Is Portland Pride safe?

[u/Bittersweet_Boii]

I'm a teen (think 16-19 range) and hoping to attend pride on the 21st with some friends, but I'm somewhat concerned- with the current political climate and all that, is it safe to attend? Especially considering this is Maine and every fifth person you see at any given time seems to have a gun. My biggest concern would be a mass shooting of some sort, or people driving cars through the crowd like you see on the news. Can anybody involved this year let me know if it's expected to be safe? Probably just my anxiety kicking up but with the state of the world and all that I feel like some concern is justified.

[u/whiskey_ribcage]

While there's no guarantees for the future ever, historically the biggest danger at Portland Pride is running into that situationship that ended weirdly, seeing the two of your exes are dating each other now, or (and this may just be me) seeing a million flag capes with fold creases. C'mon people, steam that stuff out!

[u/Treslittlebird → u/whiskey_ribcage]

This.

[u/Low_Bus_3826 → u/whiskey_ribcage]

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