naamahdarling:

wakeupthewublins:

I’m saying this in the most honest to god, genuine, kind way:

If PDA makes you uncomfortable… don’t go to pride. it’s fine. you don’t have to go

but it is unfair to others, whom have no other open outlet for their repressed public displays of affection, to go “I hate pda, so please hide that shit at pride”

Pride is one of the few safe places to OPENLY display same gendered affection. Please stop shaming people for doing just that, dudes

I want people to feel safe and not threatened, but yeah, this.  “I hate PDA” yeah, I totally understand that, but being able to engage in it safely in public and to have it seen by others is a powerful thing.  Every time I see a same-sex couple engaging in PDA, I get a little lift in my chest.  When I was a kid, here in Oklahoma, you would be run out of town on a rail for any such thing. Beaten.  Potentially killed. The people who came before fought like hell at the risk of grievous physical harm to make queer PDA as safe as it is now, and it’s a miracle we’ve come as far as we have. Asking people to stifle PDA at an event that celebrates that progress is frsnkly regressive.  I’m sorry, I am, but this is not  fair thing to ask of your own community.