Thank you for the clarification.
Gay pride parades may be different depending on the location. The ones I've participated in were all just silly fun. There would be protesters in certain spots of the parade but no one paid much attention to them. I have seen a fracture within the fetish and alternative lifestyle groups I was involved with in Chicago. In some cases, the group disbanded altogether over the political divide that DEI caused. Inclusion doesn't count when someone doesn't agree your standards of family values and protecting our precious youth, sadly enough. So, it wouldn't surprise me that your experience with a gay pride parade was much different that mine.
I'd like for you to share your thoughts and am glad that you acknowledge we all don't fit the mold that is commonly displayed in the press. Monday my girl and I start our new jobs in Kentucky. She's a vet tech and I'm an RN at a large hospital. You can always get a good read on the community through large medical settings, I found from the early days as a traveling nurse. So, far so good, in the neighbors we've met in our new country home. Maybe being in the boondocks won't mean people won't be accepting. Actually, people have been noticeably friendlier than in our Chicago burb, which could be pretentious.
