Pride is here!! What, if anything, are you doing??

[Mendalla]

It's Pride month once again, a celebration of diversity and equality focused on sexual orientation and gender identity. Many, probably most, communities will have events of some kind. London, Ontario, where I live, doesn't have theirs until July due to a very full Pride calendar in Southern Ontario, e.g. they don't want to conflict with Toronto Pride since many locals also participate there.

Do you get involved in Pride at all?

Does your congregation if you're in a church?

What kinds of Pride events have you been to?

I will get the Wondercafe2 Pride banner up soon. Maybe tonight.

One thing I learned a few years ago now is that there are a host of Pride flags now, capturing the diversity of the community behind Pride. While the famous rainbow remains most common, the various communities under that rainbow have flags of their own. Here's a site capturing that diversity.

LGBTQ+ Pride Flags

In the LGBTQ+ community, we signify our pride with flags. With many different identities in the community, there comes many different flags to know. We…

www.hrc.org

 

[Luce NDs]

Just accept and don't make a fuss unless they need assistance ... usually they seem to be the best helpers. Heard that from even people that don't like them ...

I find that rather peculiar ... cautious how you read that ...

 

[chansen]

Raised a girl who was a proper ally in school, spoke up and actively defended the rights of other students to be who they are in the face of bullies.

Hopefully the boy follows in his sister's footsteps.

 

[JayneWonders]

I share posts and social media re Pride. Hope to show ally support plus help to shift the lens.

 

[Mendalla]

I used to have a Pride version of my ape avatar but I have a feeling it got lost when I revamped the base avatar to improve the quality. The graphics wiz who created it for Pride on one of my writing sites has vanished into the bits and bytes of cyberspace, too. I have GIMP (open source photo/image editing software similar to Photoshop) on my Linux laptop so might give it a whirl myself. I can visualize what is needed, just not that adept at the photo editing stuff beyond basics.

 

[JayneWonders]

We have a uniform in the volunteer area at the hospital.

I am pondering what i can wear for pride . I have a pride pin, but feel a boa or something is required. Maybe a head band

 

[chansen]

I look forward to not needing "Pride month". I don't really do anything outward or obvious. As stated, my daughter, who is mostly quiet, has had moments of confronting bullies at high school. I don't get that opportunity. I don't stay quiet when someone makes a homophobic remark, but I don't spend any appreciable time with the sort of people who would do that. A couple of times in my life, I've made sarcastic remarks about those who contemplate gay sex being more likely to be gay themselves. In mixed company, it shuts bigots up fast. But that opportunity presents itself so rarely.

 

[Luce NDs]

I look forward to not needing "Pride month". I don't really do anything outward or obvious. As stated, my daughter, who is mostly quiet, has had moments of confronting bullies at high school. I don't get that opportunity. I don't stay quiet when someone makes a homophobic remark, but I don't spend any appreciable time with the sort of people who would do that. A couple of times in my life, I've made sarcastic remarks about those who contemplate gay sex being more likely to be gay themselves. In mixed company, it shuts bigots up fast. But that opportunity presents itself so rarely.

Sometimes just a quiet story about things unknown and fixated ... no names required as we contemplate the stoned ... life is weird having two indeterminate essences ... that like spirit! Some times one is rougher than the alter ... some ease suggested ...

I sometimes refer to it as backstep ... just to look it it ...

 

[KayTheCurler]

We really enjoyed meeting our grandchild's friends. They all wore matching shirts that said Boy/Girl. I don't do anything special for Pride - just being open and accepting. when there is an opportunity. Our GGrands wore totally relaxed with the three different looking people. . Nope, I don't know or care which of them started male or female and which have had surgical changes. They were cheerful, friendly people. who mixed well with our family.

 

[Mendalla]

I look forward to not needing "Pride month".

Don't we all. There's been at least one story already this month that points out why, though. Some dingbat bigoted GOP Congressman tweeted that "homosexuals don't belong in America" or something along those lines, then when even his own party ripped into him for it (hell, even Ted Cruz was going after him for it), he tried to pin the blame on staff rather than apologizing.

I hadn't realized that Cruz was in the "what happens in bedrooms is no one's business" camp. Thought he was more of a family values so-con. Or maybe he was and has mellowed? The story below does seem to confirm my earlier thoughts about Cruz, though. It's from a gay publication called LGBTQ Nation.

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/06/gop-congressmen-fight-after-one-says-homosexuality-has-no-place-in-america/