text: NTA. You don't need to want to go to Pride if you don't want to, but it still has a vital place in our community. As for the less conventional parts of the Pride parades, the majority of the BDSM and kink community have always stood up for us. Even if there weren't overlaps between queer people and being open to more creative types of sex, that community has always stood by us, like the furry community has, so they deserve to walk amongst our allies