@c3p-0h I'll reply later because.. well, lets give others a chance to post I guess.
Somewhere tonight should be time for me to post, I think?
Somewhere tonight should be time for me to post, I think?
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Hahahah oh god, Lord Tybalt doesn't own dogs does he?
Ok, I'll admit I don't have that much experience with pride parades, I've only ever been to one (considering going to another this year though) and there wasn't anything blatantly sexual about it. That said, my girlfriend has been to several and she's disappointed with the way Pride has gone. There are people who just use it as an excuse to get drunk, so it seems like these parades have strayed from what they were supposed to be. They're not the only way of showing pride, though.
Yes, gay and bisexual women still experience prejudice. The suicide graph is interesting, but read these articles about the LGBTQ+ community and mental health:
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Also, my girlfriend and I have experienced some forms of bigotry. We've had nasty, threatening things yelled at us. I know there are other people who have it much worse, but it's still not something we should have to put up with.
Being open doesn't mean I go around yelling about it at every opportunity. It's just something I'll mention if it's relevant to the conversation. For example, I was chatting with someone and I mentioned my girlfriend. The other person said, "Oh, so you're gay?" I replied, "I'm bi, actually."
This is the problem. She wouldn't have said, "Oh, so you're straight?" if I had a boyfriend. She didn't say it in a nasty way, she was just surprised, and this is the reason people are open about their sexuality. Society is heteronormative - people are assumed to be straight until proven otherwise, and there is a lot of bisexual erasure. We're sick of having that part of our identities questioned. Showing pride, whether it's by parading or in other ways, is a way of resisting heteronormativity.