Iโm an ally. My brother is gay. My cousin is gay. Several close friends are gay. I have zero problem with pride parades existing. None.
What I do have a problem with is gratuitous public nudity at events that are supposed to be family-friendly celebrations.
You can support equality and still think kids shouldnโt see strangers in fetish gear or fully nude on a public street. Those two positions are not in conflict. Plenty of gay people agree with this. Itโs not homophobic to want basic decency at a public event.
Pride started as a protest for dignity and equal rights. It didnโt need shock value to matter then. It doesnโt need it now.
Tone it down. Keep the message. Lose the spectacle that gives critics ammunition and embarrasses the people pride is supposed to be celebrating.
I will never forget the day that DOGE discovered that FEMA was spending $59 MILLION to house illegal aliens in luxury hotels in NYCโฆ
โฆall while FEMA nearly kicked out 3,000 Americans from THEIR hotel rooms in the dead of winter in Western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene