Hello, friends

I have recently become more active in showing my alliance to the community but I have a question.

As a child and teen, I never had an opinion on the lgbt community, however, I never felt negatively. At all.

As I’ve grown into adulthood, I’m progressively developing a positive opinion and I’m looking to become a more active ally for the community.

The only obstacle I face is, and leading into my question, how do I show my support at Pride events?

I am attending my first ever Pride event in a week and I have seen articles and stories on Tumblr about parents are showing their support in place of unsupportive parents of the community. This sits with me deep in my heart.

I am not a mother, so I cannot offer this type of support. However, I am a sister, neice, cousin. I don’t feel like I need to or have to wear a sign declaring this, however, because of my naivety and willingness to learn more, I wondering if positivity is the only way I can show my support or if there are any other ways?

The reason behind my wanting to actively take part more than I ever have before, is because my nephew has recently come out to his family as preferred male and is in his future wanting to change his female body to male and I want to change my naivety to better support him, therein showing my support for the rest of the community.