The small community of Millport is to have an LGBT+ pride. Thoughts?

I’ve been to Millport on a family holiday and didn’t notice it being particularly Christian tbh. I’m a single parent and took my kids for a cycle around the island and references like the crocodile has brought back many happy memories.

Hope it’s a fun event for everyone attending.

When I was a little girl, my mum told me that Elton John’s Crocodile Rock was written about the Millport crocodile.

Literally only dawned on me like a year ago that she was making that up 🤦🏻‍♀️

I'm surprised to hear that. I used to live in Largs and getting the car over on a sunny day was a nightmare. www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&client=ms-android-samsung-rvo1&source=android-browser&q=can+you+book+the+ferry+to+cumbrae+in+advance#lfId=ChxjMe

Trans/nb people know what it's like to experience misogyny, homophobia, biphobia and acephobia as well. Lots of trans people are gay, bi, pan or ace.

Ah yes, all the lovely straight blokes larping as "lesbians". Sure Jan.

That would be Ms not Mx. Ffs, even the "proud to be a Mrs" crowd on here (who tend to cluster on AIBU not FWR) know the difference.

I could not give a shiny shit who decides to have a PRIDE march or not, hope that helps.

I have been to Millport. Admittedly about twenty years ago. I spent a week staying at the cathedral. It was beautiful as a place to be on holiday/retreat, eating sandwiches for lunch on the beach and watching the seals. There was a mildly interesting museum and an aquarium but not much else to do. There seemed to be a lot of cheap vodka available for sale. It's probably a hard place to be young and a hard place to feel different and a hard place to be LGBT. I am not sure a festival will solve that but good on someone for trying.

Have they ever said how they square that with the other stuff that goes on at Pride? The banning of women-only lesbian groups and the LGB Alliance, the placards extolling violence against women, or the men in fetish gear for example.

It was a good while ago now, but when my neighbours’ daughter came out as a lesbian when still in her mid-teens, her parents took her to the Pride march in the nearby (small) city and marched with her, which I honestly thought was lovely.

I also have lesbian friends on Facebook who March every year and seem to have a great time.

I hope it’s a lovely occasion where positivity dominates.

You’d have to ask the OP. I know there have been many instances of Pride festivals excluding some women’s group, which would be relevant to FWR, but the OP doesn’t mention women. Does mention men and boys though.

I suspect most people’s first ‘thoughts’ would be “that’s nice”.

What exactly does Pride raise awareness of these days?

We have booked the ferry when an event was on.

I think Millport would be a great location for this type of event.

They have a country and western festival which brings in a lot of visitors. I expect this will do the same. But getting to and from Cumbrae is not that easy. The queues for the ferry if you take the car on a busy day are terrible - you can't book, you have to just turn up. And getting back can be tricky. We stayed in a cottage in Millport a few years ago. August. And we got stuck there due to bad weather!!

Oh absolutely, but living nearby, all I see is every small place pushing the TQ+, a lot of the time, directly at kids.

Yes, and if it’s hard for someone to come out as gay on Lewis then it’s going to be even harder in a smaller community.

It's been widely known for some years now that Pride is not the family friendly, fun event it once was. It's become very political, with many focusing very much on the demands of the Ts and far less on the LGBs. If the organisers of this event are able to stand firm, welcome all groups and views equally, and make it clear that no placards calling for terfs to die (and similar) or fetishes are allowed, then good luck to them.

I wasn’t aware of that to be honest. Maybe need to do a bit more reading up on that as it’s not really widely known.

I just meant if it’s raising awareness and supporting people to be more inclusive of everyone in their society then it’s a good thing. I hadn’t realised there was more to it than that. maybe it is a positive then if more people are talking about the bigger picture and people can find out more factual information.

How inclusive? Does it, for example, follow other Prides and ban the LGB Alliance or lesbian groups that don't allow men to join?

I don't really understand this thread. I have always understood that sex and gender discussion was not anti trans. I am only interested in women's rights. Trans men and women can get on with their own lives, so long as my right to single sex spaces is respected.

I’m local, straight and think it’s great! The Arran pride is always very well supported as are other events, festivals etc on Cumbrae/Millport, this raises awareness and is inclusive.

Ahhh, so inclusive but only to a point. I can never get my head around why some women are happy to watch other women being vilified, attacked, silenced and pushed out of their rightful spaces in order to centre men.

Translation: I was hoping to get lots of screenshots of nasty comments from bigoted TERFS to post on Reddit.

Pam is very much TWAW, which is presumably the point of the OP highlighting this.

How lovely she was able to meet and date her wife without interference from TIMs as has happened to so many lesbians. Hopefully she and the other organisers will ensure that it's a truly inclusive day, with men in fetish gear and placards calling for the death of terfs kept firmly on the mainland.