids but it’s a month (or more!) for those who want to represent.
Pride
wasn’tisn’t allowed everywhere, and in the beginning it only happened in those municipalities that had enough of a gay village (an LGBT+ community) to be a voting bloc. As a result there was a lot of travel arrangements from self-discovered people across the country. There were a lot of phone calls to friends to friends from last year if they’ll still provide a place to crash.The pride parade day is typically the weekend of June 28th (the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall uprising). But sometimes the parade has to accommodate other circumstances in the city, so check with the organizers to get time and date confirmed.
A lot of those attending like to prepare their attire and accessories to look good. And if there are counter-protests or unfriendly law enforcement (more common than we like) then protest gear (first aid kits, bear spray, anonymizing bloc) may also be appropriate and add to the preparation schedule.
I mean… If that’s what you want. 🤷🏻♂️
Bend over.
Our neighborhood (business association but that’s downplayed) hosted their first Pride last year, made attempts at getting actual queer people involved this year, and then announced they were $20k in the hole due to sponsors pulling out. FOR CHRISTS SAKE. Everything about this is wrong. Pride is supposed to be COMMUNITY BASED. When sponsors pull out, we’re now having to scale back plans. As a local queer community-building non-profit, I’m having to pay money to this group to have a presence, and they want me to supply volunteers to work the main event… wtf is happening… they’ve inverted it
You might want to reread the post, because nothing about it implies straight people are in charge of pride. Only that the straight response to pride month tends to be empty celebratory phrases instead of recognizing how LGBTQ people are still being hurt.
Yeah seriously, WTF. This is on us to send the right message. Not them.