I'm a christian - I don't agree with the act. To a point, I get the parades, and I'm ok with that from a secular viewpoint - there are parades and celebrations for all kinds of things.
You want to go have a somber vigil/parade because a crazy nut committed an act of terrorism? Lovely. I can appreciate that. To a point, I might get behind that on some level. Terrorism (terrorism isn't micro aggressions, but like people beheading gays and throwing them off buildings and stuff) is horrible on any level.
Many of the parades get raunchy, though, and I DEFINITELY disapprove of that element. There's a very hedonistic element to a lot of these parades. Whether straight, gay, somewhere in the middle, etc I don't care for that element of some parades and events out there, no matter who'd be doing it. If it was regular looking people, marching, dancing in the streets (but keeping it pretty clean), I might argue the case more for Pride parades. But with the level of debauchery encouraged, even what little I've seen by watching the news, I can't support any of that at all.
B was the closest to correct answer for me. More accurately I'm mostly indifferent to it. Not much of an event goer in general. I don't know many gay people. The ones I do know probably wouldn't go either because they're busy with other things as well. We all got bills to pay.
I do believe in their right to peaceful assembly and freedom of expression. As well as a belief that they are entitled to the pursuit of happiness. I think it's also good for anyone to exercise that right where they see fit. But beyond that it's just not something on my radar.
I think that they're a bit unnecessary and that sometimes it just seems like you're trying too hard to prove that you're ok with who you are. I don't understand why people just can't be. It's like being Catholic in my country is pretty much the worst thing on earth right now because we're going through a Royal Commission surrounding child sex abuse in the Church. I'm not marching down the streets so that everyone can see that I'm ok with being part of a group which is seen as undesirable in society. I'm a Catholic and I'm ok with that so I just go about my business being who I am.
What's your country?
After being discriminated against and forced to hide who they are, LGBTQ folks should be able to celebrate who they are.
@TinyCactus And as far as I'm concerned the best way to celebrate is to live their lives being comfortable with who they are. I being someone who has been discriminated against for my religion and my disability I still see it as being ubnecessary.
If you're gay, be gay, but you aren't so special that you need an entire month and parades to show off. When is straight month? Where are all the straight parades? No one else seems to feel so entitled...
yes you are that special because homophobic people have been oppressing lgbtq+ people for centuries, and now that it has finally become much more acceptable lgbtq+ people should be able to celebrate and feel amazing for how much oppression they have overcome. there doesn't need to be a "straight month" because literally every day is straight day, heterosexual couples face no oppression unless they are biracial, just shut up and let lgbtq+ celebrate who they are
@hnw627 I think gays should shut up and celebrate at home like it was a birthday party. White supremacists are proud of what they are but they don't go down the road in a parade. And you don't see blacks, who faced true oppression, go down the road in parades. Just enjoy what you have and live your life.
@TrixiePooch you do realize blacks can't have parades because police would consider it a riot and i think we can imagine what it would turn into. and white supremacists don't have to have parades because they can walk down the street spouting their oppressing racism everywhere. and in no way am i trying to demean the oppression of non white ethnicities, but you can't say gays have no experienced true oppression as well. it is a different kind of oppression, but it is still a majority trying to control a minority.
@hnw627 Hey man, I'm gay, and I manage to be gay without feeling the need to parade
Everyone has been oppressed at some point in their life, if you want to call it "oppression." There should be a straight month then, and a black month, and a white month. Where's the red month? Yellow? You aren't special just because you were born liking one set of genitalia; it's not some life accomplishment you worked to reach, you were born that way. If that's your logic then there should be a month for every fetish. Where's the fuck your dog parade? The fuck your two month old? Where's the parade for liking the vaginas of enslaved women? Or the dicks of young boys? You see this as extremes, but that's your logic. If oyu are going to believe one thing based on that principal, don't be hypocritical now and deny others. The LGBQzyxwvut community isn't as important as it likes to think itself. Grow up.
i hear you, i do, and i'm sorry if i came on too strong, but no, not everyone has felt oppression at some point. straight white cisgender men have felt no oppression because they are the norm. and you don't have to celebrate the parade if you're gay, it's cool if you don't, but a lot of people like myself had a lot of trouble coming out and being treated differently. now that people are a lot more comfortable with lgbtq+ and same sex marriage is legal, i totally feel the need to celebrate for every day i couldn't. i agree that pride can be a problem due to the nudity over sexualization, but i think you are special if you are lgbtq+ because you have had to face so many odds and being disowned by their communities/families/religions. i'm not trying to discount any other minority's struggles, because lord knows they have faced some incredibly tragic and awful things, but i think they're special too. being different than the norm is special and should be celebrated
@hnw627 I agree that straight white cisgender men usually don't usually feel oppression but straight white cisgender men with any disability like blindness, deafness, muteness, speech impairment like stuttering, autism spectrum, or any disability will also experience oppression. They usually can't get hired for jobs, don't get friends because people don't want them as friends, and girls will reject them because they don't want a "guy with a disability." There is no privilege or better status for "straight white cisgender men with a disability" compared to other oppressed groups. Just my opinion from personal experience from being straight white guy with a disability.
Straight people haven’t been oppressed and forced into hiding...
That’s like saying black people don’t deserve black history month.
Don’t feel so entitled that you believe that you can force people to live a specific way and take away things that make them happy.
The world has enough dick bags. It’s sad to see someone grow to be one so early.
Whites have never been oppressed? At least I am not ignorant of history, here:
www.quora.com/Have-white-people-ever-been-oppressed
All answers to that question, and you can find more with just a little research
@TinyCactus They don't, they literally don't. Never said I was making people live a certain way honey, or trying to take it away, but aww, seems like that was on your mind. Is the LGBQzyxwvut experiencing inner turmoil? This may be more tragic than Julius Caesar's betrayal 😢
You’re trying to take away the LGBTQ’s pride by saying they shouldn’t be able to celebrate themselves.
There’s literally no reason to be a dick about it.
And Julius Caesar’s death wasn’t that tragic. He was a huge dick; it’s obvious someone was bound to kill him.
@TinyCactus No, again, never said that 😄
Never said they shouldn't be able to celebrate, they just don't need a parade and a whole month. Or if they have one, then they shouldn't complain when people try and make a straight month and straight parades. Unless... Wait, so the oppressed have now become the oppressors, tsk tsk tsk. So much for equality.
I'm not being a dick, I'm showing you the hypocrisy of your beliefs. If you don't like them don't be so hypocritical, it's not that hard :/
And wow, way to disrespect a dead man, how rude of you 😢😂 I love how that point just flew straight over your head
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I'm tolerant towards the LGBT group, but PRIDE parades are on another level that is full of overly-sexualised degeneracy. No sane person wants to see freaks dressed as gimps, dry humping each other, playing with dildos and shit. It's completely disgusting and inappropriate.
Whatever the fuck you want to do in your bedroom is your business. It doesn't belong in the fucking streets. People need to realise that you can be proud of being gay without flaunting your sexuality in people's faces.
The irony is that homosexuals would be much more easily accepted without this sort of flagrant display of unseemly stupidity. If your entire "identity" revolves around which hole you like to fuck, newsflash, it's time to get a real identity.
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Twisted. I remember reading of a similar incident like in first pic of guys dancing and shaking their penises in front of kids at a parade😧. Gross
I think they should have a straight parade float in the same parade where they can yell and scream that they are straight and proud of it. I'm getting tired of this gay pride shit where they have to shove what they are in your face. Who cares if they are gay? Just live your life like the rest of us do and stop proclaiming it to the world like it is a gift from God or something to be gay.
Agree. I wonder what you think about gay people having (with sperm donor or adopting) children. I don't think that should be a thing at all. They choose to be gay after all, so no children for them. The main thing tho is i think it would be damaging to the kid. Being gay is ok, but in a society being gay is not normal. I may create some polls out of this or something.. heh
@ElvenMr I don't know about kids. Kids should be raised to make their own decision and not influenced by their parents as to what they want to be. If they are raised as straights I would not have an issue with it. If they raise a child to be gay then I would have an issue since they keep saying it is not a choice to be gay.
people do go to pride parades even if they're straight, i have been to many and i see lots of people wearing shirts that say things like "hella straight" but they are still wearing rainbows because lgbtq+ should be celebrated regardless of who you are. and why shouldn't lgbtq+ be able to celebrate? they have been oppressed for CENTURIES and now it is finally more acceptable? hell yes we are going to have parades and throw it in your face because we are proud to overcome oppression from people like you
@hnw627 Oppression my aching foot. You have no clue what oppression really is. Throwing it in someone's face just makes them reject it, just like they say about Christians trying to ram religion down their throats. It would probably be more accepted if they didn't make such a display of it riding half naked down the street on a float.
@slatyb I don't think there is any scientific proof of that because some gays don't really discover it til they are in their 20's or even later. Some girls have boyfriends and boys girlfriends. Some even get married and have children before they figure what they are. If they were born that way they would go with it way earlier in my opinion.
i have no idea what oppression is? so me being bullied in school for liking girls and me having an ultra conservative teacher almost fail me in a class for liking girls is not oppression? me getting weird looks anytime i hold a girl's hand in public is not oppression? me being outed by a homophobic cheerleader is not oppression? me almost being driven off my school's volleyball team by girls who hated me and thought the only reason i was there was to check out their asses in spandex? you cannot sit here and tell me lgbtq+ have not been oppressed, especially when a great example is the fact that gay marriage wasn't even LEGAL until 2015. people being denied the right to marry who they love is not oppression?
@slatyb exactly! people aren't exactly raised to be gay, it is how they are born. some people were born meant to like the opposite sex, some people were born meant to like the same sex, and some people were born in the wrong gender. if anything kids are raised to be straight by traditional homophobic parents who believe being gay is wrong
@hnw627 And women were not allowed to vote until 1918. Blacks weren't allowed in white restrooms and had to use black buses until 1961. But I don't see women parading for that or the blacks parading for getting their rights. So you were bullied. Join all the straight people who also get bullied and who commit suicide because of it. Yeah, you got screwed. You aren't the only one that happens too. Most people just pick themselves up, dust themselves off, and carry on and they get over it. But they don't parade over getting back on their feet. We get screwed by the government all the time but don't parade when we finally get some rights voted in. So gays finally got back on their feet. So carry on and get over it. No need for parades. You should try being humble like all the others who got screwed.
I've been to a few with friends, and it was fun, but in general I'm not much of a big-crowds person so I haven't gone in years. As a generalized statement, I support the LGBT community, and even though I'm not personally disgusted/offended by some of the hyper-sexualized themes, I do understand where some people (families in particular) might not want that happening on the street in the middle of the day.
I think if the day-time events were toned down to be all-ages appropriate there would be less controversy, and more community building with people who do not identify as LGBT and have kids. Of course, the more adult-centric events could still be a part of the celebration, just maybe at later hours, or in venues that require +18 ID.
I disapprove of them, not on grounds of caring what a person desires in a partner or anything like that but for two reasons, one being that being proud of something you have no control over, being proud of your sexual preferences is quite honestly rather stupid and two because they do this to show that they should be respected and are part of the community yet they go about this by running around naked or close to it and over sexualizing EVERYTHING in public, in the presence of children. Kind of does the exact opposite of what they claim to want. However I don't think it should be illegal I just think they are pointless and counterproductive.
I have nothing against gay people them self its their free choice & love them same as brothers & sisters, they should never be hurt & treat same as normal person but with no special benefits.
but to be fair how act its stupid & egotistic & you wonder why some people get annoyed,
you can't say it a gay thing truly because where was the gay parades 20+ years ago or 200 years ago, gays been around long as we have,
I don't remember hearing in history gays had to run out in street yelling im gay im gay & make it out its other peoples problem, how many times a day do gays have to bring up the fact they gay? straight people dont go running round saying im straight im straight, they don't use im straight as a excuse get away with things, they don't use im straight to get special attention, they don't need constant bring up they straight for their own Ego,
its fact its truth but can they face it like say to rest of us
I refuse to support any type of public display that exposes sexuality to children. It’s disgusting how gay men like to shake their peckers in front of little girls. Go search it on YouTube if you don’t believe me. Children don’t need to know that you like dick. Keep that shit in the bedroom.
Nice to know I got down voted lmao, I’m against guys showing their dicks to little kids, y’all pedo apologists or something? 🤣
Maybe in the future we gonna see pedo parades wtf. Sorry but I'm definitely agaisnt that, I dont care what you do in your bedroom If you wanna have a dick or a pussy or both at but you want to look like a man or woman or a human experiment turned into an alien. From the moment you're not capable of respecting or loving your body or your race or your gender then I won't respect your decision to turn the streets to alien circus. I'm ok with lesbians or gay people but everything else I'm against it. You have your right to be whoever you want to be or fight for you rights but I also have my right to not see these bullshit on the streets.
I chose “I do not support-“ because although I have nothing against LGBTQ members as they’re very nice people and I’m bisexual myself (this is the part that confuses people) I’m actually against it because it’s against my religion and my culture. In my culture- people get shamed for it. I still haven’t told my family about my sexuality and only one of my friends know. I’m hoping there’s a way I can be completely straight. Maybe if things were different then I’d have no problem attending a Pride parade- they seem fun! But I can’t.
Well you're only 14 so you have the rest of your life to figure that out for yourself. It is good to do what makes you happy, and also good to observe your faith and culture. But you will have to find a balance.
There is no shame in being bisexual or gay or whatnot. It is simply a preference.
I’ll take that on board, thnx.
You can't become straight like no one can become gay. Plus there are no problems with being bisexual or gay
They're pointless and dumb. "I'm a faggot and I'm proud." Cool, so what? You don't see me flaunting my sexuality all over the place, having marches to demonstrate how much I like sticking my dick in pussy. That's cool if you prefer a dude's asshole, but I don't really care and I don't wanna be reminded. Oh, and by the way, thanks for ruining the rainbow for humanity.
They don't have much to be proud of, because they are suffering from a psychiatric and/or physiological disorder with which they were born. In other words, they've got their wires crossed somehow, so I wouldn't brag about it. But if a group of folks wanted to brag about, say, colitis, hey, have a parade.
They're unnecessary. A homophobic person is not gonna change their mind because they see a pride parade, matter of fact, I think it would reaffirm his beliefs against the LGBT when they see what goes on in prides.
I support some of the LGBT, the sane part, but I'm not a fan of the hedonism and depravity that happens at prides. I'm not a fan of using kids to push their political agenda.
Prides are unnecessary, whether it's Gay Pride, White Pride, Black Pride, Latino Pride... all it looks like is like a bunch of people bragging about who they are.
Yeah, who cares! If someone wants to have a parade, that's fine. If people are happy with who they are, let them express it. They're not hurting anybody. If some people don't like it, they can walk down a different street, watch something else on TV, etc.
It's all about freedom of expression. And their parades are nice and colorful so they're pretty to look at. All kinds of people have parades and some of them aren't as good to look at. ;)
As a Christian I don't support them. But I don't hate the individual or nothing like that
Dumb people have disliked
I don't care what people do with their love life, but I do not like the vulgarity that is often displayed.
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But if you're born gay then what's there to be proud of. I mean you didn't achieve anything if you were born that way.
They should be banned or at least be stricter with them. Anywhere else nudity in public is illegal but if you're gay then apparently you are above the law and can march down the streets naked in front of everyone including kids. That shouldn't be happening. It should be a normal parade.
They're annoying a/f. I can't imagine getting together with a bunch of other straight people to march in the streets celebrating who it is we like to have sex with.
I've been to a pride after party and it was fun. I have never been to a parade, and it's not one of my priorities since it would be empty virtue signalling. However, I support LGBT equality and have no problem with Pride parades so long as they're family friendly during the daytime.
I support the equality while never attended them myself, I do have gay friends and had bi girlfriends over the years... so would be quite closed minded of me not to accept or support them
so I dont mind either way about the parades, though i dont do well in large crowds tbh doesn't matter whether is is for Pride or for any other reason
I love them, the reason why is pretty simple, for years gay people have been in the closet afraid to even show who they are to the world, so I think this is perfect. People are showing that they are not afraid to show to the world who they really are. :)
I disapprove because there pointless, if it is all about equality then there would be a pride for everything like just for been stright.
But if everything has a pride then pride becomes meanless and pointless.
So that's why i think there stuiped and will never go near one.
I am ambivalent about Pride Parades. The only reason why I am not fond of them is the same I am not fond of most other parades: parades interfere with traffic patterns and make if difficult or impossible to get to where I want to go easily, quickly, or not at all. If you are driving in Manhattan, the last thing you need is a source of gridlock and traffic jams.
I don't like the political affiliations of pride.
I don't think it's admirable human behavior to want to flaunt your sexuality, nor is it beneficial for society as a whole.
There are dozen of more important question than LGBTQ-rights and all the rest of the stuff they're pushing.
Soo... yeah I disapprove of it. I don't hate it though, nor do I hate the individuals.
Pride parades are examples of self-expression that are protected by the First Amendment of the US Constitution. I don't like parades, and I am not comfortable with openly public display of affection, or overt discussion or celebration of sexuality be it heterosexual or homosexual outside of necessary educational purposes.
I also disapprove of alcohol use of any amount or frequency, and receiving interest on loans, but that's just me.
whatever folks at such functions opt to do is their business. i'm not going to one, nor am i going to disrupt one or tell folks they're not.
HOWEVER, i refuse to be forced to cater to their every whim and change my system of beliefs based upon their ideas/lifestyles.
i respect them and their space and expect same.
I support gay rights as they are a part of individual rights. But my God, those "parades" are disgustingly awful. Men wearing barely anything, women that look like they haven't shaved in 5 years who aren't wearing barely anything and endless sexualization of everything. I was grabbed by the dick and repeatedly rubbed up on when I went to the one in Charleston. My friend is gay and he lives in downtown Charleston, I used to live with him and a few others, but even he told me to be careful.
While I absolutely support HBTQ people´s right to live the lifestyle of their choice, and their right to not be discriminated against, I think the Pride movement has been hijacked by leftwing activists, pursuing their own agenda and trying to exclude HBTQ people that do not share their views. That´s why I don ´t support Pride.
All power to them, I just don't care. They can be proud of their sexuality just as much as I (a straight male) can be proud of mine. I just don't care enough to make a big deal of it for a whole week... or month... however long it is nowadays.
By all means, celebrate your sexuality as much as you please. Feel free to tell me all about how much fun you had, I love good conversation. Just don't force it down my throat.
100% against them. Their only purpose, and the only thing those parades achieve is pushing sick shit down the throats of normal citizens. Especially children. While on the other hand, they achieve absolutely NOTHING for gay people, they just increase the amount of hatred for them. Gay people dont need gay parades, people who wanna spread sick trends do. Those parades should be permanently banned all over the world.
Finally someone intellectual.
Let's have a straight parade. Oh that's right... we're biologically normal and will actually continue the human race if we tried reproducing. No point in promoting that, right?
All jokes aside, there's nothing wrong with being gay, just like there's nothing wrong with having a mental illness, but should it be promoted? Definitely not.
I don't support them and want nothing to do with them. But I don't find them disgusting and think the idea of having them banned is crazy. Let people have pride for what they wanna have pride for lol
I dont care if you're gay or not I actually have gay brother and had gay friends in the past but, i dont see a point in these parades they leave all the straight people out of it. Make a love parade instead that celebrates everyone now that would be a parade worth supporting.
It's not that I support them as much as I coexistence with them but I don't hate them, you have the right to support and attend however I feel that just like all other social political movement type events, you will always find extremist from both sides ruining the mood of the event
I disapprove totally. Not because it's for LGBT, which I'm ok with, but I hate those parades themselves.
Look at it, it's full of people acting super sexually, making out, wearing BDSM leather clothes, there are people with dildos all around. And all of that in plain view of kids.
This is unacceptable.
I approve of LGBT but pride parades are just silly.
I don't care if you are gay etc you deserve the same right as straights but don't rub it in everyone's faces.
Rainbow flags and parades are not helping LGBT become the norm as the norm doesn't do these.
I think pride is only for those who earned a medal, prize, higher government position or company head or owner or manager. So, i always wish good for them and i hope people never misunderstood them. And give them their priorities.
I think they are stupid. I only think narcissism, ego, self absorbedness. I think less of people who do stuff like that.
I voted F, totally disgusted by them. NOT for what they are saying they represent but for what they have become. They have become nothing more than a parody of themselves and have ceased being about pride a LONG time ago..
Just imagine the emotional outburst it would cause if Christians dared to make a Christian parade.
And that said it all.
More better if muslims would like to make a parade imagine that
I totally support PRIDE parades but I am not a parade person - Fully support LGBT rights, have no problem drinking/socialising in gay bars/clubs, I know some gays and interact the same with them as with any other person.
I can careless. People live their life the way they want it to be. Do what you have to do as long as it doesn’t interfere with my religion, personal space, or peace. Bon voyage.
It is silly. If someone doesn't want me to care about his sexual orientation, then don't make a big deal out of it. Because if I care, it won't be to his favor.
I think they should be banned. It's annoying and kinda disgusting. Who cares what you are.
Why do they need parades?
Next they will ask for public holiday...
I'm straight and like Russian point of view to it, it is fine who or what you like as long as it is legal, just do not advertise it.
I can see now a lot of brain washed low IQ level animals who see anything as a fact what ever TV or antisocial media tells them and try to tell me differently.
Yeah... Man having a parade for sucking dicks and women for being lesbians. Nice way of promoting mental illness.
I attended one a couple years ago because my friend just came out as pan and my whole friend group went with her to show support
Support but never attended
But I saw the results
A lot of people hate or are disgusted by this
The question is why so? Why are they homophobic? Why so much hate?
I'm straight by the way
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My daughter is gay. I would go but we are caring for 4 elderly relatives, one close to death. So needs come before wants here. We have attended AIDS charity walks before.
Its Not my Problem If the want to Go through the streets Like that.
And as Long as gay people are considered disgusting or sick they have to Fight Form equality.
And If that is their Form of fighting i Support it
You don't need a pride parade every year like we fucking get it you're gay woopty fucking doo want a cookie? You don't see us walking around with a straight pride parade so why the hell should you?
I have no idea, why someone should be proud of how he/she is.
I am straight, but am I proud of that? No, because I did nothing to "accomplish" that, its just how things turned out on themselves...
I support LGBT rights to an extent and I don't have nothing against pride parade if they tone down vulgarity in it several notch
I think it's extremely stupid. But the weird thing is, I have nothing against gay people.
same
Its abnormal... only from two... man and woman comes third one. Thats a nature.. the rest is not as it shoul.. its disgusting
It's funny how most guys are disgusted by lgbtq parades. Staying true to stereotypes.
I'm fine with them, I don't go, though. I just don't like huge crowds.
I would like to go sometime to support my LGBTQ friends but I would feel weird going alone since I’m straight.
I do not support PRIDE parades, i also don't have anything against it. i just don't care about it in general.
Stupidest crap I've never seen yet but the very idea of any group useing sexual explicit criteria for anything is beat before it hits the starting gate
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