things i witnessed today at LA Pride

livinginthequestion:

dimpleforyourthoughts:

• queer policemen and fbi agents walking hand in hand with their partners and spouses. 
• a cute girl running out of the parade to give @stormsdameron her number
• cops openly embracing people in the street
• a man who had been attending LA pride since 1976. he shook my hand and said “when I first came to pride back then there were 25 people here. look at us now.”
• elderly queer people blowing kisses from a float. holding hands. 
• a woman approaching us and saying “you are so beautiful, all of you, take care of each other”
• elementary school trans-children in gender ambiguous clothes. smiling and laughing. blowing bubbles. 
• when an anti-lgbt church began protesting and walking along side the parade with a loudspeaker, the entire brigade of Dykes on Bikes revved their motor cycles to drown out the hate speech. no one could hear them
• a man who gave us all a handful of condoms and said “take care of each other. be strong. your voices are so important”
• women holding hands with other women. men holding hands with other men. 
• trans-women and trans-men laughing and dancing. 
• danny devito in a rainbow shirt pointing and waving at us
• mac from It’s Always Sunny wearing a shirt that says “You Can Pee Next to Me”
• dozens of last minute signs and tributes to orlando. outcries of “we love you orlando” 
• confetti. dancing in the streets. 
• people supporting each other in every aspect. high fives. hugs. kisses on cheeks. affirmations. 
• so many affirmations. 
• words of kindness.
• you are beautiful.
• you are loved.
• you are important.
• stay strong. 
• i love your shirt. 
• i love your lipstick. 
• stay strong. 
• take care of each other. 
• stay strong
• stay strong
• stay strong. 

These are such brave, beautiful, happy things. We can do this. Please don’t give up.