Manchester pride usual 8 plus 3 extra

[Bespin]

Looks like the usual people turned up for a photo op at Manchester pride, though to be fare there were 11 not 8 as usual.

Carry on protesting because its a good reminder of the actual numbers if that is all the people that can protest the second biggest pride in the UK.

lang

Bet you’re relieved

Say it ain't so, Bespin!

If women actually did call themselves female gynephiles it would be less than two minutes before the label was adopted and colonised by people born male.

Women having anything that means a place, even in language, where males can't go, threatens validation. And nothing and no one else matters in that wholly selfish crusade.

Carry on protesting because its a good reminder of the actual numbers if that is all the people that can protest the second biggest pride in the UK

Many others now just stay away......and those numbers are not insignificant. Thank goodness some did turn out to protest. I hate the smug assumptions of those that think that they are above and beyond criticism or question.

The whole trans and fetish 'thing' is turning many people off.......and simply reinforcing ideas about the LGB community that many have long sought to escape from. Many 'Prides' have become host to an increasingly aggressive display of deviant and perverted sexuality: it is no longer about love and acceptance.

Ereshkigal

sorry no not even an incognito one. that much hate and suspicion is not for me.

SpartacusAutisticus

Spinster is woman-centred so not really the place for everyone.

not according to its creators its not. but I'm guessing some are wanting to change that from them.

The relevance of your sexual kink in relation to the bravery of a group of women standing up to both TRA nonsense and lesbian erasure is what exactly? Curious...

Amazing. Hamster has officially been Mumsnet radicalised 🤗

They really are the brave ones

If the LGB community does not draw its own boundaries around what is acceptable and appropriate at public Pride events - they will find that the movement is damaged and set back. Increasing intransigence and in your face flaunting will just create a huge backlash. With rights and increasing acceptance comes social responsibility.

Oops, lesbians as Pride?? Fuck that for a game of soldiers, what are they thinking? Pride isn't about homosexuality, is it bespin?

This is pride.

not according to its creators its not

Yes it is. Pay attention. It's not exclusive to women. But is indeed woman centred as Spartacus said, and was designed to be.

Ereshkigal

so it's a place for everyone then.

Yes. But woman centred. Like MN, really.

Thanks for putting up the photo Bespin. What amazing women.

Jeez bespin

Why you being so horrid

It’s just horrid and gleeful

I don’t understand why you do this
Why ?

Don’t you like being here

I don’t understand why you do this

You said it yourself littlbrowndog

People just end up showing you their true selves

Its very difficult to keep up a facade...or multiple facades

Careful @littlbrowndog your comment will get deleted by the mods. I've had it happen before. Best just to ignore them on the thread and report to @MNHQ

When did Lesbians and Feminists begin staying away from PRIDE?
When the PRIDE organizers promoted prostituting women at PRIDE.
That was the beginning of the change from protesting homophobia and misogyny to celebrating homophobia and misogyny. That is also when women started staying away in droves.

But rufus if you don’t like the people her3 then why continue to come here and post a horrid op

Cos it was a horrid op and just sneering on the women in the the prid3 march

Rufusthebewilderedreindeer

I'm just tired of it all now, people on here don't want to actually talk about stuff it's just become point scoring and putting people down. it seems to have got worse since spinster started as poeple get to tell people to come over and give posters a hard time. also the misgendering as increased a lot and if people can not be respectful of someone then I have little time for them. when I started posting on here at least people were willing to listen and debate but that as all gone now. now it's just arguing with people

littlbrowndog

I dont get it either...but some things are just not worth wasting your time on