#pride festival

[tokyo-fashion]

Tokyo Rainbow Pride Festival 2023

Tokyo Rainbow Pride April 22-23, 2023 English Information

The Pride Parade through Shibuya and Harajuku will be on Sunday, April 23, 2023. The Pride Festival is all weekend at Yoyogi Park.

#rainbow pride #LGBTQ #pride festival #Tokyo #Japan

[arthurbutus]

I'm actually being responsible and getting shit made in advance of Pride festival season this year; these guys will eventually be ultra lightweight earrings! (Seriously, they weigh almost nothing and are SO easy to wear for long periods of time)

I've done the pride flags I'm familiar with off the top of my head, but I KNOW there's a ton I don't know. If anybody wants to see specific flags, feel free to let me know!

#queer artist #art #pride #handmade earrings #hand painted earrings #pride flags #lesbian #bisexual #pansexual #asexual #aromantic #aroace #nonbinary #transgender #bigender #gender queer #pride festival #pride jewelry

[cupcakeshakesnake]

Relevant news article in English

Anyway today in Korea the Daegu mayor tried to stop an LGBT+ festival from happening by bringing in a bunch of civil servants to stop festival vehicles.

The police force had to intervene to let the gays go their way.

Priorly, the mayor complained that the festival was "illegal" to which the police department said “No???? It’s a legal assembly?????” and then he proceeded to complain on his Facebook about the ‘qUeEr fRiEnDLy PoLiCe TrYiNg To lEcTuRe Me’.

(Disclaimer:

I'm not a news account; read up on the link for more detailed info.

Also I'm NOT saying our police is all that great; there have been recent accounts of police violence against workers on strike and whatnot. I just find it ridiculous that the police had to step in to keep a very legal assembly from being dismantled.)

#south korea #pride #daegu #not art #text post #link #might delete later idk #pride festival #snake talks #snake's text post #police tw #I wanted to go there but my finals aren't over yet :(

[radfemie]

Tbh kids being at pride aren't even the biggest reason why kink doesn't belong at pride. There are plenty of 18+ prides that aren't kid friendly and still shouldn't have kinks.

Kink doesn't belong in pride because the people that attend haven't consented to seeing your sexual display.

Kink is sexual and requires consent from those participating and those viewing. So unless it is a kink orientated pride, it does not belong in the average pride fest.

#like yes the kids seeing it is an issue but 18+ prides exist and thats where majority of unconsensual kink displays occur #unless everyone has consented kink does not belong in pride #lesbian #radfem #radfems please touch #radical feminism #radfem safe #radfems please interact #radical feminst #feminsim #feminist #lgbt #lgbtq #pride month #pride #pride festival #transgender

[catgirl-kaiju]

pridefest look :3

she/they

#trans #transgender #girlslikeus #trans girl #selfies #me #my face #queer #transisbeautiful #transfem #lesbian #transbian #pride #pride festival #queer fashion #nonbinary #autigender #catgender #actuallyautistic #disability

[kaiamar]

A few moments from Pittsburgh Pride Parade today. Foam cannons and dragon dances. I love Pittsburgh.

#pride festival #pittsburgh pa

[samesammi]

Made an ace flag bandana for pride festival!!

#asexuality #aroace #asexual spectrum #acespec #asexual #lgbt pride #pride festival

[rawdickulousreturn]

GoGo Hottie at West Hollywood Gay Pride 2019

See Lots More on my JustForFans!

http://justfor.fans/RAWphotography

#gogo boy #gay pride #westhollywood #weho gay pride #pride festival #male gogo dancer #gogo boys

[glitch-1983]

WENT TO MY FIRST PRIDE FESTIVAL!

FURSUIT TAIL!

Also the other furries I met there you guys were so cool!!!

Person with the duck shirt and cane you were also very cool!!

The drag shows were amazing!!

I got lots of Ace things!

Freeze dried skittles are really good apparently?? And I don’t even like regular skittles??

So many. Dogs!!!

100/10 would do again!!!!!!

There was also a sponsor with my deadname which was weird?? But cool I guess!

#pride #pride festival #lgbtq+ #ace pride #furry #furries #fursuit tail #fursuit #drag queen #drag queens #sfw furry #asexuality #asexual #asexual pride #ace #acespec #aroace #aromantic #aro pride #aromantic pride #aromantism

[gwydionmisha]

#South Korea #Pride #Pride Festival #Daegu #News

[radagodspics]

Middletown, Ohio Pride Celebration

#pride festival #pride parade #pride month #pride

[amphiptere-art]

Ahha. here's my thing for pride. I wanted to make this for years but never did due to to using mostly pencil. But now that I have digital it is much easier to do this.

I also somehow made this despite the fact that my computer was lagging like nothing and screaming at me the whole time. But hey I got it done.

Definitely won't be able to make art for a while though. Got to get the computer fixed.

#Won't be able to do art for a while. computer screaming #pride month #pride flag #pride icons #pride #dragon #my oc #tsams au #sams au #sams #tsams #red blue and black #pride festival #pride positivity #straight pride #transgender pride #non binary pride

[hailieshapedbox]

win 3 day tickets to Miami Beach Pride next month. $600 towards travel too

#miami #miami beach pride #pride #pride festival #florida #DoLA #los angeles #win #tickets #$$$ #life #love #trippy #drugs #smoke #weed #marijuana #cannabis #420 #710 #stoner #hippie #gwlg #girls who like girls #girlswholikegirls #girls who love girls #lesbian #gay #lgbt #lgbtqia

[aterta-pride-umea]

#pride 2022 #swedish pride #pride festival #pride #Umeå #lgbt #lgbtq #hbtq #queer

[priderockal]

#lgbt #lgbtq+ #queer #priderockal #priderockal2023 #pride festival #pride month #pride month 2023 #art #artist alley #art vendor #queer artist #food trucks #food vendors #volunteer #pride event #northeast alabama #alabama #gay #lesbian #trans #bisexual #pansexual #nonbinary #intersex #asexual #aromantic #demisexual #nonprofit #small artist

[yourbookcouldbegayer]

heya! i'm planning to write my characters (queers and allies) going to a pride parade, but i have never been to one so i'm wondering if you can help me describe the atmosphere and how people interact with each other during the parade? or are there any resources i can look into about pride parades?

tysm!

I highly encourage you to go to one if you are able, but I know it's not something everyone can just do. My experience under the cut

First, it's my impression that they vary vased on how accepting the setting is. I live in the US in a very liberal area, and that influences my experience a lot, given that a) it's 80% either organizations or buisnesses of some kind showing support, and b) I don't encounter a smidgen of hate/counterprotest.

So my Pride starts as a parade down the street and into the park, where it settles and becomes a festival. I personally enjoy the festival far more.

Most people going , who aren't part of the parade, wear something with a flag on it, the rainbow being the most common. But more and more you'll see flags you don't recognize. People give out stickers-- either rainbow flags in different iterations or hearts with several of the most common flags. Wearing pride flags is very common.

There are usually a couple people with shopping carts so full of flags, boards displaying stuffed animals, large pins, and other things for sale. They start going around the parade area early on. This if good is you want a flag before the parade, but I usually avoid them-- usually these are not queer sellers, and are simply reselling products they bought elsewhere. That said, it was the only place last year I found a 7 stripe sunset lesbian flag.

People there are generally freindly, complimenting pride themed outfits and stuff. There are families with kids there as well as young adults.

The parade, for me, is mainly organizations supporting us-- the grocery store, churches, local politicians, the police (🙄🙄🙄 I went stony silent for them), ect. Groups that I loved tto see though was the local POC Queer group, Planned Parenthood, and my absolute favorite, a local social liberation group. I loved that last one so much because someone was shouting protest chants and there were signs calling for change in trans rights and stuff-- 90% of pride is a parade, not a protest, and feeling the protest energy made me so so happy.

Most people marching are in tshirts associated with theor organization that say something about pride. But you also see a lot of people with pride flags, rainbow butterfly wings. There is usually at least 1 float full of, plus a few other, drag queens. There's the gay bar's float with mostly men dressed in very little. There's giant bubbles or bubble guns. People in the parade will toss out candy, flags, support bracelets, ect to the audience-- also condoms, but I didn’t see any this year. But that might've been because I was near a lot of kids.

At the festival you have:

All those organizations have a booth. There is usually free stuff and sometimes spin to win (pay to spin)

However, you also have local small businesses! There's a good amount that make queer stuff, usually a metaphysical booth, jewelry, pins (fun pronoun pins), flags, umbrellas, fans, pretty much anything you can think of that can have a pride flag, including homemade stuff

The shopping carts are around still

There's a whole bunch of food, like food trucks and stuff. Usually these have nothing to do with pride, theyre just not actually homophobic, and are there to sell food. But there was a local cafe these 6 trans owned and operated that I was super happy to see bc I've been meaning to go.

STD testing somewhere

A stage with a band. I think a drag queen from ru paul came to ours (I go to a big one in a state capital). It's very loud so I don't usually linger here but a lot of people go and enjoy the music and whatever else performance happens.

Ours had rides! A swing ride (so popular I skipped it even though that's one of my favorites) and a carousel. Also face painting. We didn't even have those at the biggest local festival of the year

Free Mom Hugs! I learned recently that this is a group and not just shorrts that are worn, but mother+ aged women wear tshirts saying Free Mom Hugs (or Dad hugs, therre are men too).

As for the people... my pride is crowded. People are usually drressed pretty lightly-- gentials are covered but that's about the only rule. Think rave rules-- boobs usually have their nipple covered. Being covered up is just as common though. No matter what the no-kink-at-pride people claim, this largely isn't sexual. It's queer, it's body positivity and acceptance, it's just being yourself. Also it's usually hot out. People are generally freindly, will compliment especially rarer sexuality representation or cool slogans on shorts. You'll see people in drag, a lot of androgeny, mixing feminine and masculine, ect. And there are plenty of people dressed more normally, too.

People don't necessarily act like everyone there is family or are that much more freindly/familiar with each otther than anywhere else. But mostt people there will respond positively to compliments, most people know far more flags than the average person. People assume pronouns slightly less, definitely still do (my enby gf, wearing all trans colors, no pronoun pin, was misgendered a few times) but it's a much safer environment to correct or ask for one's pronouns or respect ones they see.

Only other pride I've been to is in Provincetown, an extremely gay place. From what I remember, this was much more the common folk, much more an assortment of people marching and cheering and not as directly associated with an organization wanting support. I also went to a leather march there, also basically pride, except mainly... y'know. Leather.

There's a post on heere somewhere of someone watching someone on the bus after pride (idk if ot was a freind or stranger) who lookeed so happy and like themselves, theen having to peel off the stickers, hide the rainbows, ect., as they returned home. This will be an experience that still happens for likely a very long time.

That's about all I can think of. I welcome anyone else to share their experiences! I feel like I talked more about the festival than the parade but I like the festival better.

Unlike what people claim, there is no gatekeeping. The idea of people feeling like they aren't allowed is so weird to me because like. There's so many straight people giving support. There's so many people who you don't know theor sexuality. No one is at pride judging anyone for not belonging. If you look like a bunch of straight people there to party, maybe people will think that and move on. But for the most part no one would notice. You don't know someone's sexuality unless they have a flag, or if someone is there with a same-gender partner or not unless you see them kissing. And no one is performing sex scenes, that picture used in the no-kink-at-pride discourse wasn't at pride, no one does that. Did a freind once tie a bdsm knot on a ripe over my shirt at pride once? Yeah. So what? People there show some pride for their sexaulity, that's different.

Good luck with your story!

Mod Emma

#pride #pride parade #pride festival #disclaimer: this blog is inactive due to mod inactivity #sometimes I answer questions anyway #mod emma #long post