Why Kink, BDSM, and Leather Should Be Included at Pride
But it won’t make the write-up in the local papers (or national for that matter.)
They forgot FISTING. How much more “normal” can you get.
I don’t care if they tie eachoth up with yellow ribbons and put leather flowers in their hair....just as long as they don’t ask the government to pay for it with my tax dollars...que sera sera
Nobody is going to buy it’s about .....”community building”.....
Those opposed to public representations of queer fetish culture treat it as a taboo and an inherent sexual risk to youth, but this both oversimplifies BDSM and underestimates the intellectual capacity of young LGBTQ+ people. “My understanding of BDSM is actually very far from sexual, because everything that I saw as a kid wasn't sexualized to me,” says Sunny Hitching, a 19-year-old second generation queer who has attended San Francisco Pride and grew up with kinky, poly, queer parents. Sunny’s mother openly practiced both lifestyle and professional BDSM for most of their childhood, and while Hitchling considers themself to have had multiple parents, they say their most influential parents are their mom and their chosen stepdad Moo, a queer trans man who was formerly their mother’s 24/7 lifestyle submissive. Sunny feels their upbringing gave them a more comprehensive sexual education than most of their peers, as their parents would openly discuss subjects of sexuality, gender, and kink with them. When Sunny expressed interest in engaging in bondage and breathplay (erotic asphyxiation) with their longtime partner, their mother took the time to explain how to do it most safely.
It's no wonder such kids grow up with severe psychological issues, while they deny that their psychological issues are issues at all.