This year, on the 31 March, we lost Gilbert Baker, gay artist and creator of the gay pride flag. Today we would celebrate his 66th birthday. Let’s remember him as the wonderful person he was.
so the cah pride pack has options for buying it “with glitter" and “without glitter” and knowing cards against humanity they just tip like 3 tablespoons of fucking glitter into the pack of cards and send it out
this is absolutely what they’ve done
No lie, I ordered mine without glitter, not realising, and then, when I saw there was a glitter option, I cancelled and reordered it with glitter.
I am a veteran of twenty years of Sydney Mardi Gras, GLITTER OR NOTHING. ALL GLITTER, EVERYWHERE.
They can’t access it if there are half-naked people? When I was a LGBTQ minor, that was my favorite part!
…Okay, that can’t be my whole answer, but I do think it’s an important thing to point out that you shouldn’t extrapolate “it’s illegal for people under 18 to view porn” all the way out to “it’s harmful/distressing/unacceptable for people under 18 to be exposed to sexuality in any form.” Assuming people aren’t literally having sex on parade floats, stuff can be pretty raunchy and still be, y’know, PG-13.
I also don’t really have all the answers here, and like I said, I’m not 100% on the side of dicks-out explicitness in Pride. There are a lot of competing needs. I just want to point out that they are competing, not matters where there’s one obvious ethical path.
Also, a lot of Pride festivals have all-ages events. Fair Day is a big deal in the Sydney Mardi Gras program. It’s during daylight hours, in a public park, and is specifically aimed at families and other community members who want to attend a big event that is more like a market or a town show or state fair than a night club. There is face painting, prizes for costumes, dozens of stalls, it’s dog friendly, and there are lots of participation events and music suitable for everyone. If what you want is rated G, in a lot of places, you are catered for already. It’s not the purpose of Pride to sanitise the community for children. That’s an argument that has been used by pearl-clutchers and bigots for generations. If you don’t think the full gamut of Pride is something you’re old enough to see, then don’t. It’s not Pride’s responsibility to make it kid-friendly. It’s a celebration of culture that includes sexuality and gender without shame or censorship. That’s what’s important – that kids who come to their first Pride see that there’s nothing to be afraid or ashamed of. They shouldn’t come to Pride and see another closet.
knitting in the dark 