Pride for teens?

[HiDD]

DD(15) wants to go to Pride London.

AIBU to advise strongly against? My sense is it’s not a family-friendly event these days.

This is BS.

But funny that the narrative on the thread has shifted from 'the pride parade is all fetishists now' to some variation of 'the continuous stream of the parade from end to end is doctored' to 'yeah will maybe the parade is fine but later on they're all naked'.

Which is also untrue by the way.

This is BS.

But funny that the narrative on the thread has shifted from 'the pride parade is all fetishists now' to some variation of 'the continuous stream of the parade from end to end is doctored' to 'yeah will maybe the parade is fine but later on they're all naked'.

Which is also untrue by the way.

Then how was it possible to not capture the photos of the naked men, the men in dog masks on a ‘walk’ … 😵‍💫

None so blind…

I mean you tell me. Perhaps all the naked men were in the third and fourth hour of the parade? Or perhaps actually the myths about legions of naked men at London pride are made up?

But the actual video footage of the parade from beginning to end is online for anyone to watch. Every group that marched is captured. As I say, I've only skimmed the first two hours of it, but in that time, only one fetish linked group, and none of them were naked.

Oh, and by the way, lots of women in the parade. Which is odd because I'm reliably told that lesbians aren't permitted.

Maybe they were all added in by AI as well?

Oh look. Made up BS claiming that this is an image from London Pride.

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/glastonbury-2014-the-truth-behind-the-viral-naked-hippie-picture-9571190.html

The image is at least fifteen years old and not in any way linked to a Pride event.

You lot have nothing but anti-LGBT lies.

Oh in a shocking turn of events this also turns out to be a lie. This image is not from London Pride either.

That’s sooo embarrassing for them. Cringe 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Great debate. I take it it’s not one of of your strong points 🤣

This has been proven to be from 10 plus years ago at Glasto. You’re spreading misinformation… can’t really take what you say seriously, like Trump. Embarrassing for you 🤣🤣

metro.co.uk/2014/06/29/heres-the-truth-about-that-glastonbury-viral-photo-of-the-little-boy-disgusted-at-a-naked-hippie-4780892/amp/

So so far the proof that lesbians are excluded from Pride and that it’s been taken over by fetishists are two pictures taken god knows where but not at London Pride.

Meanwhile the actual full video of London Pride showing about 50 guys in leather or masks out of thousands who marched in the first two hours of the parade is dismissed as being doctored and manipulated.

Op what do you have to say for yourself for posting pictures that you claim were from Gay Pride but that have proven to be false information? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤭🤭🤭 No gay hating heteros speak for gay people, but carry on with your views, we all see it.

That article does not say it is not linked to a pride event. I image-searched and read that thread before I posted the image here, just to make sure. So again, you're wrong.

There's nothing wrong with a 15 year old going to pride.

It is from A pride event. Who said it had to be from London Pride? You are desperately clutching a straws now, and embarrassing yourself. Your get out clause is that, 'well, but it's not from a LONDON Pride'... pathetic and lame. The issue is Pride parades in....general. Not London vs Zurich or Manchester or New York.

Not at all. "🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣"

I read the article to make sure, before I posted it. The article did not say it wasn't from a pride event.

Embarrassing for you. "🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣"

I used to live in central London, and spent a fair amount of time in and around Soho. Anyone who says there isn't indecent exposure on a massive scale at Pride is flat out lying.

WHO GIVES A FUCK where it's from? It's pride, that's the point. You think it's a 'gotcha' to say 'well, but-but-but that was from GLASTO, not London, so doesn't count, ner-ner'! Really embarrassing for you that you think that's actually a point. "🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣"

Or maybe you were so entranced by the corporate float of bank employees in rainbow tutus dancing to Hey Ya that you never noticed anything else.

I've only skimmed the first two hours

Thanks for your tireless work so others don't have to. I agree that most of Pride these days is merely tedious straight people in brightly coloured clothes and work lanyards waving corporate flags, and about as salacious as a Butlin's karaoke night. There are also a surprising amount of puppy fetishists, though. It's all pretty depressing.

There are also a surprising amount of puppy fetishists

I skimmed through some of the photo archives of last year's Pride events and was surprised to see a number of these!

And also large numbers of men with little more than thongs - yuk?

And of course the "drag" representation.

I think also that I dislike this idea that "gay people" have to be so relentlessly gay and make themselves objects of entainment for the onlookers. It just plays into a horrible cliche.

It had much more of an empact when it was Gay Liberation and men and women who are same sex attracted would turn up in the "work" wear to show that among nurses, the police, firefighters or whatever to show that they were just ordinary people.

Now its turned into this sort of implicit acceptance that everyone who is same sex attracted is constantly behaving as though they are part of some cheap cabaret.

Almost like the cant believe they will be accepted as being just ordinary and have to put on a good performance to be accepted.

And as we all know, this is really only how (some) gay men behave, and now it has become an accepted caricature.

Its so degrading, and why so many lesbians gave up on being part of "Pride".

I've been married to a woman for 10 years, we have 2 DC, and we NEVER attend pride. A friend invited me years ago and I seen far too many male arses and penises. I was mortified to see kids there!! I wouldn't let her OP.

London Pride is of course full of fine, upstanding members of the community, like these grown men dressed as little girls/adult babies.

This is the BBC article's archive version:

https://archive.ph/7Nuun

For some reason, they've removed the picture of the men dressed as little girls/adult babies from the page. I wonder why they did that?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-48893187

O Lord, the adult babies...

Would it be cynical of me to suggest that they're kept out of sight when Sadiq Khan and allied bigwigs make their appearance?

Do you think Sadiq Khan is adultbaby-phobic?