Are you taking part in any LGBTQ events for pride month?

freshpopcorn · 10-06-2019 5:03pm #1

I saw the Gardai Today said they were taking part in Dublin pride later this month and they showed some cars they transformed for the event.
Personally myself I'm not doing anything for the month. I know a few people who'll probably attend Dublin pride.
I know the event is becoming more and more popular with families in the last few years. Mostly with people close to the events. Is there anybody here travelling with their family to LGBTQ events this year?
Or is it something that you've to do in your work place?

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biko · 10-06-2019 5:04pm

I wasn't planning to, but if I''m around when a party happens, then sure why not.

mikemac2 · 10-06-2019 5:09pm

Nobody told the Corkonians there was a special month, they don't start until end of July :P

10-06-2019 5:10pm

My workplace organises an annual Pride Parade float, as do others (other employers are available).

I think it's important to have an alternative national holiday, where we (straight, male and pale) are the guests of a minority, and not vice versa. It seems to be quite a healthy pursuit.

Leaving aside all that political stuff, which most participants seem not to care about, it's quite an impressive show. How anyone could begrudge such fun is really beyond my comprehension.

Balanadan · 10-06-2019 5:10pm

I'm dressing up as a woman to promote transgender equality.

Woke Hogan · 10-06-2019 5:12pm

Balanadan wrote: »

I'm dressing up as a woman to promote transgender equality.

Snide passive aggressive remarks like that aren't very masculine, so you're already halfway there.

KikiLaRue · 10-06-2019 5:13pm

Nope. Much love for the cause, hate big noisy drunken crowds. It’s up there with Paddy’s Day and NYE in terms of celebrations I’d pay good money not to be in Dublin for.

JaCrispy · 10-06-2019 5:14pm

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Are you taking part in any LGBTQ events for pride month?

No

Stark · 10-06-2019 5:15pm

I usually do the 5km run in the Phoenix Park, good fun.

One eyed Jack · 10-06-2019 5:15pm

A whole month of cringe?

Nope.

tintin67 · 10-06-2019 5:21pm

One eyed Jack wrote: »

A whole month of cringe?

Nope.

I presume certain businesses have seen that there's a lot of money to be made out of it. Can't see any other reason it would be extended to a whole month.

Balanadan · 10-06-2019 5:22pm

Woke Hogan wrote: »

Snide passive aggressive remarks like that aren't very masculine, so you're already halfway there.

It wasn't snide or passive aggressive m8.

riffmongous · 10-06-2019 5:24pm

Yeah charity football tournament yesterday,although it's not exclusively LGBTQ

_blaaz · 10-06-2019 5:26pm

This deosnt apply to.me,so no im not

Hope.everyone participating has fun though

DEFTLEFTHAND · 10-06-2019 5:26pm

riffmongous wrote: »

Yeah charity football tournament yesterday,although it's not exclusively LGBTQ

There's also a gay rugby tournament being held in Ireland this week.

Six one did a nice feature on it yesterday evening.

Rubberchikken · 10-06-2019 5:28pm

no. and why does it have to be a month fgs?

D3V!L · 10-06-2019 5:29pm

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

There's also a gay rugby tournament being held in Ireland this week.

Six one did a nice feature on it yesterday evening.

How does it differ from a non gay one ? Or at least a match where people don't have to tell you about where they put their willy.

Woke Hogan · 10-06-2019 5:36pm

Balanadan wrote: »

It wasn't snide or passive aggressive m8.

Yes it was. You're not the tough, hard man you think you are.

Pyr0 · 10-06-2019 5:43pm

Pride is usually a good excuse for a decent p*ss up but I wouldn't concern myself with doing anything else for it.

riffmongous · 10-06-2019 5:44pm

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

There's also a gay rugby tournament being held in Ireland this week.

Six one did a nice feature on it yesterday evening.

I thought I read about it on the rte website a few days ago but I can't seem to find the article anymore

JohnnyFlash · 10-06-2019 5:45pm

Any excuse to wear my assless chaps in public.

sabat · 10-06-2019 5:49pm

I'm going to celebrate in the traditional manner by getting a gang of gobby teenage girls dressed like idiots and drunk on naggins then heading into town to screech obnoxiously before puking and crying all over Dame St.

_Kaiser_ · 10-06-2019 5:55pm

Nope I'm not.

Hope anyone participating enjoys, but doesn't impact me so won't be doing anything

Annasopra · 10-06-2019 6:19pm

riffmongous wrote: »

I thought I read about it on the rte website a few days ago but I can't seem to find the article anymore

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2019/0608/1054277-inclusive-rugby-tournament/

eviltwin · 10-06-2019 6:36pm

I'm hoping to get the day off work to take the kids to the parade and we are going to an LGBTQ family day afterwards. I've always done something to mark it. We make a family day of it.

mdk_kdm · 10-06-2019 6:37pm

Unfortunately I have a phobia of homosexuals so no.

super_furry · 10-06-2019 6:43pm

I Am Sam wrote: »

No. The whole thing seems ridiculous to me. Bunch of gay lads marching around shouting 'we're gay! Give us attention!'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9vvzcS0fgI

Glad you signed up just to tell us that.

TuringBot47 · 10-06-2019 6:49pm

Why is this in AH ?

If someone posted a motors meetup in AH it would be moved to the proper forum.

mdk_kdm · 10-06-2019 6:59pm

TuringBot47 wrote: »

Why is this in AH ?

If someone posted a motors meetup in AH it would be moved to the proper forum.

Because society has deemed you must be subjected to rainbow flags and reminded of BLTQ issues on a daily basis.

super_furry · 10-06-2019 7:01pm

mdk_kdm wrote: »

Because society has deemed you must be subjected to rainbow flags and reminded of BLTQ issues on a daily basis.

Yep and it absolutely kills you doesn't it? You're sitting there hammering those keys, seething with impotent rage.

Class.

corner of hells · 10-06-2019 7:02pm

mdk_kdm wrote: »

Because society has deemed you must be subjected to rainbow flags and reminded of BLTQ issues on a daily basis.

BLTQ .. bacon, lettuce, tomato on my Quarter Pounder ?

Faugheen · 10-06-2019 7:03pm

super_furry wrote: »

Yep and it absolutely kills you doesn't it? You're sitting there hammering those keys, seething with impotent rage.

Class.

He probably thinks a gay fella will wave his willy around in his face or try to shift him.

LirW · 10-06-2019 7:09pm

No because I live in the sticks and am crazy busy and my chap works weekends at the moment while the kid has a myriad of birthdays to go to. Otherwise yes, those parades and festivities are usually fab and I believe it's for an important cause.

Outlaw Pete · 10-06-2019 7:16pm

Yes, for the month all my porn searches will include the word 'lesbians' - no matter what mood I'm in!

wakka12 · 10-06-2019 7:21pm

Ill go to the parade , nice buzz in the city on the day.

But a whole month of events? I cant say Ive ever noticed many events ongoing around Dublin relating to pride in the month run up to the parade, other than some commercial advertisements. Guess I havnt really looked around for it though

Mad_maxx · 10-06-2019 7:50pm

Might watch the graeme Norton show one of the Fridays or failing that a repeat on tv3

Is that enough?

Zaph · 10-06-2019 8:02pm

A Pride network for LGBTQ staff is being launched where I work this month. I'm not gay, but I'll go to the launch because I feel it's important that my colleagues who are know that they have the support of the non-LGBTQ majority in the company. I hope there's plenty of others who feel the same, although I know there are bound to be some who are not particularly comfortable with "the gays".

Balanadan · 10-06-2019 8:08pm

Woke Hogan wrote: »

Yes it was. You're not the tough, hard man you think you are.

No it wasn't.

Richard Hillman · 10-06-2019 8:10pm

Gonna give myself the finger whilst having a ****. Does that count?

Tom Mann Centuria · 10-06-2019 8:15pm

Not a fan of overt flamboyance, straight, gay or other, so I avoid carnivals and parades like the Plague.

Ten of Swords · 10-06-2019 8:22pm

freshpopcorn wrote: »

People really have some fanciful notions about how much 2 sets of rainbow decals cost. The twitter comments about these 2 Garda cars frankly reminds me why pride is still necessary

bodice ripper · 10-06-2019 8:26pm

The parade hold little interest for me; being neither gay man nor a straight woman looking for an excuse to be boho.

Feisar · 10-06-2019 8:40pm

super_furry wrote: »

Yep and it absolutely kills you doesn't it? You're sitting there hammering those keys, seething with impotent rage.

Class.

And your sitting there with yer petty superiority complex.

And I'm sitting here not really caring either way.

Galwayguy35 · 10-06-2019 8:40pm

Wouldn't know much about it so had a google to see what it's about, some of the fellas could do with putting on some pants and covering up a bit.

super_furry · 10-06-2019 8:50pm

Feisar wrote: »

And your sitting there with yer petty superiority complex.

And I'm sitting here not really caring either way.

And I'm sitting down here,
But hey you cant see me, kinda invisible...
You dont sense my stay,
Not really hiding, not like a shadow,
Just thought I would join you for one day

Berserker · 10-06-2019 8:52pm

Got an email from HR about it in work on Friday. CEO & his crew are going to be mixing with a selection of the minions for social media photos on the 28th. I'm
a contractor, so I'm puzzled what this has to do with me. If they want to pay me to stand and smile for a few photos, I'll do it but I can't see it happening.

Stephen15 · 10-06-2019 9:18pm

It's a left wing virtue signalling agenda being shoved down our throats. I don't have a problem with the acts of homosexuality as such but I don't think people need to be showing it off as if "look at me I'm gay isn't it great" when the vast majority don't care it should be tolerated not embraced. I also find it ironic a lot of the people that support pride also support mass Islamic immigration which supports throwing gays off buildings.

Feisar · 10-06-2019 9:25pm

Stephen15 wrote: »

It's a left wing virtue signalling agenda being shoved down our throats. I don't have a problem with the acts of homosexuality as such but I don't think people need to be showing it off as if "look at me I'm gay isn't it great" when the vast majority don't care it should be tolerated not embraced. I also find it ironic a lot of the people that support pride also support mass Islamic immigration which supports throwing gays off buildings.

In fairness homosexuality was a crime for a long time. It’s obvious the pendulum would swing the other way.

seamus · 10-06-2019 10:20pm

Well I'm not gay, and the gay people I know are largely either online or abroad, i.e. I would interact with them on a personal level once every couple of years, at best.

So taking part in something "for pride" would seem to be a very blatant exercise in bandwagoning for me. I am not aware of any gay people that would appreciate my personal support.

Wibbs · 10-06-2019 10:23pm

Woke Hogan wrote: »

Snide passive aggressive remarks like that aren't very masculine, so you're already halfway there.

This is funny on a few levels.

No on the events on my part. Parades and such aren't my thing anyway. "Woke" parades even less so. The Gay men and women I know aren't the more vocal and flamboyant type, so I'd be surprised if they attend any. Maybe as part of a night out. Though would naturally broadly support the whole thing.

Dunno what the hell this addition of the Q bit is all about either. Always smelled of radical politics more than anything and LGBT covers it anyway. Then again those most wedded to identity politics bloody love adding even more and ever more daft identities to the mix to make themselves ever more "unique". Meh.

Wibbs · 10-06-2019 10:24pm

seamus wrote: »

So taking part in something "for pride" would seem to be a very blatant exercise in bandwagoning for me. I am not aware of any gay people that would appreciate my personal support.

Annnd we're back to agreeing again S.

I do know a couple of those on the bandwagon of such things(and others), though to be fair I'd say for the vast majority of them it's more a social circle thing than anything political or look at meeeee!

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