Wait, what?

[luvdovz]

Putting a few sources for the same story, just so we get any potential "this is fake non-news from a non-mainstream media" type of derailment off the table right from the get-go:

Drag Queens Banned From Free Pride Glasgow Event Over Fears Of Offending Transgender People
Drag queens banned from Pride event 'because they may offend transgender

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[ddstory]

"LGBTQ+"... Me likey. Sounds inclusive enough. :)

[johnny9fingers]

My thoughts entirely.

[johnny9fingers]

You would have thought that excluding others was the last thing on some folks' minds. Oh well.

[merig00]

There was a case of israeli gays being uninvited from some parade or something cause they were from israel.

[htpcl]

You mean Conchita Wurst wouldn't be able to attend the Pride parade in Glasgow? The guy who was praised as a major champion of LGBT rights last year?

Where-oh-where is this world going.....

[johnny9fingers]

Essentially yes. Er...but Honey, your pronouns are showing. :)

[policraticus]

Eventually, the revolution runs out of aristocrats to guillotine and start filling the tumbrels with other revolutionaries.

As for the Swedes, well, it makes me grateful to have the 1st Amendment.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Socialist_Party_of_America_v._Village_of_Skokie

[sandwichwarrior]

Pretty much.

Though I must confess that the schadenfreude is particularly sweet in this case.

[policraticus]

[htpcl]

DQ.