I get the need for gay bars and queer exclusive spaces but shunning straight people from public pride events is petty asf. they’re there because they want to support us

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You don’t have to send them away, they’re just supporting it’s all love

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Going to pride for the first time was the thing that was fully able to commit my parents to changing their beliefs after I came out. Being there and seeing all the families, children, and just people that were present and existing and spreading love and joy is what made them start thinking about what they really believed. I know they can’t be the only people that had that experience. Pride is a protest, and protests are meant to change minds. We can’t change minds if they aren’t there to see.

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aro/ace straight people exist.. also that idea assumes that you can tell who’s trans lol

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Pride are for everyone no matter if they are a member or not, Pride is about celebrating the community progress, and what is still yet to be done, all of which would not be possible without both community members and community allies. Straight couples are okay at pride, Homophobic or transphobic people aren’t

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when i first went to pride i was really nervous and asked my sister to come with me even tho she thought she was straight at the time, she loved it and kept coming with me every year and then discovered a few years in that she's actually bi and probably demi so it's also really helpful to people who are figuring themselves out because it teaches people the terms and they get to hear others' stories and connect themselves to it

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I’m at pride to engage with the sexy gay people. My bf is my knight so naturally he will accompany me. We have miller lite in the cooler to share.

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fighting invisible enemies lmao

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Has anyone ever actually said this tho lmfao

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i am an ally and i attend pride. i’ve only been welcomed.

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this is such a nothingburger issue

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My straight parents took me to a pride event when I was 4 and on the way home from a museum,,, having positive exposure to queerness from a young age meant that I never went through a phase where I felt upset about my sexuality

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5. They could be part of a polycule and the others are in the bathroom

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Don’t segregate us bro. Anyone who wants to come to pride should come to pride to celebrate. The meaning of the celebration doesn’t change based on who attends.

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