Actual issues we should discuss about when it comes to pride:
- events still being held during a pandemic
- the presence of cops, politicians, and military branches in the parade and at other events (and how they prey on LGBT youth for recruitment at these events)
- accessibility for disabled LGBT people
- events being taken over by non-LGBT identities and corporations
- some events and parades platforming TERFs or Drop The T groups
- the omnipresence of alcohol at events (related to the corporate take over)
- how many LGBT people cannot afford to go to ticketed pride events
- the prevalence of the word queer at these events, considering it is still very triggering for many LGBT people
- the complete sanitization and de-radicalization of pride so that no one associates it with its actual history and purpose
- how pride is being used to sell shit and how pride month is officially just free advertising
- how whitewashed the actual events are and i mean this literally–the focus is often on white celebrities performing shows and a white take on Stonewall’s history with very little support for groups of LGBT POC besides lip service like using the Philly Pride flag
The discourse we have every year instead:
- is pride too horny?
- it is too horny, you evil deviants
- i saw a woman with no shirt on and a man in a leather harness i’m calling the cops
- think about the children
