Posted on 06/19/2019 4:18:33 AM PDT by Trump20162020
Each year, in the blazing sun of the Pride parade in Nelson, B.C., Pega Ren and her two young grandkids seek shade under their spinning rainbow parasols.
Ren, a semi-retired sex therapist, told HuffPost Canada the parasols were a magical find, and have come to symbolize the importance of this event for her family. Ren spoke joyfully of going to the dollar store, picking up all the rainbow ribbons and flags, decorating the roller skates and the stroller, and getting the costumes ready.
“I can’t imagine a safer place for families to bring children,” she said of Pride.
A resounding chorus of voices — from within the queer community and not — would agree with this general sentiment about Pride parades and kids. But in late May, one tweet turned it into a bigger conversation.
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Did you mean HuffPost, or the parents?
Doesn’t matter.
Yes & yes.
Plus, there’s this, also from HuffPost:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5937230/amp
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