People save and plan all year long for vacation time with their spouses, children, and extended families. Increasingly, however, moms and dads would be wise to check their destination to make sure some over-the-top LGBT celebrations aren’t taking place at the same time.
Events — in addition to annual gay pride parades — may also be taking place right in your own hometown.
Increasingly, LGBT-themed events and celebrations are taking place all over the nation, with many making sexual activity the focus.
In the past, families have complained about booking a Disney vacation only to find that their trip coincided with “Gay Day” at the behemoth family park.
Even LGBT advocate Peter Werner takes pause when it comes to public displays of what should be inarguably private behavior.
“Over the years I have heard about, and have witnessed, what is commonly referred to as PDA [public displays of affection] during Gay Days, and almost always it’s done in full view of a family, or at least children,” Werner wrote on wdwinfo.com. “I don’t care if you’re straight or gay, there are some things kids don’t need to see — and trust me, two queens [flamboyant homosexual men] frenching outside Cinderella Castle is really high on that list.”
LGBT-themed events and celebrations almost always make sexual activity the focus. Given that the movement is based on sex and gender, it’s not surprising.
“There are other festivals outside of your hometown Pride Parade that are worthy destinations,” the San Francisco Chronicle gushed this week. “These events are either specifically for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender celebrators or where they will feel quite welcome, from family friendly affairs to those that are strictly adults only.”
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If your family is traveling to Australia in early March 2017, for example, be aware that the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras may be taking place.
“The event merges over-the-top elements of drag queens and Carnival with a giant parade complete with bands and floats, with more serious issues such as calls for marriage equality and adoption by same-sex parents via academic workshops,” reported the Chronicle. “Look for a raucous parade, drag races on Bondi Beach, a stand-alone film festival and, of course, the killer final dance party.”
If you are headed to Japan to show the family the wonders of Asia next spring, you will want to know about Kanamara Matsuri, or the “Festival of the Steel Phallus.”
“Visitors can and should expect all things phallic, from penis-shaped candy to penis costumes to a giant carved wooden phallus that you can climb atop for the perfect phallic photo-op. There are parades in which costumed revelers (women and men, all dressed as women) hoist enormous pink phalluses on altars and parade through the streets, eventually arriving at the central Shinto shrine. It’s serious in its mission, but otherwise family friendly silliness.”
Family-friendly “silliness”?
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This is tragic for all kids. Child services would be notified if parents were showing their children pornography — but somehow, this is acceptable in the public square in the name of gay and transgender rights.
If you are eager to introduce your kids to some of the world’s finest jazz music in New Orleans next Labor Day, take note that Southern Decadence is also going to be in the area.
“Southern Decadence has grown from a spontaneous event to an annual behemoth LGBT celebration of sex and booze and dance music that takes over Bourbon Street,” said the Chronicle. “It’s decidedly adults-only; one of the kickoff events each year is a ‘Have You Got What It Takes?’ contest in which revelers compete to see who, er, measures up best.”
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