Years ago, Pride was about gay people stepping out to show the world we are the same as everyone else and deserving of equality and the right to marry. We wanted people to see that same sex relationships were not a threat, and in fact resembled the dynamic of straight relationships in many ways. We marched for our rights, and in 2004 the first legal gay marriage in the US was performed in Cambridge, MA. In June of 2015, the US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the US Constitution guarantees the right for same-sex couples to marry in all 50 US states.
We had endured an excruciatingly drawn out battle, so there was all the more reason to celebrate the anniversary of legal same-sex marriage every June. But as the years went by, this celebration morphed from one of love and equality to a raunchy display of overt sexuality and debauchery in our name. We became tired of the predictive pandering from companies looking to exploit us for profit by pretending to support us. We found ourselves exhausted by fellow members of our community who put their sexuality on a pedestal as if it were their singular personality trait. And most of all, we find ourselves incredibly disturbed by the inclusion of children in these annual sexual exhibitions.
Gays Against Groomers is comprised individuals within our community who feel like things have gone too far. We believe there is a firm difference between education versus indoctrination, inclusivity versus pandering, and celebrating your right to marry versus exhibiting disgusting behaviors meant for the privacy of your own home. We are the LGB and T people who don’t make our sexuality our dominant attribute, who don’t need the whole world to accept us, and are satisfied with our current rights. We don’t go along with the mainstream narrative regarding our community. Because of this, we face an onslaught of character assassinations daily, something we’ve grown numb to.
Not only do we find Pride unnecessary now, we are extremely concerned by children being allowed at these events. We have seen young kids brought to parades and pride fests where adults are selling sex toys, hardly dressed, and displaying inappropriate behavior minors should not be witnessing. In this day and age, many believe this is a form of empowerment, a way to educate children with “sex positivity" and a way to teach inclusiveness and acceptance. In reality, we are looking at the destruction of innocence right before our eyes, and we won’t be silent about it.
Gays Against Groomers will not let this happen without a fight. We are here to stand against it all and hold the line and our community accountable. While this is something that has to happen from inside of our community to be effective, we appreciate any and all support in our efforts to hold the line and save the innocence of children. The right thing is not always popular, but we will persevere and continue our fight until the war on children is ended.