For LGBT people in China, sexuality is part, not all, of who they are as their familial role and national identity take precedence. What they want most is love and acceptance, not pride parades.
Isn’t “they want love and acceptance” just a softer phrasing of “we’re here; we’re queer; get used to it.”
If acceptance is the norm, you probably don’t need to draw attention to your cause and need for acceptance quite as much. There is no Straight Pride parade in part because they aren’t trying to make the world acknowledge and accept them.
OTOH, there’s still a case for over-the-top parties and bacchanalia, but perhaps as tolerance becomes the norm, this becomes less a political and social statement and more along the kines of Pagan-style fertility festivals instead.
Isn’t “they want love and acceptance” just a softer phrasing of “we’re here; we’re queer; get used to it.”
If acceptance is the norm, you probably don’t need to draw attention to your cause and need for acceptance quite as much. There is no Straight Pride parade in part because they aren’t trying to make the world acknowledge and accept them.
OTOH, there’s still a case for over-the-top parties and bacchanalia, but perhaps as tolerance becomes the norm, this becomes less a political and social statement and more along the kines of Pagan-style fertility festivals instead.