“My gripe has been more in the lines that why the fuck do you need to show the world HOW you love someone?” Because I believe in equal rights.
If a straight couple can hold hands and kiss on the park, Why would I have to hide the same behavior just because both me and my partner are of the same gender?
Additionally, for normalization and for communal support. A lot of people feel like passive support is enough, but then going into social media gives you a glimpse of how trans killers are celebrated, how Pride events are mocked, and how attending to one of them, or even being found to be gay or Trans can get you assaulted.
We need visibility if we are ever going to reach integration and freedom.
Like I stated, I have amended my previously stance of “Knock yourself out” to a more pro active stance just because of the increased hate. I can’t be just silently accepting.
And I am not talking about showing affection. A kiss, holding hands, hugging.
I am looking at the Pride parade and seeing floats of leathermen and gimps and other kinks. And I am not kink shaming, I just don’t see how that is relevant in the discussion. If you need the whole hardware store to get it up is cool by me, I don’t get why it needs to be expressed in the context of I like men/female/all the colors of the rainbow in between
Oh, sorry for the misunderstanding mate, and same here. I see no sense or value in those things being on display but at the same time, I do respect them because it is legal.
You do see things just as revealing in many straight spaces though, such as cheerleaders, and while not as openly sexual as some of the things one sees at Pride, to me it still looks like a bit of a double standard in that regard.
No worries :) I agree there are double standards. On everything from commercials to cheer leaders (although the latter is not common in Norway where I live.)
“My gripe has been more in the lines that why the fuck do you need to show the world HOW you love someone?” Because I believe in equal rights.
If a straight couple can hold hands and kiss on the park, Why would I have to hide the same behavior just because both me and my partner are of the same gender?
Additionally, for normalization and for communal support. A lot of people feel like passive support is enough, but then going into social media gives you a glimpse of how trans killers are celebrated, how Pride events are mocked, and how attending to one of them, or even being found to be gay or Trans can get you assaulted.
We need visibility if we are ever going to reach integration and freedom.
Like I stated, I have amended my previously stance of “Knock yourself out” to a more pro active stance just because of the increased hate. I can’t be just silently accepting.
And I am not talking about showing affection. A kiss, holding hands, hugging.
I am looking at the Pride parade and seeing floats of leathermen and gimps and other kinks. And I am not kink shaming, I just don’t see how that is relevant in the discussion. If you need the whole hardware store to get it up is cool by me, I don’t get why it needs to be expressed in the context of I like men/female/all the colors of the rainbow in between
Oh, sorry for the misunderstanding mate, and same here. I see no sense or value in those things being on display but at the same time, I do respect them because it is legal.
You do see things just as revealing in many straight spaces though, such as cheerleaders, and while not as openly sexual as some of the things one sees at Pride, to me it still looks like a bit of a double standard in that regard.
No worries :) I agree there are double standards. On everything from commercials to cheer leaders (although the latter is not common in Norway where I live.)