[nerdjon]

As someone who is gay, anyone who tells me that kink should not belong at pride can fuck right off.

Pride is OUR event, I don't give a rats ass about your children showing up. Do not tell ME how to celebrate our history.

Trying to remove Kink from pride ignores the history of our community. You are trying to tell me what my sexuality should be.

Edit: Sorry for the language but this is a particular hot topic for me and I will not take any of it.

[GekkePrutser]

Also, people don't have to take their kids to pride events if they don't want to. And really what goes on there is mild, it's not like people are going at it. At least not the ones I've been to.

I'm proud that people can embrace who they really are in this day and age.

[nerdjon]

Thank you!

I also have never seen anything (sex) actually happen at pride. It is always people being cheerful, maybe wearing some gear. If you think that gear is sexual you have already been exposed to it in an actual sexual manor.

If you really are upset about people wearing gear I hope you don't take your kids to the pool or the beach either. You see far more in those situations.

[robonerd]

Wow, I thought jwond was being disingenuous by posting something indefensible but atypical and not representative of the whole. But you jump to unconditionally defend it so quick? Wew, what the fuck.

[nerdjon]

We are not talking about having sex on the streets, that is what Folsom is for.

We are talking about being able to represent ourselves. For many of us our Kink identity is part of who we are.

For the most part we are talking about wearing some leather, rubber, a harness, a pup hood, maybe using a leash, etc. Things that are mostly tame.

Your kid will either likely laugh at it or not think anything of it. If they actually make the connection to sex... they already knew about it.

But again. Pride is our event. I don't need you there or care that you are there. This country is seriously fucked with its puritanical views.

[robonerd]

What you do on the street in public is for the whole of the public to comment on, you're not immune to criticism just because the parade is "yours". As soon as you do it in public, you are giving up any conceptual right to not be criticized you seem to think you are entitled to.