Your persona here doesn't support this post.
Wow, do you celebrate anything? How boring is your life?
The only kind I'd attend would be if a line of people followed my coffin to make sure I was dead and buried. I'd literally have to be caught dead.
Proud of what? Being gay means you are attracted to the same sex as you. Why should there be pride in sexual attraction, especially when you literally had NO part in determining it? It's like me throwing a "5'11" height" parade.
I don't think they're unacceptable. I just think they're ridiculous.
Answer the actual question. How does another person's life affect you? Another person that you don't know and have no interaction with. How does it impact you?
Zen appears to be an old dude in Arizona, frustrated because he never let himself get pegged which is probably what he desperately wanted.
Have you ever been discriminated against for being 5’11”? Have people told you you disgusted them or were going to hell for being that height? Have you been denied housing, baked goods or the right to adopt because of it? Has anyone ever threatened you for it? Do you know of others who have been?
I never said gay pride parades impacted me. I never said they couldn't/shouldn't happen.
It's equally, if not more so, ridiculous to discriminate against someone because they want their sexual partner to have the same genitals as them.
You are wrong. It isn't a parade based on sexual attraction. It's a parade to celebrate freedoms and accomplishment towards the equal treatment of people who have been marginalized. There is so much more to love, relationships, and attraction than sex. But people, like you, that want to oversimplify the story are the reason the struggle continues.
No, zen is more than likely an average white man who has never had to experience discrimination.
I would encourage them to go if that's what they want to do.
If they're a trans male, I would encourage them. If they were a trans females, I would discourage them, leaving the decision ultimately up to them.
Not in those terms and depending on how old they are, I might.
I would never keep my children in a closet.
If they were a trans female, and had reap the benefits of male puberty, I would have an honest conversation with them about the advantage they're going to have over other females.
No, it's a demonstration of their "fight" back against all the bullshit that have been put on them for a very long time, celebration of life, remembrance of those that have been murdered for being gay or lost to AIDS, and many many more reasons. Surely you would agree that those reasons, at least, are a reason for demonstrating.
I think what you're saying is that you want to have a Heterosexual Pride parade, with fast cars, cold beers and hot chicks. I'm with ya.