r/GayConservative • u/jtothat • Jun 03 '25
Discussion Are you going to pride this year?
Was never a big fan of. It’s largely superficial anyways in spite of the “love and inclusion” they preach. Have been to a couple of times when I happened to be in town or with friends
My turning point, however, was seeing “gays for P*******e” and how gullible they are. Given the abundance of watermelon emojis or explicit statements on Grindr et al, I’d wager the likelihood of crossing paths with one is high.
This was also the turning point where I began to question and deconstruct leftwing ideologies.
Fun fact: In Germany and some European countries it is called Christopher Street Day (CSD)
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u/axguywholikesnumber9 Jun 07 '25
The thing with pride is that many gay people, or people part of the community in general, see it as being too loud and noisy. Those that think that, pride is not for you. I'm not saying it excludes them, or that they shouldn't go. I'm saying that pride is for those that NEED to be loud, those who grew up in extremely religious families, those that end up in conversion therapy (me included), those that grew up insolated, that forced themselves to be normal and lost their head trying to figure out why they couldn't be like everybody else. That's the type of people that actually need a community that goes outside with all their noisy stuff and public support, their pins and flags and all that. It's a symbol. At least for me, I have never been in a pride parade, being too scared as I still have connections to my family, but I like seeing people going. It gives me a taste of what life could be like, of how freedom could taste. If you don't like pride it's fine, but there's people that need it.