June is LGBTQ+ and pride month.

Happy Pride month, y'all.

 

From last week's pride parade

 

My nearby town of a slightly higher population is in uproar over it.

 

I was hoping to have a private Pride Month celebration this year, if you know what I mean.

 

Nearest one is an hour away; I'm looking forward to being there.

 

A dear cousin of ours in so cent ak. Passed away abt 2yrs ago. & sadly couldnt come out. @least to the family. Maybe the local community acknowledged. Id like to think so. He was on my dads side of family. & on my moms side a lady cousin came out long ago.

 

Asbury Park has a nice Pride parade 1st Sunday each June. Went there few years ago . was nice time.

 

I agree with that one fully. The one I saw in London some years ago was more like a freak show.

I have very mixed feelings about all parades. I see the community as part of everyday life, pardes tend to highlight differences, most of which don't exist in everyday life.
Sorry if I sound like a killjoy. I certainly do not think that orientation should be secretive, but neither do I think that it needs to be shouted from the rooftops.

 

If it was a reaction to preducise, then I am with you all the way.

One of the biggest problems in central London, is that we have a hardcore group of protestors, who come out every time, regardless of what is being protested about.
They are a very unsavory bunch, many with serious criminal records. We have even had them in the theatre with loud hailers, protesting about the outdated content of a Shakespearean play.