How to Celebrate LGBT+ Pride Month
Release time：2023-09-03 08:08:07 oRead0
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Celebrating as a Community
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Join a pride parade. Pride parades are perhaps one of the most recognisable events of pride month because it brings together everyone in the community. Get to know events happening near you via local groups on social media and participate with loved ones.
- Pack snacks, water, cash, your phone, a hat for sun protection, and sunscreen. If you have sensory issues, consider headphones or earplugs, because Pride can be loud.
- It’s always best to go with another person whom you trust, be it a friend, a partner, or a parent.
- Let another person you trust know that you will be attending the parade, and make sure you each have one another’s contact information in case you need help at any point.
- 2 Join a rally. While pride parades are fun yearly events that celebrate the diversity of sexuality and gender through colourful displays, rallies are slightly more serious and political. Nonetheless, they can still be an enjoyable event. Find out from local advocating groups and learn more about the call for change (e.g. marriage equality).
- 3 Support organisations that advocate for LGBT rights. This can include donating to local charities, purchasing from fundraisers or simply choosing to shop at businesses that have publicised their support during pride month.
- 4 Visit a gay bar/club. If you are old enough to enter, you may find that many LGBT-inclusive bars/clubs typically host their own events during pride month. Gay bars are also an excellent place to network and meet other people in the community.
- 5 Throw your own party. Invite all your supportive friends and family members to your rainbow-themed event as a way to celebrate diversity amongst everyone.
- 1 Join online activist groups that actively fight for LGBT rights. Show your part by signing petitions, sharing posts relating to the issue and talking to others around you.
- 2 Assess the LGBT friendliness of your own workplace/school. This includes identifying workplace inequalities in both the infrastructure and policies. Are students/employees protected from discrimination? Are bathrooms trans-friendly? Once you are critical of the environment, you can then push for improvements.
- 3 Actively support people that are struggling with their identity. You may have experienced or are experiencing what they have right now, and your support could have a very large impact on others. Reach out to them on online support forums or volunteer on helplines.
- 1 Consume LGBT-friendly media. In a heteronormative world, proper representation of minorities in media matters. Support LGBT-friendly authors, producers and artists by purchasing their works and sharing it with others.
- 2 Make your own LGBT-themed art. Demonstrate your pride through paintings, sewing rainbow-coloured items or music.
- 3 Post on social media. Try sharing LGBT-friendly content, by either signal boosting things made by others, or making your own.
- 4 Celebrate and respect older members of the community. They were raised in an era where the public's attitudes on the LGBT community differed from the current day and age. Reading their books, watching documentaries or even speaking to them at pride events can earn you wisdom, motivation and knowledge on queer history.