Akron Pride

Akron holds their Pride event in August, August 23, 2025.

My dear friend Chynna invited me to have dinner with her. She doesn’t get out as often as I do, so I always want to help her facilitate an outing however I can do so. Since we were going to Pride, I volunteered to work the Plexus tent for an hour. After that, it meant that I had three hours to kill. Part of that was done doing the photoshoot you will see here, part of that was done imbibing in cocktails prepared by a wonderful, big pour, bartender I found. I spent a good hour sitting on a chair, relaxing, listening to the live music and being seen.

Apparently, I looked good because there was a combination of people (yes, I am aware of the friendliness of the situation) who came up to compliment me and those that, yes, wanted to kiss me. That never happened before and did this day more than once. I obliged!

I won’t go into my combination of joy and revulsion with Pride events. If I never again see anyone in a dog mask (and I saw many) or a leather thong when they had no business doing so in public (again, more than once), I will have lived a good life.

I was happy with my presentation and enjoyed my day. Chy and I had a lovely meal, then grandma went home, and Chy hit the town!

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