There's been two movements in the US impacting this.
One, to focus more on the Pro-Palestine protests. If Gaza isn't free no one is free. Submovement: Disabled people still aren't welcome at pride. COVID is still a huge threat and most STILL aren't masking. I call it a Submovement because it was something that wasn't taken very seriously until the encampments and Pro-Palestine protests. Organizers are making it well known that masks are super important.
Second, some organizers recognize that pride as it currently stands is incredibly liberal. It requires substantial corporate backing and some are required by local legislation to have cop presence. The corps that do back pride only do so for good publicity and then turn around and fund anti queer legislation.
Also anti-queer legislation has grown exponentially...I can understand people being scared and not wanting to be open in public.
I'm not saying boo hoo suck it up these are more important. Pride is still necessary. It sucks that it's been quiet. It sucks that people have to hide in fear from sociopaths who are out to kill queer folx. I'm just telling y'all what's going on
I agree with everything you said. I hope we learn to become more accepting of disabled queers, of people who choose to stay closeted, and to continue to talk about Palestine. I was thinking more of the concept of Pride vs. the big city/corporate sanctioned events.
I'm so disappointed in my local Pride this year. I want to vent about it so much, but I would literally dox myself.
I usually carry a flag, but I don't even plan on going out. I feel like it's been entirely claimed by cis straight people who lack any depth of understanding about Pride, let's just put it that way.
It doesn't bother me either, but I feel like this year they've taken control of the events here entirely, and everything is being managed by businesses. Literally everything is paywalled, and there's not even a parade or any outdoor events, and I guarantee that no one will be masking. Can't help but feel they've cut off a big part of the queer community here and that it's turned into an opportunity for monetization. It doesn't feel like Pride, like at all.
There was a sense of... Anticipation? When we first got internet in my family.
The dial up tone was an announcement that you were going on the internet. It was a mindful choice you made, and you had to wait a bit for it. Not just pick up your phone and look at it. You had something in mind that you wanted to do.
It did always have a slight sense of occasion and I remember having butterflies just waiting for the connection. I'm very nostalgic for it.
I suppose the last one is halfway true. In the UK before internet access was mainstream, you either had to use the school/work network connection and their weird access control packages, or use the local library. In any case, you actually had to get dressed to use the internet.
This was when ISDN was a fat pipe, and if you went to the library, had to plan what you was going to look up because you paid for 30mins of access time. After you'd searched for PS1 cheat codes, Ask(ed) Jeeves for a fact to settle an argument, and looked up pictures of the 555-branded Subaru Impreza, it was time to burn off whatever acces time was left on Lycos, Excite, or Google's directory service to find new cool stuff.
Sometimes I thought I'd seen everything new online, that day. Sit there spinning my wheels trying to think of any webcomic, game site, or forum I hadn't refreshed.
I mean you're not far wrong. I always dreamed of a Ford Sierra or a Vauxhall VX220, but the Scooby with McRae and Grist's name on it was an absolute belter.
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