[Banana699]

>There seems to be a subgroup that enjoys showcasing what can fairly honestly (as in, not in a pearl-clutching kind of way) be described as deviant

Correct. Furthermore, Pride is optimized for this group, meaning that it's an inherently meaningless celebration that rewards novelty purely for novelty's sake. Since deviance is novel, that's the direction that pulls.

So this group, regardless of numbers, is dominant. If you attend pride parades, try talking about those views. See for yourself how native is deviance to the LGBT thing, the movement that doesn't like the words "respectable" and "normal" and views them as slurs.

[Dan_Sylveste]

That seems to be a feature of US pride parades, perhaps originating from the Folsom Street Fair, I remember reading about it somewhere. The EU ones - which are the ones I have personal experience of - don't have much of that sort of thing.