[Politics] Why isn't there a 'Straight Pride'?

[dejavuatbtn]

As long as the council are making some money out of it at the expense of our public park no longer being public I don’t give a stuff.

 

[LlcoolJ]

Oh the irony of your post, oh my days [emoji23][emoji23]

"Oh my days"? [emoji23] I always presumed you were an uneducated teenager. Confirmed.

So you agree with goldstone then?

 

[Half Time Pies]

I am not a great fan of what Pride has become-I have copied this from facebook as it puts what I feel into words much better than I could ever hope

his morning someone posted locally on Facebook:
“I paid £300 for a ticket to the Britney Spears concert. I can’t go. Does anyone want it?”
But it isn’t an outrageously priced Britney concert, it is Brighton Pride. The question epitomises everything that has gone wrong with campaigning within the LGBT community and commercialisation of Pride.
We don’t parade through the streets to show off our latest costumes.
We don’t party in the park to get off our faces and go wild.
We don’t pay up to £300 so that fat cats can get fatter.
Pride began after the Stonewall riots in 1969 in New York after oppressive police actions against gays.
The movement grew rapidly internationally with the aim of changing the law and society to protect members of the LGBT community and to provide a safe environment where people would not feel threatened or ashamed by holding hands or kissing their partner in public just for one day a year - a right straight people often still take for granted.
Until recently Brighton Pride epitomised all that was good about grass roots campaigning. It was funded by donation. There was no fence excluding those without tickets. Everyone was welcome whatever their sexuality. Indeed, it was lovely to share a picnic with a straight family and their children there to enjoy the day and support our rights.
Sadly all that has gone. Pride has become a massive commercial event. LGBT organisations pay a premium to have a stand there. Minor charities which play a vital role locally are pushed out by the expense.
It has become an ‘exploit and grab the pink pound’ event. This year it is not even that. It is relegated to a ‘Britney’ concert.
Some readers might say ‘ah but you have full equality’.
Really?
Are you really safe to hold hands with your partner EVERYWHERE in the UK?
Is every community group accepting - Jewish, Moslem, evangelical Christian?
Can you marry in the State religion in a church?
Do you have the same rights in Northern Ireland?
Is homophobic crime on the increase?
Is ‘gay’ still an insult in school or on the football terraces?
Do kids still get bullied for being gay?
And what about the rest of the world? How much work is left to do in the former colonies, in Russia, Arab nations, even now in Italy, Poland, Hungary and the USA?
Our rights and freedoms are hard won with numerous battles remaining. It isn’t about a big party. It isn’t about making rich people richer.
Yes have fun and enjoy the Pride festivities. But NEVER forget Pride’s origins and those for whom we still must fight.

Very true, I was talking to someone from a local charity who was quoted a reduced rate of £375 to have a stall there!

 

[BN41Albion]

Leeds United are heavily involved in Leeds Pride this weekend.

https://www.leedsunited.com/news/club-news/23610/leeds-united-support-for-leeds-pride

There was a twitter feed on this last night which I saw and a lot of their Neanderthal fans are not impressed that Leeds Utd are promoting it.

But I thought Yorkshire folk were all so friendly and accepting salt of the earth types... Or so they themselves say

 

[knocky1]

Wish they'd move it, every year it coincides with my granddaughters birthday.

Fake news homophobe.

 

[Chicken Run]

"Oh my days"? [emoji23] I always presumed you were an uneducated teenager. Confirmed.

So you agree with goldstone then?

You’re making yourself look a bit silly

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

another sham event to keep the PC brigade happy clapping all day, long past it's sell by date WITH OUT OF TOWNERS MAKING UP THE NUMBERS
regards
DR

 

[knocky1]

You’re making yourself look a bit silly

another sham event to keep the PC brigade happy clapping all day, long past it's sell by date WITH OUT OF TOWNERS MAKING UP THE NUMBERS
regards
DR

Well spotted.

 

[LlcoolJ]

You’re making yourself look a bit silly

[emoji23]

 

[El Presidente]

Sounds pretty much spot on to me.

Which is why you’re still a virgin.

 

[Doctor Crawley]

Regarding Pride...is it safe to travel to Brighton tomorrow (Friday)
I fancied a beach day with wife and kids, was gonna get the train down.
I didn't know that pride was on.
Will the trains be full?Will the beach be safe for a family?
Would you just go elsewhere for the day?

 

[portlock seagull]

Never been and never will now. Crowds alone sound a nightmare but commercial exploitation these days make it sound firmly in the 1 to avoid category. It’s a no from me!

 

[Puppet Master]

Sounds pretty much spot on to me.

You horrible, horrible man.

 

[Doctor Crawley]

Never been and never will now. Crowds alone sound a nightmare but commercial exploitation these days make it sound firmly in the 1 to avoid category. It’s a no from me!

Nice one, that's what I was thinking.
Looks like a drive to Littlehampton instead.
Cheers for the advise.

 

[portlock seagull]

Regarding Pride...is it safe to travel to Brighton tomorrow (Friday)
I fancied a beach day with wife and kids, was gonna get the train down.
I didn't know that pride was on.
Will the trains be full?Will the beach be safe for a family?
Would you just go elsewhere for the day?

Er, Brighton on ANY sunny weekend in the past 60 years has been a nightmare. Not least because no one thinks beyond Brighton when it comes to seaside days out. I often curse that fact sat on the not moving M25 & 23 on match days, when lightbulbs go on all over southern England up to the Midlands upon waking up, drawing the curtains, seeing a nice blue sky and thinking “I know, let’s all go to BRIGHTON!’ (Cause no one else will have thought of that). Those of us travelling ‘away’ to home matches at the Amex ought to be given a medal for the sheer battles endured to get there, and that’s before the P&R fills up!

Anyway, back to your original question, Answer? You’re a bloody fool if you want to visit Brighton this weekend. A nightmare awaits you and it’ll be lava hot just to keep everyone’s tempers nice and calm too!

#OtherCoastalTownsAreAvailableFFS

 

[Doctor Crawley]

I get your point, and that's why I fancied the train....couple of beers too��
I just wondered if pride was busy on the Friday, or more so on the weekend days.
I really don't fancy driving tomorrow, but everywhere else would mean the train is a no go.

 

[Parandeh_Daryayi]

Regarding Pride...is it safe to travel to Brighton tomorrow (Friday)
I fancied a beach day with wife and kids, was gonna get the train down.
I didn't know that pride was on.
Will the trains be full?Will the beach be safe for a family?
Would you just go elsewhere for the day?

If UK pride is anywhere like the pride parades here in San Francisco keep your kids away and go somewhere else.

Nothing against the folks who attend, but a few really turn this event foul........ flashing your ding dong to everyone while skipping down the street isn't cool.

 

[LlcoolJ]

But I thought Yorkshire folk were all so friendly and accepting salt of the earth types... Or so they themselves say

That's Sheffield (Southern half), not Leeds.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

Regarding Pride...is it safe to travel to Brighton tomorrow (Friday)
I fancied a beach day with wife and kids, was gonna get the train down.
I didn't know that pride was on.
Will the trains be full?Will the beach be safe for a family?
Would you just go elsewhere for the day?

Just beware of the hairy bears

 

[BN41Albion]

Edit: forgot to reply with quote!