its always like
>be at pride parade
>streets bursting with color, music, laughter
>strangers hugging like lifelong friends
>everyone unapologetically themselves
>no fear, no shame, just pure joy
>dancing like nobody’s watching (but everyone is, and they’re cheering)
>rainbow flags waving, glitter everywhere, screams of freedom
>for a few hours, the world isn’t grey—it’s technicolor
>you forget who you’re supposed to be and just exist peak humanity, unironically
but then like
>parade ends
>music fades, crowds disperse
>wipe off the makeup, stash the flags, mute the pride back to the real world
>family that would "love you, just not like that"
>coworkers who joke about things that keep you up at night the you that thrived at pride? locked away again
>silence where there was singing, dread where there was
defiance
>sitting on the train, staring at your reflection
>smudged eyeliner, fading glitter
>hit with the cruel truth: pride isn’t yours yet
genuinely crying rn, the moment when i was taking off the rainbow flag makeup (got it done by some stranger at the end) on the train going home ripped my heart appart, i hate pride parades
>>40210375 (OP)Why do you type like this.
>>40210401my english teacher told me to
>>40210375 (OP)>be me>never goes to pride parades>doesn't even live somewhere that has a pride paradethere's your solution to pride parades
>>40210485i have to though, my friends go, i wana go w them. i have to its social preassure n shit
>>40210507i don't know anyone who isn't straight cis irl so it's not an issue if you just don't have friends who would go to a pride parade. perhaps be happy you know people who wouldn't hate you for being gay
>>40210375 (OP)very true anon
the worst part for me is the corporations that pretend to be lgbtq-friendly but put in zero effort to have an inclusive office culture in practice
it's all PR campaigns for queer money
>>40210524the parade i was at wasnt like that
>>40210523thats on u i like having people like me around me
>see pride parade
>a bunch of gross homosexual male faggots
>hons
>disgusting pooners and theyfabs
>bulldykes
>bdsm shit
ew
>normal life
>people dress normal
>people act normal
>ugly people are not celebrated
>wholesome and constructive environment
>can either boymode or stealth and not be surrounded by homos and faketrans
yay
>>40210534there was texas instruments and airbus and disney and shit here
>>40210543we are not the same. i like having community around myself. they make me feel less alone. i dont think i could live like you. im not sure if you could live like me
>>40210375 (OP)The one time I went to pride I saw a boomer pissing into a guy's mouth. Never again.
>>40210672i live like a normal well adjusted adult in a community of other well adjusted normal adults not a sex pervert thank you
>>40210890i live like a college student in a big city, most of my friends are queer or very accepting so idk. just different lived realities
A fleeting moment of joy is all anyone gets in this life
>>40210375 (OP)I feel that. It's disappointing how oppressive the world is. Even women today largely just wear loose gray jumpsuits and other plain ugly stuff, and there are billions of people who want men and women to cover their entire bodies under black/white bedsheets. People are afraid of beauty and afraid of untethered self-expression, it's a low-mindedness born of resentment and fear, and it makes the world stunted and ugly. I believe this is why some people work to become wealthy and then withdraw to more secluded, gated pocket areas where they can fully express without fear of troglodytes getting triggered and smashing their heads with rocks in a simian rage.
>>40210956it just feels like i did mdma the day before ig
>>40210977sorry girl never used that
>>40210375 (OP)>I had fun tiem (:>but all time isn't fun tiem ):Damn, OP get the fuck over yourself.
>>40210375 (OP)pride is for privileged cis people, kys
fuckoff
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I went to one of those things once alone and everyone could smell my loner stench. I hate friendoids so much it's unreal
I'm doing my own thing tomorrow and it will have nothing to do with pr*de
>>40210890You don't sound very well adjusted or normal
>>40211262why? the least adjusted thing i do is probably browse tttt, otherwise im just a 21y old gay guy in uni, everyone here is a shitlib
>>40210375 (OP)Pride shit makes me want to rope
>>40210375 (OP)zieh halt einfach nach berlin oder köln
>>40211403die unis sind halt trash, nich? außerdem bin ich hier in all mein zeug integriert, queere communities ums glockenbachviertel, meine ganzen freunde etc yk
>>40211256i love my friends, theyre the best, having community is great
>>40211395why i mean you dont have to engage w it if you dont want to, it just helps me, and a lot of others i think
being queer, ostracised by certain communities or even having gender dysphoria causes a lot of suffering - i think its important to see and show that life as a queer person can be fun, be colorful, be worth living.
half of the people there were younger than me or around my age like, it helps me at least
>>40212645>queerdefine queer, because i get the feeling it excludes a lot of homosexuals and includes a lot of straight far left activists
>>40211256What happens when you go to pride alone?
>>40212834You loiter awkwardly, window-shop the booths, maybe talk to one person in charge of one of them and get information about upcoming board game nights or something.
Watch the drag show if it doesn't give you ick, then leave while a evangelist nut tries to "save" you upon leaving the venue.
(my experience this year at the pride event in the small town I was forced to move back to, it was like their 3rd annual pride)
>>40213058WTF, I thought pride was the place you go to get easy SEX, and to be a complete SLUT, have I been lied to???
>>40210375 (OP)>hit with the cruel truth: pride isn’t yours yetWhat does this even mean? Like nigga just don't be sad over nothing and you will stop being sad over nothing
