This conversation was brought up last year, but I'm fine with it. Pride has more or less turned into a family friendly status event, which is nice, but ultimately self serving for some of the people attending. People keep tabs on which politicians did or didn't march and make value you judgements on them for it. It feels like it's a social media showoff.
The Pride parade is viewed a lot of different ways even within the community. I, personally, think this moves makes it more inclusive to persons of colour (who the community isn't always mindful of). That said, I don't really like the parade. I'd prefer a month where people could be educated on the history of the movement, what happened, and celebrate some of the human rights victories that came from it.
Either way, I cringe at people who equivocate this to what Pride was against. Please be educated in what Pride was fighting against, because saying "don't wear your work uniform," while not inclusive, is not categorically the same as saying "don't be how you were born."
I get people who don't like the move though. The parade is just a messageless mess at this point.
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