jja79 said:
BL has gone all in.
This was probably one thing they've been doing for years and everyone that isn't going to Pride just shrugged off. For most everyone Pride parades were something we all just rolled our eyes at and go on about our day. If BL or whomever wants to sell more beer, so be it. (We'll leave the slippery slope and the whole "we just want to get married, but oh wait we're going to have boisterous and flamboyant parades to celebrate our debauchery too" for another thread).
I still believe the whole DM thing blew up because the socially conservative right hates what DM stands for; what CM represents. We don't want to "normalize" a bikini bulge. We don't want a 20-something MAN parading around in young girls cosplay. The women in our lives don't want a fully functional biological male in their proverbial tent; much less in their locker rooms and sorority houses. We don't want this projected onto our children.
Fine BL, go sponsor Pride night or whatever. You're correct, they are all in. Once you go the least bit Woke, it's over for you. BL gave the mouse a cookie and now the mouse wants a glass of milk. BL is learning now they're going to have to tuck that mouse in, read it a bedtime story, turn on the night light, etc.