discussion Does Pride Month feel a lot more...hostile this year?

[Before Today]

On 6/14/2023 at 2:29 AM, Terrielle said:

It's always been hell for us here in North Africa. Because of the pride month pandering, people now know what a pride rainbow is and they've gotten incredibly aggressive with their homophobia. I miss us being under the radar here. Being gay is illegal either way, so I'd rather be ignored than talked about.

It's the same thing here. However people might not be as extreme. I feel like people here are okay with gays showing that they're gay as long as they don't say it.

[Before Today]

My country never had a Pride month, so I have no idea what this "becoming more hostile" thing. To some it always has been

[Asscatchem]

corporations have been commodifying pride for so long the bubble has burst as more people become aware of the June 30 -> July 1st jokes and how performative they are. they never cared.

 

[Specter]

On 6/15/2023 at 7:44 AM, Before Today said:

My country never had a Pride month, so I have no idea what this "becoming more hostile" thing. To some it always has been

100% agree. This is the case for me too, but I meant in a general global sense.

[loveisdead9582]

The ******* Proud Boys showed up to drag bingo at a local brewery. I guess they didn’t learn from Jan 6. It’s been way more hostile than it has in recent times. It really sucks because this is something that a lot of people around where I live look forward to. It’s a lot of fun but we are all kind of worried about what may happen this year. 

[Specter]

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[Mellark]

It feels alright, maybe it is just what I am going through personally but I am fortunate and privileged to live in a city where things are openly liberal. For example, I was at a Starbucks downtown and they had pride flags and whatnot. I didn't even go to Pride events this year in my area, but I would've gone to see Mariah if Janet wasn't performing on that same day. 

[réveuse]

Actually...yeah. This year just feels so different compared to years like 2021, 2020 or maybe even 2019. Pride this year reminds me of the drastic environment changing from pre-pandemic to now.

 

[Specter]

 

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[Homebrand]

On 6/14/2023 at 3:24 AM, Beyonnaise said:

I felt way more comfortable being publicly gay in 2014-2019, even when we had tragedies like Pulse. It's remarkable how things have shifted. I feel a tad hesitant sometimes even bringing up my boyfriend in casual conversation at work or among strangers, even though I live in a liberal area. It feels like I'm inviting a conversation about political culture wars even though I'm just talking about my relationship like any straight person would. I can't imagine how it feels for trans people who just want to float under the radar.

This is true. 

 

It's so sad, I feel homophobia is a lot more prominent in recent years with all the anti trans, pronouns agendas etc. Unfortunately a lot of this widely deemed ''acceptable'' hate towards these groups has also inversely made hate towards gay, lesbian and bi people in the process normalised to an extent again. 

 

I think it just goes to show that a lot hasn't really changed (and a lot of people were never accepting to begin with), outside of a hate towards our community being normalised.