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I managed to participate in some pre-woke prides, and although it still mostly sucked (lotta kink-gear, male nudists, males taking creep shots of topless women, I even saw two furries - I don't even want to think how they smelled in the dead of summer)
The parade was meh, but the highlight were the underground lesbian parties that followed.
I attended one that was rife with lesbians, just us, and oi mami, the energy was like a fountain of life. You could feel the freedom and joy that bounced off the walls. Cliche 'gay' music was popping, drinks were subpar, but cheap, and the company was more akin to a house party than a bar block party. No male was allowed in, if bi women were there, they were there only for women (god have mercy on their soul if they tried to hunt)
I'm not much of a party-goer, but when I think of ideal lesbian spaces, it's those vibes that always echo back.
The shield you have to put up to blend with hetero company. The constraints you have to put on yourself to watch your words and actions, none of that exists in those spaces.
I wanted to know what sorts of spaces you ladies involved yourself in that gave yourself similar vibes?
The only place where I truly felt free in that manner was a lesbian-feminist summer school I attended last year. Where I live there is basically nothing catered to lesbians, especially events excluding tims so being in a space like that was astounding to me, I did not care for men at all as they were not present in person nor we talked about them (we did talk shit of men but it was mostly in the political sense, actual men were not part of our conversations). Coming back to the "real world" was kind of shocking lol it all seemed like a dream immediately after I left, I miss the freedom and energy of a female exclusive space :/ Thinking about it I did feel a similar kind of energy when I went to the countryside with some of my girl friends, and even tho some of them are straight we almost never talked about men, we just had fun in nature far away from men's prying eyes, it felt so freeing to just be without feeling judged. Also, doing countryside stuff(TM) like getting wood and lighting a fire with no men belittling you made it so different (and fun) then every other experience i have ever had in that context.
That sounds incredible and I wish I could experience such freedom myself
I hope so too,
It was more wholesome than drunk straight women in a bathroom, but with a more genuine and authentic feel to it,
The natural highs of a social gathering but doubled down because every woman in that vicinity was gay, no more feeling like a cast out because all of y'all in there are misfit toys.
Happy and free - it's unreal
The point is to be in a place where men, no matter how they "identify", are 100% excluded so you don't ever have to think about having to avoid them cos everyone there is a woman. And the corollary is that you can be free to say whatever you want - never having to use phony pronouns, pretend the larping men are women, or worry about some tra getting bent out of shape or reporting you to her TCult overlords if you plainly state that the larping men are creepy rapey pervs.
Once there is secure freedom from male presence, then the freedom and incredible joy of lesbian spaces can happen. There is nothing else like it.
“fountain of life”!