• Uriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          1·
          10 months ago

          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.

    • turtlesareneat@discuss.onlineEnglish
      191·
      11 months ago

      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

    • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      102·
      11 months ago

      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.

    • Psythik@lemm.ee
      21·
      11 months ago

      Yeah seriously, WTF. This is on us to send the right message. Not them.

  • heyWhatsay@slrpnk.netEnglish
    15·
    11 months ago

    The fascists are just expecting the rainbow to fade away. But in reality, it’s gonna be like leprechaun in space

    • unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      9·
      11 months ago

      leprechaun in space

      hmmm. the fourth installment in the series! a 1996 horror comedy film about a leprechaun who chases a princess and a crew of space marines

      kinda can’t not watch it now

  • LoveSausage@discuss.tchncs.de
    101·
    11 months ago

    It is rather a problem that pride allows cops, companies and rightwingers (as long as they profess to equally push down people) in their parades .

    I will show up once the bricks are back in fashion

    • lazyViking@lemmy.world
      93·
      11 months ago

      Do you not want to include people from what you consider problematic to join in pride? That sounds like the opposite of the goal

    • Uriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      Expect counter protests and unfriendly police departments. If they show up, bricks may be appropriate after all.

      First aid, water bottles and other protest support kitch will better serve to help and will be needed by attendees regardless.

      • einlander@lemmy.world
        61·
        11 months ago

        I’m speaking of the people in general against pride/LGBT. If they actually believed what they preached then we would not be where we currently are.

        • angrystego@lemmy.world
          14·
          11 months ago

          Well, the people against pride are not the ones thinking love is love. They’re the ones thinking love is only right between a cis straight man and woman. This meme is directed at straight allies, not adversaries.

          • grue@lemmy.world
            82·
            11 months ago

            Hi, “straight ally” here. The meme’s (and @einlander’s) intent was obvious and I’m not offended. Moreover, I would go so far as to say that anybody who does get offended was lying when they claimed to be an ally in the first place.

            Y’all have way better things to do than to try to white-knight for the already-privileged majority, LOL!

            • angrystego@lemmy.world
              6·
              11 months ago

              Sure, I was not saying the meme is not ok, I was trying to correct eilander’s probable misunderstanding of who the meme is directed at. I was not evaluating the meme’s legitimacy.

        • Korne127@lemmy.world
          1·
          11 months ago

          Yeah, that’s fair (although honestly, I think many of those people don’t “preach” anything like love is love). I just didn’t like that you implied straight people would generally not do that, but yeah, I’d agree if you said “all of them”.

  • andybytes@programming.devBannedEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    I remember I was at a pride event in a major city. I remember when they excluded trans. Remember rainbow capitalism supports the patriarchy and business as usual. The working class is in danger. Democrats use minorities as human shields. Fascism is a failed liberalism as capitalism is in crisis. Woke is a joke. You were co-opted before you even started.

        • SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          6·
          11 months ago

          You know nazi Germany started with queer people right

          It’s a bit tone deaf to throw groups under the bus like this. There is no prioritization, we’re all in this together. We all fight together. You will get nowhere if you exclude people from the fight

          Queer people are also way more than 1%, not that that’s too relevant, we are all part of small minorities in some ways

    • ObliviousEnlightenment@lemmy.world
      1·
      11 months ago

      Of course this is downvoted, but you’re totally right. Most people are self interested and don’t really have values, including most of us for that matter. I was never transphobic, but I certianly started caring more after “hatching”