Pride events

[Sparklybutold]

Posting for traffic - those who have attended one, what's been your experience? Can they ever be family friendly?

Daytime yes and leave early evening would be my view having been to a few.

We went to one over the summer. It was music, food stalls, face painting, candy floss stall, fair ground type stalls eg win giant cuddly animal.

A couple of fair ground rides - helter skelter thingy, bungee trampoline etc

Just normal village fete/fair type things but lots of people wearing rainbows etc

I didn't see anything non-family friendly.

It probably goes downhill (like any other events) as people drink into the evening.

Yes I went to Lancaster pride and it was family friendly, lots of children there. Really nice atmosphere.

Depends where. I brought my daughter to Dublin pride (13 at the time, 14 now) and it was fine

I'm questioning how it can be - cognitive dissonance? Inner knowledge knowing it can't be yet they are advertised as family friendly.

You seem to be missing the posts from people who have attended family friendly pride events and are describing them for you.

I absolutely agree that a lit of pride activities are not suitable for children, but some are, as posters here have described.

I don’t think it’s cognitive dissonance so much as parental confidence. There are things at plenty of events which aren’t suitable for children and where family friendly aspects crossover with adult party aspects. I wouldn’t personally take children to the Nottingham Hill Carnival, nor to festivals like Wilderness or Shambala, all of which are touted as “family friendly”: I’ve seen overtly sexual behaviour in public and far more open drug use and alcohol-fueled potentially scary behaviour than I’m personally confident and comfortable having to try to avoid or explain to children. But plenty of parents (and other relatives) do take children to those events, and I presume that they are comfortable in their ability to either shepherd their children through the things they’d prefer them not to see and to calmly explain the bits they can’t ensure they don’t see.

Pride is just the same: as plenty of posters have said, gay and lesbian parents aren’t perverted freaks who want to expose their children to sex and drugs, they’re just normal parents who, like parents taking their children to other big events, apprise themselves of the bits they absolutely want to avoid, and manage the logistics of it

I had the misfortune to have be in Manchester during last year's daytime events. Groups of men walking round in nothing but tiny thongs and bondage chains, extremely explicit drag wear, sexualised pups and furries, stuff like that - in public places like the Arndale in the middle of the day. So no, they're definitely not 'family friendly' and normal public decency doesn't apply even if you're well away from the event itself. It's awful.

No, it's not cognitive dissonance. As numerous posters on this thread have explained, it varies from town to town and from event to event. Some are family friendly, some are adults only.

There is an incongruous / disingenuous feel to your posts @Sparklybutold. You don't seem to want to listen to posters unless they agree with your preconceived notion and confirm your bias.

You asked if Pride would be a suitable occasion for your family. The answer is "no" because you are not going to enjoy it and that's OK. Other families will enjoy it and that's OK too.

Pride used to be a march for LGB rights. It has been hijacked by big companies trying to be pc, and by male fetishists in drag gimp and leather, who are definitely not behaving in a family friendly way. And by straight people getting in on the act. Are you a same sex family? Why do you want to go otherwise?

I think sadly they're getting worse and men are getting more confident to flaunt their fetishes in public then mock anyone who objects as being "pearl clutchers" etc.

It's a shame and gives the LGBT community a bad rep really. Attacking women for questioning the motivation of these men seems to be common nowadays. Perverts are sheltering safely under the umbrella 🌂

Pride is like anything else - if you don’t like it don’t go! If you don’t think it’s for you - don’t go! If you think an event or part of an event isn’t for children- don’t bring them.

We have local pubs that I’ll happily take my children to in the day, but rarely in the evening, and some that I would never take my kids to.

Our local Pride is a famous, enormous one. I has a whole kids area and entertainment etc aimed at them, but by early evening they’ll be tucked up at home while we hang out with the grown ups for the evening.

Very family friendly

Surely that's for you to decide?
We live near a gay village do very normal around these parts. Loads of kids go.

I took DD 7 to a few local pride events last year. I'm not gay but I have a number of gay friends and I consider myself an ally. She loved it.. people loved her too.

Just booked up to go our nearest pride event. I'll take her to Brighton in a couple of years when she's older.

They can definitely be family friendly.

Pretty much the same as our local one

Been to family friendly ones in smaller towns (such as a seaside town in North Somerset). Larger ones, I haven't been to.

I said same thing but posters don't want to hear that, hopefully OP gets good advice instead of being lashed as usual for daring to ask a question. People are so strange

Wrong post, sorry

I took my children to a local pride and we had a great time. Very family focused, celebrating love. I'd take them again to that one. We have been to a drag race con as well and again we all had a great time meeting our favourite queens.

I think it's really going to depend on which actual event you are going to.

Big city parades and large park events like London and Manchester are going to be completely different to the tiny event held on the Middle Wallop school playing fields, or the Bridgeton Woods Rec. 😏

I'd say if it's an actual event that you have a flyer for, your best bet is contacting someone local to find out what kinds of things will be happening.

Tbh if it's a small event from say 12-4pm and says it's family friendly, I don't know why you'd question it really.

People use pride to hook up.

Would you take your dc to a nightclub?

I went to one in Amsterdam once, everyone either in Orange or Pink, brilliant 2 of my favourite colours.

PS. Loads of children, also in orange or pink