Honest question: Is it still Pride Month? This editor thought we already celebrated that, but maybe not.
It continually falls on deaf ears when conservatives say they had no problem with the LGBTQ community until they got the kids involved. We’ve written several posts on Pride festivals, many of them sponsored by their communities, that offer such things as “drag camp” for little kids. And then again there was the “family-friendly” dildo ring toss:
A “family-friendly” pride event this weekend in Florida featured a dildo ring toss game for kids.
A school principal sits on the board of the organization that hosted the dildo ring toss booth.
Read the full story here:https://t.co/bT4EgE7MkT
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) November 14, 2022
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ fascist regime has blown a chill through the LGBTQ community in Florida, ever since he started snatching away liquor licenses from venues that allowed children into sexually explicit drag shows.
Pride Alliance of the Treasure Coast has canceled the parade portion of Pridefest in Port St. Lucie when it was concluded they couldn’t keep children from seeing it. They wrote on Facebook:
In a Facebook post the group stated:
“As all of you know, the political climate that we are currently in has us all very concerned for our community. After multiple meetings with city officials, it is with a heavy heart that Pride Alliance of the Treasure Coast has to announce that this weekend’s Pridefest will now be a 21 and older event.
“The city has decided that with the likelihood that the Governor will sign the latest bill into effect this evening, that we will need to be on the side of caution and has required us to make this necessary change. We are obviously upset and dishearten[ed] that it has come to this. We also regret to announce that we will have to cancel our plans to bring back our beloved parade.”
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It is with a heavy heart that they announced that Pridefest will be a 21 and older event. That’s very upsetting and disheartening.
Florida: Hey, you can have a parade, but you can’t do sex stuff in front of the kids.
The parade: pic.twitter.com/NKOortfSdn
— GayPatriot Imprisoned (@GayPatriot) April 22, 2023
This happened where I live, they said no nudity or sexual explicit props for the pride parade, the group organizers got mad and canceled it.
— Kimberly 🇺🇸 (@Kimberl56843016) April 22, 2023
Years ago I went to a pride parade in SF and saw a dude being fisted on top of a bus.
— Esteban (@steveonomics) April 22, 2023
San Francisco’s Pride parade is something really special.
If/when being expressly forbidden from wearing your battery-powered drilldo codpiece in front of small children is your stated excuse for not being able to parade down any given city street: that's what we call, in poker circles, a "tell."
— Ward Bond "Two Words: 'SHOWER TIME, ASHLEY!'" (@Bond11Ward) April 22, 2023
DeSantis told them their Pride parade could happen, but no children could be involved. Adults only.
So the Gay Pride group canceled it. https://t.co/C2Ed8aBqMA
— ETHAN VAN SCIVER (@EthanVanSciver) April 22, 2023
Probably couldn’t find enough babysitters for the attendees. Yeah, that’s it.
— Eddie Stage (@_Xalthe_) April 22, 2023
So they canceled the parade because they're not allowed to have children there?
Hmmm
— Kemikazii (@2Skooll4Kool) April 22, 2023
Can’t wait for activists to get offended that children are banned from these in Florida. https://t.co/2hG4r49sYG pic.twitter.com/45VdQg2x9S
— Flash (@YellowFlashGuy) April 22, 2023
No kids allowed to participate with naked men?
Well, why bother then?
— And Don't Call Me Shirley. (@Meme_Behavior) April 22, 2023
its just a gimp fetish parade now
— Rubbishatmakingnames (@LensLarke) April 22, 2023
These people are telling on themselves.
— ratflayer (@ratflayer) April 22, 2023
Them canceling clearly shows what their real intentions were.
— FinkleIsEinhorn (@HofTfor) April 22, 2023
— Mario Villalobos (@mjvdeth160) April 22, 2023
Parade staff-
"Well we can't pelvic thrust wearing gimp suits in front of kids while riding on the huge dildo float this year, guess we'll have to cancel.. just not worth it."— JediCat (@JediCat99) April 22, 2023
No sense in having a Pride event if there aren't kids involved 😕
— Neelix (@_Neelix) April 22, 2023
— Proud MAGA American Jonathan Sherry 🇺🇸 (@therealphydeux) April 22, 2023
Is it so hard to keep something “family-friendly,” or do those words just sound like gibberish to them?
I imagine the parade organisers were well aware the likelihood of some of the parade-goers taking their kids along anyway just to "spite the transphobes" or something and landing the parade organisers with a massive fine.
— SLBA (@SLBAlt) April 22, 2023
It’s such a shame that children can’t take part this year.
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Related:
NBC News: City declines pride festival permit pending policy banning sexually suggestive behavior https://t.co/w9XSS1NCjF
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 11, 2023
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