Comments on: At What Age Should You Attend a LGBT Pride March?

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 22:04:43 +0000

I don’t think a child is ever too young to attend. My sister and brother-in-law take their children every year to show their support. My nephew is currently 10 and my niece is 15. My nephew always manages to make a friend there who is a member of the LGBT community. This is what the Pride Parade is about. It is all encompassing and isn’t just for “family”.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 04:49:41 +0000

I am a Christian. This is not an easy question. The age would depend on the person. Pride needs to move into a conservative area. Parties are fun but we need to have better values as a group. We need to show these values at Pride.

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Friendly Atheist » Update on Teen Atheist Attending LGBT Pride March — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:55:38 +0000

[...] Last time we saw her, Teen Atheist was trying to go to an LGBT march but her mom was saying she couldn’t go. [...]

By: Mriana

Mriana — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 17:32:38 +0000

Thanks for sharing that, TA. I’m so glad you managed to get your parent’s permission about going, finally. I think it is not only a huge step for your parents in treating you as an adult, but also a gain in your relationship with them. I find this a good thing and it kept you from having bigger headaches with your parents. Great move on your part!

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Sun, 09 Dec 2007 15:29:33 +0000

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By: Teen Atheist

Teen Atheist — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 15:26:56 +0000

Richard: Already have.

By: Richard Wade

Richard Wade — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 05:44:41 +0000

TA, could you give us a follow-up about the results of your going to the parade? What did you learn or what were your impressions at the parade? What were the consequences and lessons you got from your parents by going? What was the method by which you went, such as successfully negotiating permission at the last minute, or saying you were going anyway in defiance, or sneaking there without your parents’ knowledge? Tell us about how you have grown from this struggle.

By: Mriana

Mriana — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 03:49:39 +0000

That’s great. I’m glad you had fun.

By: Teen Atheist

Teen Atheist — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 03:41:05 +0000

Then they would have succeeded in their mission to scare people off.

In any case, I went to the parade. It was great!

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:29:01 +0000

Julie: Wow, living in a small predominately Christian Third World country, I don’t know if I would step out to support gay rights as a teenager.

TA: That’s why I think it’s more important for me to go; the gays, lesbians and transgendered people in this country need as much support as they can get because they’re a smaller crowd.

Absolutely, but is your safety in danger? Seriously. Even in NY and LA, the fundies show up at gay pride with their silly signs, but it’s not really threatening. But is there going to be some threat to your physical safety? If so, I’d say stay home this year and go next year.

If there’s no threat to your safety, then I’d still be a little wary of telling you to go. I kind of agree that if you still have to ask, then you might just have to accept the reality for now that you’re not ready to do everything you want to do in life. And that’s why having an adult mind in a teenage body totally fucking blows. I remember, sort of. To be honest my crazy hippy parents let me go anywhere and let my boyfriend spend the night, so maybe I never really had to deal with any nonsense. Maybe that’s why I would be wary of telling you to disobey your folks; if my parents didn’t let me do something, there was usually a reason that involved my safety. So even if your mom is totally on the other side of the belief spectrum, she’s still your mom and probably doesn’t want to see you get bashed over the head with a “God hates fags” sign, you know?

I’m surprised I’m the only one bringing up safety concerns. I mean, people who hate gays are serious motherfuckers. Let’s face facts. They can get violent and FAST.

If I’m off base about your physical well being, then my apologies. But I think you need to save that brain for greater things–stay away from rock throwing dogmatic freaks.