Pride 2019 could use some boundaries

[Content note: discussion of non-consensual touching, ableism, intracommunity politics, and policing.]

So my semi-local Pride has its main events this weekend, with the all-ages street fair sort of thing today. And it always falls on the same Sunday as the July meeting of my succulent club and is a five-minute walk away from that. So I usually go check it out for a half hour before the meeting, which is about as much time as it's capable of occupying my attention. A block of booths and some people-watching. Allegedly performances, though I have never once seen anyone on the stage while there.

This year, I have had An Incident.

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