![]() The lack of consent to these sexual displays constitutes a form of sexual assault ( PencilApocalyps, 2021). By wearing leather harnesses and chaining each other up in broad daylight, kinksters have unethically involved non-consenting bystanders in a BDSM scene for their own (likely sexual) gratification ( anemersi, 2021 Bartosch, 2020 Xavier’s Online, 2021a, 2021b). These hazards exclude vulnerable people from attending Pride: kink is therefore a barrier to accessibility ( RiLo_10, 2021 Vaush, 2021).Ĭonsent is key to healthy BDSM practice, but the public did not consent to seeing these sexual displays ( Baker-Jordan, 2021 busytoebeans, 2021 prettycringey, 2021). ![]() Finally, those with trauma may be triggered by these displays ( stymstem, 2021). Asexual people, especially those who are sex-repulsed, may suffer emotional harm by being confronted with overt displays of sexuality ( Dusty, 2021 roseburgmelissa, 2021). Children (and the larger class of minors, e.g. those under 18 or 21) are innocent and lack the sophistication to process what they are seeing: exposure to kink might frighten them or distort their normal development ( Angel, 2021 Barrie, 2021). These displays harm three classes of people. Some have sex in public ( kidpiratez, 2021). Some demonstrate kinky acts: they crack whips in the parade and chain themselves up on floats. They wear pup hoods and rubber bodices, they dress in studded codpieces and leather harnesses, they sport floggers, handcuffs, and nipple clamps ( lesbiansofpower, 2021 stellar_seabass, 2021). Moreover, those queer people who do display kink at Pride expose vulnerable people to harmful symbols and acts. First, they aren’t actually LGBTQ: kink is also practiced by straight people ( Baker-Jordan, 2021). Kink, leather, and BDSM do not belong at Pride. A 1976 guideline on sexism (adopted also by succeeding committees) resolved that “dressing in drag on the part of either sex is not sexist of itself” and is offensive only if it “demeans women or is degrading to Gay men.” Many subcommittee members see a parallel between this latest controversy and another of several years’ standing involving men in female attire (“drag”). However, a majority of the GFDC had decided that the “freedom” theme itself requires that people be allowed the attire of their choice. The 19 events in San Francisco attracted 250,000 to 300,000 people and received national publicity. Thus, they proposed a ban on leather and chains for this year’s celebration. Some “S&M” entries had immediately followed Women Opposed to Violence and Pornography in the Media.īondage symbolism, objectors this year contend, provides not only sensation for non-Gay media coverage, but also emits a message contrary to the freedom theme of Gay Pride Week. Several of the core of 60 people who have participated in this year’s planning meetings had objected to a 1978 “parade” occurrence. ![]() ![]() The 1979 Gay Freedom Day Committee will apparently take the advice of its March Subcommittee and not attempt to bar persons who appear in chains, leather and other bondage symbolism in the eighth annual parade on June 24. ![]()
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