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[Image ID: a cel-shaded digital drawing of three pieces of kink gear: a ball gag on a black leather strap with silver hardware, the ball is colored in the original pink/red/orange/yellow/green/teal/blue/purple Gilbert Baker Pride flag; a black studded paddle with a heart shaped opening, it has silver studs, and a fuschia colored coil of rope. All three are arranged over the pink triangle as used by ACT UP. The words "kinksters not corporations" are written over the illustration in blocky rainbow lettering.]
So a fun fact -- the mother of Pride was an openly kinky polyamorous bisexual woman. Kinksters have always been involved in Pride -- and openly involved. Kink is a part of many queer people's sexuality and they shouldn't have to hide that, especially not at Pride. It's an insult to the queer people who came (and died) before us to try to remove displays of kink from Pride for the sake of being "family friendly" (which really just means caving to the sanitization that most benefits corporate interests).
Seeing someone in a harness or leather chaps or wearing a leash & collar isn't going to be harmful to children but if you really want to make Pride child/family friendly -- then go arrange an event that's specifically dedicated to that. Making more spaces for queer expression will always be better than trying to narrow the ones that already exist.
I wasn't initially sure if I wanted to use the ACT UP triangle in the background of this piece but after a discussion I had with a roommate of mine who grew up in the 80s and 90s, who was given classes on AIDS before it was given any other sex education and how important kink was to people in those days, how kink and gay rights were inextricably linked back in the early days of Pride... I decided it was important to include it. Because these are both parts of our history that are linked and should be remembered.
