So the outfits are not as flamboyant, but i think about half the town showed up to show support.
Pride every month!
How did this come to be? All the pride events I’m aware of are during the summer months, which I had always assumed was related to the ability to wear as close to zero clothing as possible.
Here in Germany they tend to be clustered around the anniversary of the stonewall riot (28.06.) and named after the street it took place one (Christopher Street Day). But maybe some other occasion would have established it self, if stonewall happened in winter
Pride is usually in June because that’s when Stonewall took place. Coincidentally, in the US, that’s also the month in which same sex relationships were legalized (2003), same sex marriage was legalized (2015), and lgbtq people received the right to hold a job (2020).
That said, some cities will hold their pride celebrations at different times either because of a local event involving the lgbtq population or because they want to boost their numbers by having pride when big cities aren’t.
lgbtq people received the right to hold a job (2020)
Sorry, I’m not from the US can you explain what you mean by this? LGBTQ+ people have legally had jobs in the US for longer than that…
Yes, but we could be fired for it (as in, the employer openly proclaims that as the reason) without legal repercussion at the national level of law.
Oh wow, that’s fucking crazy that it took til 2020 to get that protection.
Thanks!
And the conservatives are trying very hard to do away with it and any other protections
I’m pretty sure it’s because there’s a massive student population and the last half of June is right around the end of the spring semester when people are either studying for exams or going home. That being said, I’m pretty sure winter exams are either now or starting soon.
Orlando has theirs in October, but in Florida you’re risking the drag queens getting heat stroke in June.
Oh hey, Norway! Always fun to see my country and people I know/am familiar with pop up :3
You should come up next year. its a good time.
Tromsø is a bit far ^^ as I’m in Oslo and can’t afford to travel much
But yeah! It would be nice!
I don’t suppose you know anyone willing to pick up packages in Sweden? :p
I have friends who have done that ^^
But unfortunately, probably not, no, at least not anytime soon. None of us even own a car as far as I know
But maybe if you’ll ask around in local communities you’ll meet someone who is planning a trip!
I’ll probably end up putting an order in with Lilian. She claims to be able to get it through to Norway.
Good luck!! I know people tend to have issues with tolletaten, hopefully it goes well
Norway always looks so pretty
Usually, but there’s a massive problem in Tromsø with tourists shitting in people’s gardens.
Lmfao what???
Yeah, they publish pictures of them in the paper. Basically tourists finding themselves needing the toilet will just hop over someone’s garden fence and pop a squat in their garden. It’s not unique to Tromsø either. Lots of lay-bys in Lofoten and Senja are full of human poop.
Thats awful haha Im sorry yall deal with that. The states are not much better but people tend to stick to ally ways and bushes in parks
Oh, I love Norway 😭😭
I feel like this might have a chilling effect on the movement.
But slow and steady wins the race?
People were dragging their kids behind them on sleds. Much more efficient than making them walk.
But honestly the town is really quite accepting already. Also if we did pride in June, everyone would have to do the “walk of shame” when the clubs kick people out in broad daylight. It’s not a pretty sight to see people staggering home, makeup running down their face, a wee bit of vomit clinging to the side of their face, while the sun illuminates everything clear as day.
