Fuck! It's a LION! Get in the car!

[bluepickle]

So. Sooooooooo I'm going to Pride this Sunday. Never done that before. Jen goes every year; it was the one place she always felt acceptable, regardless of her personal circumstances. I'm not gonna break the tradition

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[chickiepickle]

not anymore.....all sorts of heteros go to pride events. maybe not half of the population at the event, but certainly enough that you can't put a label on anyone for sure (unless they run around practically naked wearing nothing but glitter and wings.....then its a pretty safe bet). And you look pretty androgynous if that helps. lol i mean, you don't look as girly as adam lambert or bill whassisface from tokio hotel.

Sorry you feel so 'outed'. It sucks that sex is so taboo in our family. Makes it hard to be oneself if you can't be open about everything. Felt weird to go to the smut party with laura a few months ago. but i did and it was ok.

[bluepickle]

That's actually what makes me MORE nervous. Then it isn't about being open about yourself; the hetero-population that *I* know of that plans to attend find it highly entertaining as a spectacle. They are tickled and 'charmed' by all the silly faggots! yay! I would hope that hetero persons, unless they see the event as a group of humans in a marginalized community, would stay away. Pride is supposed to be a place to be safe from the judgment of the cultural majority.

[bluepickle]

I mean, case in point, look at your reply there! Classifying persons in glitter and wings as homosexual and "extreme." I can name five or more people I know or have met that wear glitter and wings in public and are NOT homosexual

[chickiepickle]

apparently my intent missed its mark - my point was that people don't get judged at Pride events from what I have seen and heard. You can't tell who is homo, hetero, or bi and so it is a pretty safe bet that no one is labeling you as one or the other. And if they are, they don't do it obviously and probably don't care. So that might help the weight on your nerves

[backwards7]

Don't wait for someone to hang a big neon fag sign on you. Seriously life's too short. Make your own big neon fag sign from items found the home!

Will Westboro Baptist Church be in attendance? Make a big neon fag sign that shoots lasers at them! It's the only way they'll learn.

I'm not big on people who base their entire personal identity around their gender, their race or their sexuality. Conversely there's no harm in, every now and then, bringing this part of who you are to the fore and celebrating it with a group of like-minded people.

[bluepickle]

The Westboro's typically do attend the pride gatherings in Colorado, yes. Jen has informed me that they've had fewer and fewer people in their group each year... whether that is because they're giving up on spending so much time and money for the trip or because they're spreading thinner to be at more events simultaneously, I do not know.

I do get what you're saying... and it makes a lot of sense. I've been trying to convince myself of that sort of viewpoint for a while now. I'm mostly stuck on my social-phobias; that's the root of my issues here, really.

[funkbunny]

WBC sends a smaller number because they try to hit many locations in a short time span. They are generally quiet and unfortunately rope their kids into holding signs that they can't possibly understand what is being communicated. It's sad ... but I find it to be refreshing to see so many people counter-protesting and reinforcing a loving, accepting and if nothing else, tolerant message.

[pabugirl]

I laughed out loud.

[jasmin_sane]

" I just hate being so damn OPEN about it."
"I simply find it uncomfortable to be in a social setting where the main focus of the gathering is sexual identification."

This. Times a million. I'm the same way.

[funkbunny]

Haha ... love the picture

[gladrial]

If you feel some deep, hidden shame about who you are, then I think this will be a good experience. Other than that, I feel you. I mean, I don't want to get into any situation where I feel like I'm trying attract the attention of strangers anyway. "LOOK AT ME! WATCH ME PRANCE!" Especially if the thing that is attracting their attention is so personal. It's nice that you are doing it for your Jen Jen though.

Love the picture!