Echoing what I wrote on another thread about this, Pride basically is forced to contain every single aspect of the LGBTQ+ community because its the only goddamn thing the cis lets us have, which means kids and kink-oriented stuff have been forced into the same space.

This is a valid concern, what is not valid however is that the kneejerk reaction from people is to purge kink from Pride, limiting the public expression of gender and sexuality, rather than expanding outside of pride. If all of these people crying about kink at pride organized separate shit for kids like "drag queen story hour" or whatever, that would be much better than trying to appease the cis via pearl clutching.

Also on a separate note, kink belongs at pride because it makes advertisers uncomfortable, fuck sponsored pride shit, its a sign that we are being turned into a novelty rather than having forced society to accept us. There is pride parades goddamn everywhere and at every one its like half the city wears rainbows. But despite that every country in the west is waging fucking war on trans people, pride growing bigger does not mean acceptance or advocacy from the cisses, it means we're becoming a new reason for shitty cis people to party. Every goddamn yank wears green for St Patricks day that doesnt mean they are suddently interested in Irish culture or history.