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Reading Pride

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JellySlice · 31/08/2018 12:18

Looks like I'm going with my 15yo and her friends to Pride tomorrow. They are naive rainbow-swallowing trans-allies, and I am a gender-critical liberal (small-L). I am not going to spoil their fun or embarrass dd, I am simply there as their discreet chaperone.

But...

Should I, still discreet, do something...more?

Suggestions...?

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jasminemaya · 31/08/2018 13:45

Why don't you have a racist protest at black pride while you're at it?

Or you could have a rant at wheelchair users at disability pride?

FFS let them have their day.

Forgotthebins · 31/08/2018 13:24

I wouldn't do protesting stuff myself as it's not my parade, but I'd gen up on my facts so if someone says Stonewall was started by trans people I'd say "but Storme DeLarverie was a lesbian", and stuff like that.

WarmWishes · 31/08/2018 12:58

I wouldn't do it either. It's not the time or place. It was different for get the L out because they are lesbians and it is appropriate in a LGBT event but assuming you are straight then no.

UpstartCrow · 31/08/2018 12:58

You can wrap leaflets in the loo roll and stick them inside the door. You can get rolls of 200 glue dots from the pound shop, and you dont need a whole one for a sticker.

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JellySlice · 31/08/2018 12:56

How about "Lesbians are female homosexuals"?

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JellySlice · 31/08/2018 12:55

On second thoughts, I don't like the loo roll idea. Rather than give someone second thoughts, I suspect it will give some people great pleasure to wipe their bums with that statement.

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NameChangedAgain18 · 31/08/2018 12:53

I don’t think stickering that event is a good look. It will look like harassment, and the point of the campaign is to draw the attention of oblivious members of the public to what is happening.

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JellySlice · 31/08/2018 12:52

Grin Like the loo roll idea!

beenandgone, I know my child and her friends. They are vulnerable.

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beenandgoneandbackagain · 31/08/2018 12:48

Seriously? I wouldn't go. At 15 they are old enough to go by themselves. I'd tell them to watch the behaviours of various people and use their critical thinking skills to draw their own conclusions.

I was a regular marcher at Pride but not any more. When the G start supporting the L I may change my mind.

thatdamnwoman · 31/08/2018 12:46

Stickers inside the portaloos? Or wind out the loo roll in the loo a bit, write WOMEN DON'T HAVE PENISES in marker or biro on some of the sheets, then wind the loo paper back up again. You'll be well away by the time it's discovered.

Or you could write WOMEN DON'T HAVE PENISES on the back of a £5 or £10 note with a marker and then use it (QE2 face up) to pay for drinks or whatever. But as someone will doubtless pop up to tell you, you could be fined £200 for doing this — if you're caught.

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