scifigrl47:

pinene:

This pride month y’all have got to offset your doomposting with some gay fun you’ve had. And if you haven’t had any gay fun then you need to stop doomposting and work on that. I know we’re descending into fascism and there’s always kink at pride discourse and threats of violence and actual violence and hollow corporate allyship. But I only have so much room for that in my brain. I want to hear about the party you went to or the guy you met at the bar or the girl who strapped you within an inch of your life or hell the new clothes you bought. I as a gay person on the gay people website should NOT have to dread the gay month

One of the Pride events I attended last year was outside, with a variety of acts, including a really fun drag queen who did a joyous sing and dance along there in the public park.

And when she was done, and coming off the stage, I saw a pre-teen approach, a pride flag clasped around their shoulds like a cape, a sketchbook hugged to their chest.

“Excuse me. May I draw you?”

It was said with such hope, and such respect, and I winced anyway. The Queen had just put on a hell of a show, and she’d been paid for her skills, and she had to have been exhausted. I expected her to say no, and honestly, I would’ve thought that was her right.

But she looked down at this child, and flicked her hair back, and said, “Honey, for you? I. WILL. POSE.”

And then she did, perched on the edge of a stone wall, in the June sunshine, as a young artist sat in the grass and filled pages of their sketchbook. For 30 minutes or so, she posed and chatted with fans and laughed.

I will never forget that kindness. May we all be so welcome.