LemonBanana
Glorious Purpose
Alright this is a little bit late but Happy Pride month to all! Anyone from the lgbtq+ community thinking of doing something special? If so do tell 😁
Happy Pride
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Hunga Munga
Scooby
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I'm in the market for rainbow clothing to show a bit of support . Was shopping for a tshirt this morning 🙂 I reckon I might just have to make do with a facemask or a badge at this rate . Not seen anything I fancy yet .
LemonBanana
Thats really sweet, good luck on your rainbow travels!
HowiMetdaSlayer
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TriBel
Scooby
Dunno how many we've got left. Brighton Pride was cancelled (cos they couldn't get Covid insurance) but Manchester's still on (fingers crossed).
Primark's got a nice organic cotton PROUD T-shirt for £8...I'd give the hoodie a miss though! 😄
Nix
🤪
TriBel
Scooby
Eldest has a new job with an LBGT charity and I've just bought him this for his desk. Then I remembered I hadn't bought his brother anything when he got a new job and it's sure to be commented on. I've got two options: buy another or tell them it's a Pride Month gift between them. I'm doing the latter and hoping I haven't set a precedent.
Skanky Vamp
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And they say parents don't have favorites. Uh huh.
TriBel
No...they both say I DO have a favourite...that's the damned trouble. I tell them on a frequent basis I don't like either but they don't listen.
LemonBanana
Glorious Purpose
I was thinking of coming out but then i remembered a raging homosexual doesnt mix too well with my 'its just a phase' mother 😅
BarmatronRanvig
Sorry to hear that. My Mom was really rough about it after I came out. Believe it or not she did end up accepting me. But it took me telling her “I’m not rubbing it in your face that I’m gay, I’m inviting you into my life.”
thrasherpix
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Just want to say it has been getting better. Things that were done (including more reasons to be wary of psychiatry) even in the 1980s could be horrific in which the hopeful lights burned all the brighter for the darkness. And we celebrate those liberated from Nazi camps, but plenty of gays just traded one jailor for another back then. Brilliant people were once ruined over it.
Even in the 2000s I faced death threats, which included one who wrote down the license plate of my girlfriend's jeep so he or someone in his group could kill us at any time. Even to this day my family (notable exceptions aside) in rural Texas generally practices a "we won't ask, and you better not tell" with me (to be fair, when my aunt tried to break that unspoken agreement, she was shut down by the others, but they'd come down on me if I spoke up).
And even LGBT back then could turn on one another (including those in their own group).
It's not a perfect world by any means (but then I know it will never be), but I'm so glad for how much better things are today that I just breathe a sigh of relief. If I was told it would be like this today as it is back in the early 2000s, I'd have never believed it. Twilight is turning into dawn (at least in this regard) and I feel grateful and happy.
I used to speak with those who came of age in the 70s and they're almost tearful at how much better it has gotten in their lifetime, and it looks like it's a trend that will continue. Hopefully those coming of age today will reflect back on that and feel hopeful that their lives and prospects will be even better off (again, in that one regard) as our rainbow grows ever brighter (and more inclusive) and less hated (overall).
Even in the 2000s I faced death threats, which included one who wrote down the license plate of my girlfriend's jeep so he or someone in his group could kill us at any time. Even to this day my family (notable exceptions aside) in rural Texas generally practices a "we won't ask, and you better not tell" with me (to be fair, when my aunt tried to break that unspoken agreement, she was shut down by the others, but they'd come down on me if I spoke up).
And even LGBT back then could turn on one another (including those in their own group).
It's not a perfect world by any means (but then I know it will never be), but I'm so glad for how much better things are today that I just breathe a sigh of relief. If I was told it would be like this today as it is back in the early 2000s, I'd have never believed it. Twilight is turning into dawn (at least in this regard) and I feel grateful and happy.
I used to speak with those who came of age in the 70s and they're almost tearful at how much better it has gotten in their lifetime, and it looks like it's a trend that will continue. Hopefully those coming of age today will reflect back on that and feel hopeful that their lives and prospects will be even better off (again, in that one regard) as our rainbow grows ever brighter (and more inclusive) and less hated (overall).
LemonBanana
This is so lovely, I am grateful to be in a more accepting world and in a part of the world where people are often quite accepting
ILLYRIAN
Druish Pervonian Wizard
I heard on the morning news a few minutes ago that the Pride marches in Poland were heavily policed. The two groups that were openly against all Pride concerns were the Polish government and the Catholic church.