Five Ways to Enjoy Pride Without Alcohol
In recent years Pride has become increasingly about big parties and drinking lots of alcohol. But at its core Pride is more than just a big party, it is about supporting and celebrating the LGBTQ+ community. So there is no reason you should need alcohol to enjoy Pride. If you are unsure how to celebrate a sober Pride month, then look no further. Here are five ways to enjoy pride without drinking alcohol.
1. Join a Pride Parade
Most Pride events involve some sort of Pride parade, whether it is a boat parade along a river or a walk through the city with lots of floats. The Pride parade is a huge and very fun part of Pride. This is something you can easily join without missing alcohol, and it is a great place to meet fellow members of the LGBTQ+ community.
So get your rainbow-coloured clothes out, maybe make a placard, and take your spot in the Pride parade!
2. Support Queer Artists and Business
Another way to support Pride and celebrate it is to actively support openly LGBTQ+ events, artists and businesses. Buy from your local queer artists or go to the openly queer bakery nearby. This is a very direct way to show your support for Pride and for the openly queer businesses near you.
By supporting places that are open and proud about their identities, you make it easier for other people to come out and be open about their identities. Where queer artists and businesses thrive, queer people can feel safer, more visible and more supported in their communities.
3. Enjoy Pride Parties Anyway
Just because you don’t drink alcohol, or drink very little alcohol, doesn’t mean that you need to avoid Pride parties. If you feel like you are able to be around alcohol you can go along and have a blast dancing the night away.
If this is your first sober Pride, joining parties with alcohol when you are not drinking can be easier with a little bit of preparation. Some ways to make it easier include:
Plan how much alcohol you intend to drink.
Bring tasty alcohol-free drinks for the evening.
Find a friend who doesn’t intend to drink, or won’t drink much
Realise that you may end up leaving the party earlier than the drinkers, and that is completely okay.
The best thing about going to a Pride party sober is that you will be the one with all the memories the next day. That means you can act as wild as you want - no one else will remember what you did! And the best part, whilst everyone else spends the next morning filled with hungover regret, you can be getting on with enjoying your life!
4. Throw a Sober Pride Party
If you don’t feel like going to a Pride party where there will be alcohol you could throw your own sober Pride party, or look for an alcohol-free Pride party.
All you need to do to throw a sober Pride party is invite your friends over, find some banging tunes, and make some delicious alcohol-free cocktails for Pride. You don’t need alcohol to have fun, and you could have a blast celebrating Pride in your own way, without alcohol!
5. Volunteer as Part of an LGBTQ+ Support Network
Pride is about more than just having fun. It is about supporting the LGBTQ+ community. Although it doesn’t always feel like it, even in places like the UK, the LGBTQ+ community needs support. There are higher rates of depression and suicide, teenage homelessness etc. in the LGBTQ+ community.
So a great way to celebrate Pride is to give back to the LGBTQ+ community, be that through running an information stand at local events or volunteering at an LGBTQ+ charity. This is perhaps the most meaningful way you can celebrate Pride and really do something for the LGBTQ+ community.
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