If I didn’t know better, I’d think a post titled, “Yes, kink belongs at Pride. And I want my kids to see it,” was such an outrageous invitation to spar in the public square that it was not worthy of a response. Still, I’ll bite: A piece with that exact headline was published in the Washington Post last week. It represents a more commonly held view in the LGBT community than many on the Right and even the Left realize, so it warrants a comeback, even if garnering outrage was its only purpose.
In the piece, author Lauren Rowello gives an account of the first time she, her children, and her wife went to a Pride parade, with her wife dressed as a transgender woman for the first time in public. Rowello, who writes from Philadelphia, makes the case not just for openly kinky Pride parades but for children attending them. In fact, she says it’s vital to a healthy childhood.
