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Furries & gimp masks at Surrey Pride

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wheresmymojo · 10/08/2019 17:46

It was Surrey's first Pride recently and yet again people with sexual fetishes are latching on.

I consider myself fairly liberal - I don't give a monkeys if people want to be Furries or wear gimp masks with their own consensual sexual partners.

But nobody is discriminated against on the basis of wearing a gimp mask in their own home Hmm

Why has this suddenly become a thing? What does it even have to do with Pride anyway?

Furries & gimp masks at Surrey Pride
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Sexnotgender · 10/08/2019 18:17

Why are all the furries fat middle aged men?

OldCrone · 10/08/2019 18:15

This is what happens when organisers try to make a pride event family friendly and ask people not to flaunt their fetishes.

www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/rhondda-pride-costume-leather-lgtbq-16669665

According to 'Mr Leather Wales', "fetish is often an intrinsic quality of LGBT+ folks identities. Asking people to avoid these things goes against the history and tradition of Pride."

sackrifice · 10/08/2019 18:15

It bothers me that they can't decide whether it's a family friendly event or 18 + event

You make it sound as if introducing kids to fetishes isn't the agenda.

OvaHere · 10/08/2019 18:05

It bothers me that they can't decide whether it's a family friendly event or 18 + event.

If they sell it as the former then they need to be strict about what is allowed.

The lack of willingness to be honest or set standards is disturbing. No other type of event would be allowed to flaunt safeguarding of children so blatantly.

AnotherAdultHumanFemale · 10/08/2019 17:59

Also what s1naidSucks said (what a confusing sentence!) about the blurring of boundaries and the renaming of legitimate discomfort as bigotry. Unfortunately I fear it's even more sinister than that, since pride is meant to be a family friendly event. It seems they are trying to say that kink and fetishes are 'family friendly' which is again them trying to redraw the line about what is acceptable.

OhHolyJesus · 10/08/2019 17:56

I knew it! I didn't go because of the possibility that I might see this with my son. I asked in advance and didn't get a clear answer. Thanks for posting this. It was billed as family friendly.

AnotherAdultHumanFemale · 10/08/2019 17:56

It's all about the normalisation of sexual fetishes, attention seeking and presumably, pissing people off. I've long been horrified at the increasing depravity of porn but if people want to be weirdos in their own homes, as long as it is not hurting anyone I don't care. I don't, however, want to see it in the streets.

It seems these people's lives revolve around porn and sex and they can't cope with the fact that most of us don't care and don't want to see it.

slipperywhensparticus · 10/08/2019 17:55

Some things should be kept in the bedroom

I'm not a prude and I dont care who people love but FFS I'm not wanting to be part of someone's fetish 🤢

S1naidSucks · 10/08/2019 17:53

*that their feelings of discomfort in bad situations ‘is wrong’.

S1naidSucks · 10/08/2019 17:52

It’s blurring the boundaries and teaching vulnerable adults and children that their feelings of discomfort in bad situations. If you can’t name the danger, because that makes you a ‘bigot’, then you can’t keep yourself safe.

helpmeiamatoad · 10/08/2019 17:50

Where they displaying predatory behaviour? Or were they just dressed like that?